Developer Hub: Download Windows Phone Developer tools SDK 7.1 (Mango) beta & 7.0

Now you can download the new Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 (Mango) Beta can be used to develop Applications for both 7.0 and 7.1 version of Windows Phone OS releases.  You can experiment with the latest tools release for Windows Phone. WPDT 7.1 Beta provides the tooling necessary to target the upcoming Windows Phone OS release (codenamed “Mango”) in addition to productivity enhancements such as an app profiler and an improved emulator.

Although not required, the Windows Phone Developer Team strongly recommends that you install WPDT 7.1 Beta on a separate machine. Apps built for 7.0 by using the 7.1 beta tools should certify and behave similarly to those produced by your current WPDT environment, but these are beta tools and your apps may behave inconsistently. If you encounter an issue between the beta tools/emulator and production phones, please report the issue on the App Hub ‘tools for wp7’ forum.

The Windows Phone Developer Tools includes the following,

• Microsoft Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 (Beta)

• Windows Phone Emulator (Beta)

• Silverlight 4 SDK and DRT

• Microsoft XNA Game Studio 4.0 Refresh Windows Phone Extensions

• Microsoft Expression Blend SDK Preview for Windows Phone 7.1

• WCF Data Services Client for Window Phone 7.1

Please note:

1) Windows Server, Windows XP & Virtual machine platforms are not supported

2)  If you are installing Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows® Phone 7.1 alone, you can install it on any drive. If Visual Studio 2010 Professional or higher is already installed on your development computer, Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 Beta is installed on the same drive as the existing Visual Studio installation.

3) If you just need WP 7.0 SDK, then you can Download the Windows Phone 7.0 SDK (Windows Phone Developer Tools), then download and install the Windows Phone Developer Tools January 2011 Update and the Windows Phone Developer Tools Fix. The January 2011 Update should only be applied after you’ve installed the Windows Phone Developer Tools.

Note: French, Italian, German, and Spanish versions of the tools are available at the Microsoft Download Center.

                                                                                                        blogged using my Windows Live Writer 2011…

Book review: Programming Windows Phone 7

Are you the Windows Phone 7 developer or want to know how to create WP7 apps? Then this book is meant for you. To give you a sense of this offering, here is Charles’s Introduction—beneath that you’ll find the ebook’s full Table of Contents:

Introduction

This book is a gift from the Windows Phone 7 team at Microsoft to the programming community, and I am proud to have been a part of it. Within the pages that follow, I show you the basics of writing applications for Windows Phone 7 using the C# programming language with the Silverlight and XNA 2D frameworks.

Yes, Programming Windows Phone 7 is truly a free download, but for those readers who still love paper—as I certainly do—this book will also be available (for sale) divided into two fully-indexed print editions: Microsoft Silverlight Programming for Windows Phone 7 and Microsoft XNA Framework Programming for Windows Phone 7. ]

The best thing would be, with the money you’ve saved downloading this book, please buy other books. Despite the plethora of information available online, books are still the best way to learn about programming within a coherent and cohesive tutorial narrative. Every book sale brings a tear of joy to an author’s eye, so please help make them weep overflowing rivers.

In particular, you might want to buy other books to supplement the material in this book. For example, I barely mention Web services in this book, and that’s a serious deficiency because Web services are likely to become increasingly important in Windows Phone 7 applications. My coverage of XNA is limited to 2D graphics and while I hope to add several 3D chapters in the next edition of this book, I don’t really get into the whole Xbox LIVE community aspect of game development. Nor do I discuss any programming tools beyond Visual Studio—not even Expression Blend.

Sections:

This book is divided into three parts. The first part discusses basic concepts of Windows Phone 7 programming using example programs that target both Silverlight and the XNA framework. It is likely that many Windows Phone 7 developers will choose either one platform or the other, but I think it’s important for all developers who have at least a little knowledge of the alternative to their chosen path.

The second part of this book focuses entirely on Silverlight, and the third part on XNA 2D. For your convenience, the chapters in each part build upon previous knowledge in a progressive tutorial narrative, and hence are intended to be read sequentially.

To use this book properly you’ll need to download and install the Windows Phone Developer Tools, which includes Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone, XNA Game Studio 4.0, and an on-screen Windows Phone Emulator to test your programs in the absence of an actual device. Get the latest information and downloads at http://developer.windowsphone.com.

PDF Download:BTW, you can download a PDF here (38.6 MB).

Code samples (C#): You can download the ebook’s C# sample code here (5.03 MB).

Code samples (VB.Net): And you can download the sample code in Visual Basic for Chapters 1-18 here (5.21 MB).

Nice way to start with! Wonderful book for the Windows Phone 7 programming!

Download : Windows Phone Developer Tools RTW

The Windows Phone team released the final bits for Windows Phone 7 – Developer Tools released to web (RTW). The tooling is free and will integrate with Visual Studio 2010 and Expression Blend 4 if you have them installed as well. This is the same powerful and easy to use Visual Studio integrated developer environment (IDE) handles developing Windows Phone 7 phone applications.

The Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools package includes everything you need to write awesome applications and games for Windows Phone 7.  All of the tools included in it are absolutely free. But make sure that you’ll need to uninstall the beta version before installing the RTW version.

The Windows Phone Developer Tools includes the following:

• Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone – Free Edition of Visual Studio 2010 for development
• Windows Phone Emulator Resources – Hardware accelerated emulator to run and debug your apps without requiring WP7 device
• Silverlight 4 Tools For Visual Studio – for building great applications for WP7
• XNA Game Studio 4.0 – to build great 2D and 3D games for WP7
• Microsoft Expression Blend for Windows Phone – Free version of Blend for Windows Phone 7 development
• Phone Registration Tool – When you get a device, this allows you to “unlock” the device so you can run/debug your application on it, using your Marketplace account.

So why don’t you wait? You can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=04704acf-a63a-4f97-952c-8b51b34b00ce.

The best part is all of the above tools and frameworks are packaged into one setup.  If you already have Visual Studio 2010, the setup will also add support for Windows Phone 7 development and projects to your full Visual Studio 2010.

Also applications and games you build with the tools released today can be uploaded to the Windows Phone Marketplace – which enables any phone consumer to easily download and purchase them directly from their phone.  This provides a great way to distribute applications/games that you either get paid for or distribute for free. Install the above developer tools, try building new WP7 apps and don’t forget to keep them in Windows Phone Marketplace.

Nice way to start building WP7 apps!!

Download : Application bar icons for Windows Phone 7 Series

Please find the download – a set of application bar icons for use when developing Windows Phone 7 Series applications using the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP. It contains a set of 64 application bar icons that you can use when developing applications for Windows Phone. In addition to the 64 icons in PNG format (32 dark and 32 light), this package also contains vector versions that can be easily imported into Microsoft Expression Blend 4 Beta when using the Microsoft Expression Blend Add-in Preview for Windows Phone. So what it contains,

General Icons

• Add
• Back
• Base Circle
• Cancel
• Check
• Close
• Delete
• Download
• Upload
• Edit
• Favorites
• Add to Favorites
• Minus
• New
• Next
• Overflow Dots
• Question Mark
• Refresh
• Save
• Share

Media Icons

• Stop
• Sync
• Fast Forward
• Play
• Pause
• Rewind

Phone Feature Icons

• Camera
• Email
• Search
• Settings
• Video
• Folder

You can download it from @ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=369B20F7-9D30-4CFF-8A1B-F80901B2DA93

Download : Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta 1.0

The same powerful and easy to use Visual Studio integrated developer environment (IDE) handles design and testing of Windows Phone 7 phone applications. You can download it from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c8496c2a-54d9-4b11-9491-a1bfaf32f2e3&displaylang=en.

It includes the following:

• Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone Beta
• Windows Phone Emulator Beta
• Silverlight for Windows Phone Beta
• Microsoft Expression Blend for Windows Phone Beta
• XNA Game Studio 4.0 Beta