3)     Files associated with project template

4)     Splash screen and the importance of 1 second / 19 second loading

5)     Application Bar

6)     Panorama and Pivot controls

7)     Red Threads

8)     MVVM

9)     Marketplace

Session 2 – Connecting to Services

In this session, we will discuss how Cloud Services help to bring power to the phone. We will be binding to a rest based services and show how to search and display the information received. In this session we will also talk about Navigation, passing information between screens, simple page animations while working with List and detail information. 

1)      Navigation

2)      Fragment Navigation

3)      JSon Deserialization

4)      JSon.Net

5)      The Extras Menu

6)     Live Tile

7)      Push Notifications

8)      Push Notification Helper Library 

9)      Shell Tile Scheduler

Session 3 – Recording Data

In this session we will be working with the Camera to capture and crop photos, record audio files, take notes, saving location, sharing (sending emails and SMS messages – and if time permits sending to twitter or FB) and saving everything using isolated storage. We will discuss tombstoning and how it effects your application process, including the when, where and whys of saving state).

1)     Tombstoning

2)     Tombstoning helper

3)     Sensor overview

4)     Location and GPS

5)     Bing Maps

6)     Accerometer

7)      Phone Shake

8)      Launchers and Choosers

9)      Isolated Storage

NOTE: Although this event will provide attendees with their own PC and dual monitors to use throughout the day, each attendee may also use their own laptop for the labs. The required software is listed below:

• Windows Vista or Windows 7 (WP7 tools will not run on XP or on a VM)
• Windows Phone 7 Developer tools http://create.msdn.com/en-us/home/getting_started (All 3 below)
  • Developer Tools
  • Developer Tools Jan Update
  • Windows Phone Developer Tools Fix
  • All three can be found on that page
  • If you already have Visual Studio, the tools will be added to VS otherwise it will install the free phone tools
  • Direct Link to tools ISO instead of web installer http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=201927  (If you use this make sure you go to the other page and install Jan update an dFix)
• Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit http://silverlight.codeplex.com/releases/view/60291
• Shake Gesture Library http://create.msdn.com/en-us/education/catalog/article/Recipe_Shake_Gesture_Library
• Register at FanFeedr http://developer.fanfeedr.com/
• Register for MS Advertising and download SDK – we will show you how to add this to your apps in class http://advertising.microsoft.com/mobile-apps
• Sign Up for a Bing Maps account and key http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff428642.aspx  (see instructions next line)
• Instructions on how to register for Bing Maps account http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/wp7trainingcourse_usingbingmapslab_topic2

Optional But Suggested  Downloads and Resources:

• VB SDK if you want to write your phone apps in VB.Net http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a808a69d-6119-47b7-b858-262be5c49915
  • (Visual Studio Professional or higher.  Does not yet support VS Express for windows phone)
• Paint.Net (Its Free) (for working with images—if you don’t have Photoshop) http://www.getpaint.net/download.html
• Paint.Net PSD Plugin & Install instructions http://psdplugin.codeplex.com/
• Windows Azure Toolkit for WP7 http://watoolkitwp7.codeplex.com/
• Application Certification Requirements http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9730558
• Windows Phone 7 Design Templates http://wp7designtemplates.codeplex.com/  (Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit above is needed for this)
• Article – Using the design templates http://www.windowsphonegeek.com/articles/21-WP7-Toolkit-in-Depth-articles-covering-all-controls
• Silverlight & WP7 Exception Handling and Logging Building Block http://silverlightlogging.codeplex.com/
• Windows Phone 7 Isolated Storage Explorer http://wp7explorer.codeplex.com/
•  WP7 Tombstone Helper http://tombstonehelper.codeplex.com/
• Push Notification Server Side Helper http://create.msdn.com/en-us/education/catalog/article/pnhelp-wp7
• WP7 Databases
  • WinPhone7DB  http://winphone7db.codeplex.com/
  • Wp7Sqllite  http://wp7sqlite.codeplex.com/
  • JubbaDB http://blog.clauskonrad.net/2010/10/how-to-database-for-wp7.html
  • EffiProzDB_WP http://www.effiproz.com/product_wp.aspx
• Isolated Storage Explorer http://wp7explorer.codeplex.com/
• WP7 Dropbox http://wp7dropbox.codeplex.com/
• JSon Viewer to see and read long Json  http://jsonviewer.codeplex.com/
• Creating Custom Pushpins for Bing Maps http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/wp7trainingcourse_usingbingmapslab_topic3
• RestSharp http://lukencode.com/2010/08/04/rest-web-services-in-windows-phone-7/
• JSON.Net http://json.codeplex.com/