Kurt Shintaku's Blog

<taken from the Microsoft Press blog>

Just in time for VSLive in Redmond, here’s a second draft preview ebook of Charles Petzold’s upcoming Programming Windows Phone 7! The first preview ebook contained six chapters. This one contains eleven chapters (and 265 pages):

Part I   The Basics

• Chapter 1   Hello, Windows Phone 7
• Chapter 2   Getting Oriented
• Chapter 3   An Introduction to Touch
• Chapter 4   Bitmaps, Also Known as Textures
• Chapter 5   Sensors and Services
• Chapter 6   Issues in Application Architecture

Part II   Silverlight

• Chapter 7   XAML Power and Limitations
• Chapter 8   Elements and Properties

Part III   XNA

• Chapter 20   Principles of Movement
• Chapter 21   Textures and Sprites
• Chapter 22   Touch and Play

Download the PDF here. Download the XPS here. And download the sample code here.

We’ll be finishing Charles’s full book in time for PDC10 (October 28). And, guess what: it will also be free.

As always, enjoy!