Microsoft® XNA® Framework Edition: Programming Windows® Phone 7: Programming Windows® Phone 7

by Charles Petzold

Get started building applications for Windows Phone 7—expertly guided by award-winning author Charles Petzold. You’ll focus on the core concepts and techniques for creating apps with Microsoft XNA, with coverage of Microsoft Visual Studio®, .NET Framework managed code sandbox, the phone emulator, sensors, and location. As always, Charles brings a unique combination of pragmatism and authority to his instruction—along with an eminently readable style and a wealth of hands-on examples.

NOTE: Microsoft® XNA® Framework Programming for Windows® Phone 7 and Microsoft® Silverlight Programming for Windows® Phone 7 are fully indexed, print-book versions of a single electronic edition titled Programming Windows Phone 7, which is available as a free ebook from the Microsoft Download Center.”

Charles Petzold is a Windows Legend, Microsoft MVP, and author of the classic book PROGRAMMING WINDOWS, one of the best-known and mostly widely used programming guides of all time. He has been programming with Windows since obtaining a beta edition of Windows 1.0 SDK in 1986, and, in 1994, was honored with a Windows Pioneer Award by Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Petzold is also a contributing editor to MSDN Magazine.

430 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 20, 2010

About the author

Charles Petzold has been writing about programming for Windows-based operating systems for 24 years. A Microsoft MVP for Client Application Development and a Windows Pioneer Award winner, Petzold is author of the classic Programming Windows, currently in its sixth edition and one of the best-known programming books of all time; the widely acclaimed Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software; and more than a dozen other books.