Essential Windows Phone 8, 2/e (Paperback)

“Shawn has created a guide that is easy to read, up-to-date, and comprehensive–covering the entire application surface area for Windows Phone developers. Enjoy!”
–Jeff Wilcox, Senior Software Development Engineer, Microsoft

Essential Windows® Phone 8 is the definitive guide to creating powerful mobile apps with Microsoft’s dramatically improved Windows Phone 8 platform. Ten-time Microsoft MVP Shawn Wildermuth draws on his extensive experience teaching Windows Phone development, helping you to get started fast and master techniques that lead to truly outstanding solutions.

Updated throughout, this edition reflects new APIs and development best practices, ranging from new WinRT APIs to voice integration. It also contains a comprehensive new chapter on developing enterprise solutions for business.

After introducing the platform and its key improvements, Shawn dives directly into the essentials. Using realistic code, he illustrates today’s best techniques for delivering robust, well-performing apps. You’ll build a complete app from start to finish and then deepen your skills with increasingly sophisticated techniques.

From planning through delivery, Shawn guides you through the entire lifecycle, helping you make the most of Windows Phone 8’s valuable capabilities. Whether you’re a Windows developer going mobile or a mobile developer moving to Windows Phone, here are all the skills you’ll need.

Coverage includes

• Setting up the WP8 development environment, including the emulator
• Using XAML to fully control the look and feel of your app’s interface
• Providing robust user interactivity through controls
• Creating mobile experiences built around the real needs of Windows Phone users
• Localizing your app for native languages and global markets
• Utilizing vibration, motion, sound, the camera, or other hardware features
• Supporting voice commands such as “Call Mom” or “Open Twitter”
• Integrating features that use Contacts, Appointments, Alarms, the media library and hubs, and the lock screen
• Storing data in simple files, caches, or a full-fledged database
• Multitasking in the background without compromising performance
• Implementing location-aware apps that can track where users are
• Retrieving external data and assets via REST, Web services, push notifications, or Windows Live
• Preparing your application for the Windows Phone Store
• Building and distributing enterprise apps for your company’s internal customers

 

"Shawn創作了一本易於閱讀、最新且全面的指南，涵蓋了Windows Phone開發人員的整個應用程式範圍。享受吧！"
– Jeff Wilcox，微軟高級軟體開發工程師

《Essential Windows® Phone 8》是使用微軟大幅改進的Windows Phone 8平台創建強大移動應用程式的權威指南。十次微軟MVP得主Shawn Wildermuth借助他豐富的Windows Phone開發教學經驗，幫助您快速入門並掌握能夠產生真正優秀解決方案的技巧。

本版全面更新，反映了新的API和開發最佳實踐，從新的WinRT API到語音整合。它還包含了一個全面的新章節，介紹了針對企業業務的解決方案開發。

在介紹平台及其主要改進之後，Shawn直接深入核心內容。他使用實際代碼演示了當今最佳技術，以提供強大且性能良好的應用程式。您將從頭到尾構建一個完整的應用程式，然後通過越來越複雜的技術來深化您的技能。

從規劃到交付，Shawn將引導您完成整個生命週期，幫助您充分利用Windows Phone 8的寶貴功能。無論您是一位轉向移動平台的Windows開發人員，還是一位轉向Windows Phone的移動開發人員，這裡提供了您所需的所有技能。

內容包括：
- 設置WP8開發環境，包括模擬器
- 使用XAML完全控制應用程式界面的外觀和感覺
- 通過控件提供強大的用戶互動性
- 創建圍繞Windows Phone用戶真實需求的移動體驗
- 將應用程式本地化為本地語言和全球市場
- 利用振動、運動、聲音、相機或其他硬體功能
- 支援“撥打媽媽”或“打開Twitter”等語音命令
- 整合使用聯絡人、約會、鬧鐘、媒體庫和中心以及鎖定螢幕的功能
- 將數據存儲在簡單文件、快取或完整的資料庫中
- 在不影響性能的情況下在背景中進行多任務處理
- 實現能夠追蹤用戶位置的位置感知應用程式
- 通過REST、Web服務、推送通知或Windows Live檢索外部數據和資源
- 為Windows Phone商店準備您的應用程式
- 為公司內部客戶建立和分發企業應用程式"