Earlier I had blogged about Free Preview Chapters - Programming Windows Phone 7 Series (dated Mar16, 2010) and Free ebook: Programming Windows Phone 7 (Special Excerpt 2) by Charles Petzold (dated Aug2 , 2010) .
Now the book is ready ! 24 chapters, about 1,000 pages ! Congratulations and thanks to Charles !
This book is a gift from the Windows Phone 7 team at Microsoft to the programming community. The book provides the basics of writing applications for Windows Phone 7 using the C# programming language with the Silverlight and XNA 2D frameworks.
You can download a PDF here (38.6 MB).
And you can download the ebook’s sample code here (5.03 MB).
(UPDATE 03/11/2010 : Now the Book is available on Microsoft Download Center with reduced download size – 12.5MB)
Yes, Programming Windows Phone 7 is truly a free download, but for those readers who still love paper—this book will also be available (for sale) divided into two fully-indexed print editions: Microsoft Silverlight Programming for Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft XNA Framework Programming for Windows Phone 7, ready for order in December 2010.
Part I The Basics
1 Hello, Windows Phone 7
2 Getting Oriented
3 An Introduction to Touch
4 Bitmaps, Also Known as Textures
5 Sensors and Services
6 Issues in Application Architecture
Part II Silverlight
7 XAML Power and Limitations
8 Elements and Properties
9 The Intricacies of Layout
10 The App Bar and Controls
11 Dependency Properties
12 Data Bindings
13 Vector Graphics
14 Raster Graphics
15 Animations
16 The Two Templates
17 Items Controls
18 Pivot and Panorama
Part III XNA
19 Principles of Movement
20 Textures and Sprites
21 Dynamic Textures
22 From Gestures to Transforms
23 Touch and Play
24 Tilt and Play
For the Full detailed Table of Contents and other details , please check the source.
For other such Free Ebook offerings , please check here.
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