The Component Art dashboard server allows you to develop in Silverlight, place the XAML file on server and allows it to automatically convert it to HTML5 delivered directly to any mobile platform. The rich UI components developed by Component Art allow you to extend your hybrid application into the next level. Whether you develop for [...]
On June 30th I am going to lecture about Hybrid Applications for Mobile Telephones in Open Source 2011 conference. You can download the slides. If you have any professional question following my lecture please don’t hesitate and place it as a comment to this post.
During last months I come across many developers that share zero confidence in the WP7 platform. Many of them still share the dissapointment from windows mobile. Many of them still believe that the wireless operators will keep blocking microsoft. Many of them simply don’t believe that the WP7 platform can take off. In a dynamic [...]
During the past year I have been playing around with the WP7 platform. The platform is heaven for any developer. The simpllicy inolved with applications development for the WP7 platform is unmatchable. Yet, there are few improvements I hope Microsoft will introduce. The first and the most important improvement is changing the web browser engine [...]
Microsoft moves forward with the launch of the first WP7 phone models. The first to come out are models developed by Dell, Samsung, HTC and LG. The following video clip introduces these models. The interesting question… should we expect to enjoy similar hardware technologies when buying a handset from a specific hardware manufacturer no matter [...]
Towards the end of the ‘Applications Development for Windows Phone 7′ course I taught in SMKB during 2010 summer semester, my students started to work on their final projects. They were asked to develop either an educational game or an educational application for the windows phone 7 platform. The following screenshots present a glimpse of [...]
I have just completed to update my ‘Windows Phone 7 Fundamentals’ course. This course is available for free personal and academic usage at www.abelski.com. I chose to add few more topics. The topics currently covered include the following: Introduction User Interface Isolated Storage WebBrowser Control Application Bar Location Services Accelerometer Playing Video Application Life Cycle [...]
During the 2010 summer semester I am going to deliver an academic course that focuses on the Windows Phone 7 platform. This course takes place in SMKB and is part of their Information Technologies BSc academic program. The topics this course covers include the following: Platform Overview User Interface Isolated Storage Debugging WebBrowser Control Application Bar Location Services [...]
Doing the first steps developing for Windows Phone 7 I believe you will find the following clip highly useful. It explains how to develop a simple ‘Hello World’ application. You can download the Visual Studio 2010 bundled with the emaultor as well as any other required development tool in one simple download at http://developer.windowsphone.com.
