Can we start developing apps for the upcoming windows mobile 7. Are developer tools available? Do we have to buy the visual studio program for this?
A:
Express version of Visual Studio is free: Visual Studio 2010 Express
Mitch Wheat
2010-05-15 06:18:30
Is the windows mobile marketplace to be in place when the phone launches?
nishantcm
2010-05-15 06:44:00
The marketplace is already up and running.
ctacke
2010-05-15 14:28:55
+8
A:
The first link is to download the windows phone development tools, which also include Visual Studio 2010 Express and the second is for information on developing for windows phone.
EDIT I have changed the links to link to the windows phone beta developer tools.
http://developer.windowsphone.com/windows-phone-7/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff402535(VS.92).aspx
Hope this helps.
Waleed Al-Balooshi
2010-05-15 06:53:22
Blakomen
2010-07-24 00:34:35
@Blakomen Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I have edited the post to link to the proper pages.
Waleed Al-Balooshi
2010-07-24 13:50:53
The official developer tools were just released on Sept. 16th!! You'll need to uninstall the CTP before installing them. The above links are still valid.
Jess
2010-09-19 04:54:40
A:
One thing to note is that you should use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone 7 rather than the Visual Studio 2010 add-in. There are problems with the add-in, not the least of which is that the option to add a service reference to a Windows Phone Application project is conspicuously missing.
http://developer.windowsphone.com is a good place to get started.
The last update to the CTP was in April. Expect some things to change before RTM still.
Peter Leppert
2010-06-07 23:26:21
+5
A:
Yes. Yes. No.
General Information
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/default.mspx
http://developer.windowsphone.com/
http://windowsteamblog.com/Windows_Phone/
Articles
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/windows/WindowsPhoneGame.aspx
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/silverlight/Wp7ViewModel.aspx
Books
http://www.charlespetzold.com/phone/index.html - FREE!
Podcasts
http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=539
http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=542
http://www.hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=224
http://www.hanselminutes.com/default.aspx?showID=225
Videos
http://www.dnrtv.com/default.aspx?showNum=172
http://live.visitmix.com/Sessions/Tags/WindowsPhone
http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/WP7/
Josh Fischer
2010-08-04 02:18:18
Excellent info, but really belongs in another community wiki post. I migrated (and added) here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3402466/getting-started-with-windows-phone-7
ctacke
2010-08-04 03:54:04
A:
The blog titled 'A Developer’s Roadmap to Windows Phone 7 Launch Timing' from the Official Windows Phone Developer Blog provides some great information. If you are a student, you can develop and deploy applications to the Window Phone Marketplace for free via www.dreamspark.com. It is a Microsoft Student Program initiative.
I hope that helps!
RuTu
2010-09-08 20:49:55