News · 3 Aug 2010 · MTW Editorial Team
The second excerpt of Charles Petzold’s upcoming Programming Windows Phone 7 ebook is now available for download free of charge. This new one contains eleven chapters (256 pages) compared to the 6 chapters found in the first excerpt that was released a couple of months ago:
Part I The Basics
Chapter 1 Hello, Windows Phone 7
Chapter 2 Getting Oriented
Chapter 3 An Introduction to Touch
Chapter 4 Bitmaps, Also Known as Textures
Chapter 5 Sensors and Services
Chapter 6 Issues in Application Architecture
Part II Silverlight
Chapter 7 XAML Power and Limitations
Chapter 8 Elements and Properties
Part III XNA
Chapter 20 Principles of Movement
Chapter 21 Textures and Sprites
Chapter 22 Touch and Play
Download the PDF here OR the XPS here and don’t forget the sample code here. The full version of the eBook is expected to be released in time for PDC10 (October 28).
Via MSDN
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