Windows Phone Development

Windows Phone Development References & Tools

Tools for Development 

Windows Phone SDK 8.0

Windows Phone SDK 7.1 (Includes Windows Phone 7.0 and 7.5 Development)

Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1 Update›  Windows Phone 512 MB and 256 MB emulator support, Windows 8 support added.

Windows Phone SDK update for Windows Phone 7.8

Windows Phone Developer Tools RTW (Only for Windows Phone 7.0 Development) – replaced by Windows Phone SDK 7.1

Zune Software 4.8

References & Training Kits 

Windows Phone 8 Training Kit

Windows Phone 7.5 Training Kit›

Windows Phone 7 Training Kit for Developers – RTM Refresh›

Windows Phone Developer Portal›

Windows Phone Developer Blog›

Microsoft Press ebook: Programming Windows Phone 7›

Developing an Advanced Windows Phone 7.5 App that Connects to the Cloud – Book Download›

A Case Study for Building Advanced Windows Phone Applications – Code Samples›

Windows Phone 8 Jump Start

• Jump Start and the full content is available at Channel9. 

  • Mod 01a: Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development Part 1
  • Mod 01b: Introducing Windows Phone 8 Development Part 2
  • Mod 02: Designing Windows Phone 8 Apps
  • Mod 03: Building Windows Phone 8 Apps
  • Mod 04: Files and Storage on Windows Phone 8
  • Mod 05: Windows Phone 8 Application Lifecycle
  • Mod 06: Background Agents
  • Mod 07: Tiles and Lock Screen Notifications
  • Mod 08: Push Notifications
  • Mod 09: Using Phone Resources in Windows Phone 8
  • Mod 10: App to App Communication in Windows Phone 8
  • Mod 11: Network Communication in Windows Phone 8
  • Mod 12: Proximity Sensors and Bluetooth in Windows Phone 8
  • Mod 13: Speech Input in Windows Phone 8
  • Mod 14: Maps and Location in Windows Phone 8
  • Mod 15: Wallet Support
  • Mod 16: In-App Purchasing
  • Mod 17: The Windows Phone Store
  • Mod 18: Enterprise App Architecture
  • Mod 19: Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 Cross Platform Development
  • Mod 20: Mobile Web

Build Apps for Both Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Jump Start