Welcome to my Beginner’s guide to Windows Phone 7 Application Development. First up, I want to welcome you to a brand new series in my learning platform. Welcome abroad! And from the looks of it, you don’t have any experience in programming. Not a hassle! I firmly believe that if you want to start learning, you have to be start from ‘zero’ or ‘null’.
So we are a group of people who have no experience in programming, but we really want to learn about it. You are in the right place. It’s not the age anymore when programming an application or software was considered like ‘rocket-science’! We will prove them wrong! You can be an idiot and still manage to build apps! And great ones at that!
Beginner’s guide to Windows Phone 7 Application Development :
Caution-This blog features items which will make you addicted to windows phone 7 app development! So those who still want to continue with their normal lives, please stop right on your tracks!
Before we do start out though, we must have each other’s confidence and promise that we will concentrate on visuals. Done? Let’s roll out!
Getting your tools-
1. Well before we start out with the battle, we need to take our gunships at the ready. And I am gonna tell you where to get them, how you are gonna get them and how you are gonna use them. Let’s get started.
2. Like always, we need a platform where we are going to build our apps. And we have a very good platform at that! We will download an SDK which we are going to use to develop our apps. Pretty much like the Eclipse environment we used in Java programming. You will get even a better-looking (sorry, Eclipse but you still rock!) SDK using which you will have a whale of a time building apps in. So what are we waiting for?!
To download the SDK, just navigate to the Windows App Hub.
You will get a page which looks like this-
3. I have highlighted the part we are interested in. On clicking this, we will be directed to a page where we will get all the information about our SDK. Take a look-
This page also gives you complete information about the items we are going to install in our computer.
4. Now on clicking this, you will be presented with some new windows where you have to do some pretty basic things like agreement to the software license and stuff like that. Your download will start after that.
Alert-The SDK available is not compatible with Windows Vista Service Pack 1. You have to get the Service Pack 2 installed. Same goes with Windows 7.
5. Once the download is completed, we can start creating! Please make sure you get the proper tools before we get started with our next step. Hands-on experience is very essential! I say this from experience!
Next Topics:
- Create Hello World Application in Windows Phone 7
- Analysis of Emulator in Windows Phone 7 App Development
- Coding for Hello World Application in Windows Phone 7
Hello,
Nice initiative and i was looking for such article because i want to create such apps.
want to ask one question : i am on Windows XP SP2, so is it ok?
and can you tell me or provide me some good source through which i can learn How to create and Android App?
Thank you.
Hi Jeet,
No, this supports only for Windows 7, Vista. Both should have Service Pack 2. As we are seeing on Windows Phone 7 Application, this own’t work out for Windows XP o any other lower versions.
Also be looking for my further articles over this Windows 7 App Development.
Well, Android there are many where if you search in Google you will find out or just wait for my next tutorial which will come up once I complete this Tutorial.
Thanx for sharing the post but i do not have windows 7 phone
it si too costly for me
Hi Dipesh@Root,
Never Mind dude. you need not have a Windows Phone 7. It is only just a application development. You can just create a App and release it in the Windows Phone App Store or Nokia Store and just earn from it.
Excellent detailed tutorial for such beginners as I am) thanks a lot for writing about it
Hi Melissa,
Thankz for your comments. You can also check out other articles which are coming up under this Windows Phone 7 Application Development.
Nice and useful article
Hi Winston,
Thankz :))
Ok.. cool..
Hi Tasin,
Welcome :)) Thanks for your comments.
It is a very useful information..!! Thanks for sharing it :) :)
Hi Shri,
Thank you. Its my Pleasure.
Very intuitive article! You’re off to a good start.
Hi Adam,
Thankz for your support..!!
Nice article very useful!!
Thanks!!
Hi Gerardo,
Thanks for your comments
Its really very nice thing to share…..Great job mate….continue :))
Thanks BeatboxSinger
aewsum article raja but to have windows 7 phone is costly enough for me to buy.
Hii Dipesh,
Yeah..many are telling the same. But yet we can be hoping for low cost Windows Phone soon from some Manufactures.
Hi Dipesh,
Thanks for your valuable comments. It is beginners guide and there is lot more which you need to look for in my upcoming articles.
Nice article very useful!!
Thankz Shihan for your valuable comments.
Keep posting, really valuable…
Hi Suman,
Thanks for your comments. Yes, there are many more articles which are coming up under this Windows Phone 7 Application. So keep looking forward.
ThaNXX for the article….. :)
Really useful One 2 ME
Hi Mathew,
Thanks for your valuable comments.
wow!!!
very nice information. Awesome. Really it is helpful to develop applications for beginners.
Good work bro. Keep it up!!! I like it.
:)
Hi Avinash,
Thankz for the comment.s Yeah..this is just a beginning and there is lot more to come. Look for the next article under the Windows Phone 7 App Development.
Well Explained Bro ! Thanks for sharing
Hi Gowtham,
Thanks. Hope you understood well.
I want to buy a Windows 7 phone, but I was wondering if you need to have an Xbox for the Xbox live on the phone. Can anyone help me?
Hello,
Thanks for the information. I am also developing for Windows Phone 7. If you are interested I am using a guide that explains how to develop a VoIP app for Windows Phone 7 (http://www.voip-sip-sdk.com/p_511-windows-phone-platform-voip.html). Hope I also shared valuable information with you.
I have heartiest interest in app development :D that was useful