Why Windows Phone?PRESENTED BY JEREMIAH ISAACSON

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Outline

Why develop for Windows Phone? How do I get started? How do I submit my awesome app to the Windows Phone

Marketplace? Now that I’ve submitted my sweet app, what should I do now? Resources Questions

Why develop for Windows Phone?

It’s awesome It’s easy Support for multiple development languages:

C++ C# Visual Basic

Make some sweet green (cash money) Make the world a better place

Comparisons

Windows Phone vs. Android Supporting Android apps is a nightmare (screen

resolutions/hardware) Android has a cluttered marketplace (more competition) Windows Phone (in my opinion) has a lower learning curve Your app is more likely to succeed on Windows Phone

Comparisons

Windows Phone vs. Apple’s iOS Windows Phone has a lower learning curve Apple’s app approval process can be timely and difficult Apple introduced ARC to help developers with memory leaks but it is

still possible to end up leaking memory Xcode seems to require full project cleans often Apple is strict

Comparisons

Windows Phone vs. Blackberry Windows Phone has surpassed Research In Motion’s Blackberry The Blackberry operating system needs a major overhaul before

many consumers will consider the phone as an option

Why develop for Windows Phone?

More Windows Phone Benefits Windows Phone has the best emulator (in my opinion)

Full simulated device tilt GPS point mapping scenarios Screenshots for marketing you app or Marketplace submission Fast emulator boot and app deployment

Marketplace Test Kit Language localization for global apps is simple Even more awesome new features with the release of Windows 8 SDK

How do I get started? Windows Phone 7

To develop Windows Phone 7 apps you will need Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition (free) (link) (dreamspark) Windows Phone 7 SDKs (installs the project templates for Visual Studio link) System requirements (link) Dev Center Account (physical device app deployment and Marketplace distribution) (dreamspark)

Windows Phone 8 To develop for Windows Phone 8 you will need

Visual Studio 2012 Express Edition (free) (link) Windows 8 Pro (or better) Windows Phone 8 SDK (link) System requirements (link) Dev Center Account (physical device app deployment and Marketplace distribution) (dreamspark)

Demos

Resources

Dreamspark (free Microsoft Software for Students) https://www.dreamspark.com/

Windows Phone Dev Center (where you publish apps to the Marketplace) https://dev.windowsphone.com/en-us

Pluralsight (Developer Training for Windows Phone(3 months free for students)) http://www.pluralsight.com/training

My Blog on Windows Phone Development http://www.jeremiahisaacson.com/

My twitter handle @jeremiahjordani

Questions

Why Windows Phone?PRESENTED BY JEREMIAH ISAACSON