Microsoft Silverlight Edition

Bring your app ideas to life—with guidance from a Windows programming legendGet started building your own apps and utilities for Windows Phone 7—expertly guided by award-winning author Charles Petzold. Focusing on Silverlight for Windows Phone 7 and the C# language, you’ll learn how to extend your existing skills to this new mobile platform—mastering the core tools and techniques you need to get productive quickly. As always, Charles brings a unique combination of pragmatism and inspiration to his instruction—along with a wealth of hands-on examples.Discover how to:Customize page navigation and layoutKnow when to use code vs. XAML markupCapture and embed bitmaps, balancing performance issuesSupport multi-touch input—including tap, drag, flick, and pinchWork with accelerometer and location servicesExperiment with panoramic and pivot controlsCreate effects using built-in or custom animationsManage state, tombstoning, data-binding, and storageWrite your own templates and custom controlsTest-drive your app on Win