Posted by: kurtsh | April 1, 2010

OFFER: Free eBook – MSPress: “Programming Windows Phone 7 Series” (DRAFT PREVIEW)

image Wow.  Yet another free eBook from the nice people at Microsoft Press.

This is a draft mind you and not the complete book however Charles Petzold (THE Charles Petzold of Windows Programming fame) has written part of his book “Programming Windows Phone 7 Series” and it already looks great.  Weighing in at 153 pages and only complete up to Chapter 6, “Programming…” is a great start for folks interested in learning to program for the next generation of Microsoft’s mobile platform.

Complete with the inevitable “Hello World” application, this book takes readers through the following areas:

  1. INTRODUCTION
  2. PART I:  Getting Started
    1. Phone Hardware + Your Software
    2. Hello Windows Phone
  3. PART II:  Silverlight
    1. Code & XAML
    2. Presentation & Layout
  4. PART III:  XNA
    1. Principles of Movement
    2. Textures & Sprites

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