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?
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The development tools comes with a free version of Visual Studio 2010 Express edition; so you won't have to buy VS2010 (or anything, for that matter). – Henry C Jul 24 '10 at 00:32
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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/
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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 Aug 04 '10 at 03:54
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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
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The link for the WP7 dev tools above is broken (I'm assuming it was linking to the CTP?) The most recent version of the tools (beta) can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C8496C2A-54D9-4B11-9491-A1BFAF32F2E3&displaylang=en I suspect there will likely be a RC release prior to RTM, as there's still room for improvement (like providing a Panorama control) – Henry C Jul 24 '10 at 00:34
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@Blakomen Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I have edited the post to link to the proper pages. – Waleed Al-Balooshi Jul 24 '10 at 13:50
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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 Sep 19 '10 at 04:54
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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.
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Express version of Visual Studio is free: Visual Studio 2010 Express
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Is the windows mobile marketplace to be in place when the phone launches? – nishantcm May 15 '10 at 06:44
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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.
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