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Windows Phone 7 training
Windows Phone 7 is HOT! Come check out Windows Phone 7 Unleashed for everything you need to know to develop for WP7. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or you're just starting with .NET development, there's something in it for you. The first half of this deep dive event is lecture and hands on lab. At the half point mark of the day, you'll have a solid foundation for building WP7 applications. The second half of the day is going straight to code. Build the best app and have a chance to win a $500, $200 or $100 American Express gift card! Free MarketPlace tokens for those putting their application into the marketplace ( a limited supply of these, organizers of each event will collect names and we will distribute) Mobile crore is sponsoring a $5000.00 Grand Prize for the best application over all of the WP7 Unleashed events that are submitted to marketplace. The top 25 will be selected and then one of the top 25 will be randomly picked for the prize (So get your app into the marketplace after the event). They are also giving EVERY attendee a free set of their $99.00 WP7 Controls. Mobile crore is pleased to sponsor the WP7 Unleashed Events. They will be giving 2 lucky winners from each event a chance to win four 1 hour long videos on Silverlight. In addition 1 lucky person will win our Haystack Code Generator for .NET at each event that allows you to create the business and data classes and the WCF services that can be consumed by Windows Phone 7 applications! O'Reilly will be giving away a free ebook to every attendee (Many WP7 titles) and will also donate a few books to raffle at each event In order to deliver the best possible experience for attendees, seating at this event is VERY limited. Session 1 - Introduction to Windows Phone 7 Programming. In this session, we start with a discussion of windows phone, the architecture changes made from 6.5 to 7.0, the hardware specifications and then move into the beginnings of building a WP7 application including : 1. Application life cycle 2. Hardware Foundation 3. Files associated with project template 4. Splash screen and the importance of 1 second / 19 second loading 5. Application Bar 6. Panorama and Pivot controls 7. Red Threads 8. MVVM 9. Marketplace Session 2 - Connecting to Services In this session, we will discuss how Cloud Services help to bring power to the phone. We will be binding to a rest based services and show how to search and display the information received. In this session we will also talk about Navigation, passing information between screens, simple page animations while working with List and detail information. 1. Navigation 2. Fragment Navigation 3. JSon Deserialization 4. JSon.Net 5. The Extras Menu 6. Live Tile 7. Push Notifications 8. Push Notification Helper Library 9. Shell Tile Scheduler Session 3 - Recording Data In this session we will be working with the Camera to capture and crop photos, record audio files, take notes, saving location, sharing (sending emails and SMS messages - and if time permits sending to twitter or FB) and saving everything using isolated storage. We will discuss tombstoning and how it effects your application process, including the when, where and whys of saving state. 1. Tombstoning 2. Tombstoning helper 3. Sensor overview 4. Location and GPS 5. Bing Maps 6. Accerometer 7. Phone Shake 8. Launchers and Choosers 9. Isolated Storage Event Prerequisites: 1. This is a bring your own laptop event. You must have a PC (Windows 7/Vista) that is able to connect to wireless internet. 2. Download the below tools/SDK BEFORE the event: Windows Phone Developer Tools Windows Phone Developer Tools January 2011 Update Windows Phone Developer Tools Fix Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit Shake Gesture Library 3. Register at FanFeedr 4. Register for MS Advertising and download SDK ý we will show you how to add this to your apps in class 5. Sign Up for a Bing Maps account and key (for instructions click here) Optional but Suggested Downloads and Resources: 1. VB SDK if you want to write your phone apps in VB.Net (Visual Studio Professional or higher. Does not yet support VS Express for windows phone) 2. Paint.Net (Its Free) (for working with imagesýif you donýt have Photoshop) 3. Paint.Net PSD Plugin & Install instructions 4. Windows Azure Toolkit for WP7 5. Application Certification Requirements 6. Windows Phone 7 Design Templates 7. Article ý Using the design templates 8. Silverlight & WP7 Exception Handling and Logging Building Block 9. Windows Phone 7 Isolated Storage Explorer 10. WP7 Tombstone Helper 11. Push Notification Server Side Helper 12. WP7 Databases WinPhone7DB Wp7Sqllite JubbaDB EffiProzDB_WP 13. Isolated Storage Explorer 14. WP7 Dropbox 15. JSon Viewer to see and read long Json 16. Creating Custom Pushpins for Bing Maps 17. RestSharp 18. JSON.Net Instructors: Mobile crore is one of Microsoftýs leading .NET professional service firms and Gold Certified Partners. Our instructor career has spanned the spectrum from design to development, which among other things gives him unique insight into the designer/developer workflow of XAML application development. He is an active member of the windows phone developer community as a frequent presenter at regional code camps and user groups, where he shares his knowledge and experience with developing WPF, Silverlight and mobile applications.
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