On November 28-29th 2012, Microsoft has hosted the Windows Phone 8 Jump Start training, a fast-paced and demo-packed learning ‘experience’ tailored to show developers how to build responsive, appealing, and effective applications quickly. If you missed this outstanding event, you’re in luck. All 20 modules are now available online for your on-demand viewing, (or download)… Continue reading
Category: Microsoft SDKs
Windows Phone store expands to 37 new countries, adds universal search, and supports installing apps via SD card
Microsoft Windows Phone team announced the availability of Windows Phone web store to new 37 countries. It is pretty fast that Microsoft is expanding its reachability, now consumers from most of the countries from all over the world have the accessibility to Windows Phone store. The new markets are: Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso,… Continue reading
An early update on Windows Phone 7.8 release–coming in Q1-2013
Yesterday Microsoft Windows Phone Team announced the availability of Windows Phone 7.8 to existing Windows Phone 7.x family of devices by early 2013. Some of the interesting features announced are: New Customizable start screen with resizable Live Tiles. It doubles the number of theme and accent colors—to 20—so you can make your phone even more… Continue reading
Download – Windows Phone 8 Training Kit
Hands on Labs for the Windows Phone 8 Developer Platform. The hands on labs in this package immerse you in Windows Phone 8 development, by walking you building a set of applications that demonstrate many of the most compelling new features for developers in Windows Phone 8 DOWNLOAD: Windows Phone 8 Training Kit
Visual Studio 2012 Update 1–Available Now
Microsoft has released the Update 1 for Visual studio 2012 RTM. The key features available with this update include: SharePoint development: additional ALM capabilities in SharePoint – such as Load Testing and Coded UI testing support – improving quality, scalability and agility. Agile team support: easier agile planning with Web Access and new Kanban support,… Continue reading
WP8 Developer Series–Getting to know Common API’s for Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8
[ Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 logos are trademarks of Microsoft ] Windows Phone 8 is the second generation of the Windows Phone mobile operating system by Microsoft, officially announced the release to manufacture on 29th OCT 2012. Previous Windows Phone versions were all based on old CE kernel and with Windows Phone… Continue reading
WP8 Developer Series–Installing Windows Phone 8.0 SDK and Getting Started
Microsoft has released the final SDK for Windows Phone 8.0 for developers. In this article we are going to walk through the steps and requirements to install Windows Phone 8.0 SDK on your PC. To find out what’s new in the SDK visit What’s new in the Windows Phone SDK 8.0. 1. Requirements Windows Phone… Continue reading
Windows Phone Power Tools–a must have extension for all Windows Phone developers
The Windows Phone Power Tools are a natural extension to the developer tools that come with the Windows Phone SDK. Instead of allowing you to only install developer xaps the Power Tools let you test update scenarios by allowing you to update an existing developer app. Instead of having to step through the IsolatedStorage file… Continue reading
Windows Phone Toolkit–October 2012 with WP8 SDK support
Windows Phone Toolkit is an additional set of controls for Windows Phone Development released by Microsoft Windows Phone developer platform team through Codeplex.com. Windows Phone Toolkit provides the developer community with new components, functionality, and an efficient way to help shape product development. Windows Phone Toolkit – October 2012 includes additional support for using the… Continue reading
Microsoft SharePoint SDK for Windows Phone 7.1
This SDK installs SharePoint client libraries and templates for Windows Phone 7.1 DOWNLOAD: Microsoft SharePoint SDK for Windows Phone 7.1