Free Windows Phone 8 Book

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I’m very pleased to be able to report that my Windows Phone 8 Book (the Blue Book that is a companion to the Yellow Book) is now available for free download from Microsoft Faculty Connection. There are around 250 pages of developer goodness spread over 15 chapters, along with a over 50 demos.

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This is the button that you use to download the content. Click on the word Download. You don’t need to be a member of the Faculty Connection to get the content, it should just arrive as one large zip archive with the Blue Book document and all the demos.

Here’s a quick overview:

  • Getting Started with Windows Phone
    • The Windows Phone Platform
    • The Windows Phone Ecosystem
    • Windows Phone Program Execution
    • Windows Phone Application Development
  • Making a User Interface with XAML
    • Program Design with XAML
    • Understanding XAML
    • Putting Program Code into an Application
  • Visual Studio Solution Management
    • Getting Started with Projects and Solutions
    • Debugging Programs
    • Performance Tuning
  • Constructing a Program with XAML
    • Improving the User Experience
    • Working with XAML text
    • Using the TextChanged Event
    • Managing Application Page Layout
  • Advanced Application Development
    • Data Binding
    • Displaying Lists of Data
    • Pages and Navigation
    • Using ViewModel classes
  • Isolated Storage on Windows Phone
    • Storing Data on Windows Phone
    • Copying Files into Isolated Storage
  • Using Databases on Windows Phone
    • An Overview of Database Storage
    • Creating Data Relationships with LINQ
  • Networking with Windows Phone
    • Windows Phone Network Support
    • Networking Overview
    • Addresses and Networks
    • Creating a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Connection
    • Creating a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Connection
    • Reading a Web Page
    • Using LINQ to Read from an XML Stream
  • XNA Game Development
    • XNA in Context
    • Making an XNA 4.0 Program
    • Player Interaction in Games
    • Adding Sound to a Game
    • Managing Screen Dimensions and Orientation
    • Using MonoGame
    • Making a MonoGame XNA program
  • Using Speech in Applications
    • Speech Synthesis
    • Controlling Applications using Speech
    • Simple speech input
    • Using grammars
  • Maps and Location
    • Determining the geoposition of the phone
    • Using the Map component
  • Using Bluetooth and Near Field Communications
    • Using Bluetooth
    • The Intercom Program
    • Using Near Field Communications
  • How Applications Run
    • Background Processing
    • Adding a Live Tile to an Application
    • File Transfer Tasks
    • Scheduled Notifications
  • Marketing Windows Phone Applications
    • The Windows Phone Icons and Splash Screens
    • Preparing an Application for Sale
    • Windows Phone Store
    • Making your Application Stand Out

Enjoy.