As of the publication date of this article, Windows Phone 7 devices are becoming available in Europe and will hit North America on November 8th 2010 and Microsoft is gradually opening up the application submission process to registered developers. Microsoft expects as many as 1,000 applications available at launch. Will one of those applications be yours?
This article takes you through the process of getting the tools, registering as a developer, building a basic Silverlight application for Windows Phone 7 (©Copyright Colin Melia 2010), and submitting it to the marketplace.
Getting Started - Application Platform
The available developer tools allow you to build Silverlight and XNA software for Windows Phone 7. For an introduction to the platform see my previous article. In this article, I’ll be showing you how to build a Silverlight application.
The Hub for Applications
Just before device launch Microsoft transformed the Windows Phone 7 developer portal and combined it with the Xbox Creator’s Club, with everything now available in one place called the App Hub.
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