I've heard that app development on the new windows phone 7 is C# only. Is that true? I haven't been able to verify that on my own. Can you please provide a link to this?
If true, is there any rumors about allowing VB.Net to create apps as well?
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No, Windows phone 7 is not C# only. Apparently it will also support VB and F#.
Microsoft Previews VB for Windows Phone 7
Also, check out this article.
I received feedback from the GPM for the Microsoft VS Languages team, who indicates:
"there will definitely be support for writing VB apps for Windows Phone 7, but we are still working on the details and the timeline".
Robert Greiner
2010-10-18 19:57:07
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No, you can write apps in VB.NET, but it's a CTP version for the moment. And you can't write XNA games (Silverlight apps only)
Olivier PAYEN
2010-10-18 19:57:51
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No, VB is supported as well... Visual Basic® CTP for Windows was released last month...
Microsoft® Visual Basic® CTP for Windows® Phone Developer Tools
This CTP enables Visual Basic developers to create Windows Phone 7 applications with the final version of the Windows Phone Developer Tools.
kzen
2010-10-18 20:03:04
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For XNA development it is C# only. Howevver, if you are developing in Silverlight there are more options available:
VB support is in CTP at the moment. gGt it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a808a69d-6119-47b7-b858-262be5c49915&displaylang=en
The F# templates can be accessed from the Visual Studio Gallery. More details from http://bloggemdano.blogspot.com/2010/08/f-windows-phone-7-silverlight-templates.html
Dynamic language support is also, apparently, coming in the future as well. No details available yet though.
Matt Lacey
2010-10-18 20:08:07