Pro Windows Phone App Development

The Windows Phone 8 platform provides a remarkable opportunity for Windows developers to create state-of-the-art mobile applications using their existing skills and a familiar toolset. Pro Windows Phone App Development, Third Edition, helps you unlock the potential of this platform and create dazzling, visually rich, and highly functional applications for the Windows Phone Store and bring you up to speed on the new features the Windows Phone 8 API provides.

For developers new to the Windows Phone platformwhether with .NET, iOS, or Android experiencethis book starts by introducing the requirements, specifications, and basics of Windows Phone development, and then leads you through the complete application development process, using an array of complementary technologies and Microsofts modern-style app design.

Along the way, you'll learn how to

• Use Microsoft technologies like XAML, .NET, Visual Studio 2012, and Expression Blend effectively to develop modern-style Windows Phone apps
• Take advantage of the device's sensors with the location service, accelerometer, and touch
• Make your apps location-aware using GPS data
• Develop rich media applications that harness the graphics capabilities of Windows Phone models
• Design and develop Windows Phone applications using the Model-View-ViewModel architecture
• Publish and sell your application through the Windows Phone Store

• How to use Microsoft technologies like XAML, .NET, Visual Studio 2012, and Expression Blend effectively to develop modern-style Windows Phone apps
• Techniques for taking advantage of the device's sensors with the location service, accelerometer, and touch
• How to make your apps location-aware using GPS data
• How to develop rich media applications that harness the graphics capabilities of Windows Phone models
• The way to design and develop Windows Phone applications using the Model-View-ViewModel architecture
• The process for publishing and selling your application through the Windows Phone Store

If you're a Microsoft developer, this book is primarily for youyou're eager to learn how to use your existing skills to develop for the new Windows Phoneplatform. If you're an iOS or Android developer, this is an ideal guide for you to learn how to expand the market for your existing applications. This does assume some knowledge of C#, managed co...