Start Windows Phone 7 Development from 0

Introduction

This article uses the step by step mode to describe how to build a Windows Phone 7 Development Environment from 0.Program. It's just an introductory articleArticleBut the development of Windows Phone 7 is actually that simple. Let's develop Windows Phone 7 together.

 

Windows 7 Installation

Currently, Windows Phone 7 only supports Windows 7 and Vista. I recommend Windows 7. The following describes how to build a Windows 7 environment.

Prerequisites

1. Windows XP system.

2. 100 Gb hard disk space

3. 2 GB memory

4. If you want to develop an xNa program, the display card supports DirectX 10 or a later version, along with the wddm 1.1 driver.

 

Installation Steps

1. Download Windows 7 ISO

2. Download Windows 7 USB/DVD download Tool

Download Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool in the http://store.microsoft.com/Help/ISO-Tool below

3. Install Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool.

Format a USB disk larger than 4 GB.

Run Windows 7 USB/DVD download tool.

Select the ISO file path.

Select USB device

Select a USB drive letter.

The ISO is automatically stored on the USB disk.

Restart the machine to automatically enter the installer and click Next next to complete the installation. The installation program is simpler than Windows XP, and the network does not need to be manually configured. You can use it normally.

 

Installation in Windows Phone 7 Development Environment

1. Download Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP-CMDL refresh

To http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx? Displaylang = en & familyid = cabcd5ed-7dfc-4731-9d7e-3220603cad14 Download Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP-starter l refresh, which contains all of the following components, one installation is OK.

Visual Studio 2010 express for Windows Phone CTP
Windows Phone emulator CTP
Silverlight for Windows Phone CTP
XNa game studio 4.0 CTP

 

2. Click to install vm_web.exe.

Click Install now

Click accept. This is the Free Software, enjoy it.

The installation is completed in about 20 minutes and the machine needs to be restarted.

 

Write the first Windows Phone 7 program

Start Visual Studio 2010 express for Windows Phone

Open the welcome page. Here are some links to download documents and Videos related to Windows Phone 7.

Create a window phone application project called helloworldwindowsphone.

Modify textblock textblockpagetitle and textblocklisttitle of mainpage. Xmal

Code snippet

2. <! -- Titlegrid is the name of the application and page title -->
4. grid x : name =" titlegrid " grid. row = "0">
6. textblock text =" Hello world application " x : name =" textblockpagetitle " style =" { staticresource phonetextpagetitle1style} "/>
8. <TextblockText= "Say hello World"X:Name= "Textblocklisttitle"Style= "{StaticresourcePhonetextpagetitle2style}"/>
10. </Grid>

 

Add a button

Code snippet

2. <! -- Contentgrid is empty. place new content here -->
4. <GridX:Name= "Contentgrid"Grid. Row= "1">
6. button content =" say hi " height =" 70 " horizontalalignment =" Left " margin =" 144,65, " name =" button1 " verticalignment =" TOP " width =" 160 " click =" button#click "/>
8. </Grid>

Add button to process events

Code snippet

1. Private VoidButton#click (ObjectSender,RoutedeventargsE)
2. {
3. Textblocklisttitle. Text ="Say hi! ";
4. }

A demo program is complete.

Click F5 to start emulator for debugging.

Go to the program we compiled.

Click

The development environment of Windows Phone 7 is very easy to deploy. Start the journey of Windows Phone 7. What are you waiting? Let's go!

 

For more highlights, seeMsdn webcast Silverlight for Windows Phone development video series