Download Windows Phone 7 Training Kit for Developers

“Build exciting applications and games with your current skills and tools for Windows Phone reaching customers no matter the device they use”. Windows Phone 7 Training Kit for developers published at Download Center by Microsoft on May 22, 2010. Windows Phone 7 Training Kit will give you a jumpstart into the new Windows Phone world by providing you with a step-by-step explanation of the tools to use and some key concepts for programming Windows Phones. “Windows Phone 7 Series promises to be an amazing mobile phone operating system given its innovative user interface and functionality, as well as its great development platform upon which you can quickly and easily build games and applications. With a myriad of new devices, a powerful and immersive software platform, and a new marketplace to attract developers and provide easy access to applications, consumer demand for Windows Phones will be high, and developers will quickly adopt the Windows Phone platform to capitalize on this growing mobile marketplace. This Training Kit will give you a jumpstart into the new Windows Phone world by providing you with a step-by-step explanation of the tools to use and some key concepts for programming Windows Phones.”

Windows Phone 7 Training Kit for Developers provides examples, labs, source code to build applications using Silverlight and XNA Framework. It includes labs;

• Hello Windows Phone
• Building your first Windows Phone application
• Windows Phone Navigation and Controls
• Using Push Notifications
• Game Development with XNA Framework
• Changing our game – An introduction to Windows Phone 7

Additional Resources

• Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone Developer Portal
• Get the Windows Phone Developer Tools
• Documentation
• Windows Phone Developer Blog

Installing Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone

Developer tools for Windows Mobile 7 application development are available by Microsoft.

Window Phone Developer Tools includes :

• Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
• Windows Phone Emulator
• Silverlight for Windows Phone
• XNA Game Studio 4.0 CTP

By clicking “Get Started” button, this download page will come.

Click on “Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone CTP” and select your language.

You will get option to download the file “vm_web.exe.”

Run “vm_web.exe” and accept the license terms.

Click on “Install Now”, it will start downloading components.

Installer installed Microsoft Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP successfully however Silverlight 4 Tools couldn’t install successfully.

Click Exit and run Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone.

Start Page will come up.

Click on File –> New Project and it will brings New Project Dialogue Box.

 

Now, It’s time to start developing applications for Windows Phone.

Download Links:

• VS2010 Express for Windows Mobile Homepage
• Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP

Developer Guide:

• Application Platform Overview for Windows Phone
• Windows Phone UI Design and Interaction Guide
• Designing Web Sites for Phone Browsers

Other Resources:

• MSDN Code Samples.
• Windows Phone 7 Series MIX sessions and Keynotes.