By Rosario A. First we need to join Visual Studio 2010 and select the Windows Phone Application project Solution ExplorerThis is the appearance in the Solution Explorer for the generated project. Instead of quoting the entire content of each file, I will describe its purpose. ApplicationIcon.pngThis image should be replaced with the one that is going to represent the application. It is the one that the users will see in the phone application. Make sure it is memorable. App.xamlThe idea is to see this file as the web.config in ASP.NET. Here is where you will find comprehensive data and application settings. It is also where I prefer to keep my styles, even thought is not require...

By David E. Fiddler is a Web Debugging proxy to capture traffic between our computer and the Internet. It shows in detail all the requests made ​​by any application that accesses the Internet. Sometimes it is useful to review a page using Fiddler if there’s an image that we need or we want to know the logic of some specific client functionality, as Fiddler can tell us all files that are loaded when a page loads: html, aspx, css, js, etc. One of the biggest advantages of a Web Debugging Proxy is that it is possible to see some requests to some services in our applications. Even though we have a desktop application, if there is a reference to a service in our code and we put a call to a m...

By Denisse Zavala Microsoft recently revealed the details of the Windows Phone Application Platform. It is built upon Silverlight, XNA Framework and the .NET Compact Framework, and MS rely on this combination to claim that development of rich applications will not have a steep learning curve for developers who are familiar with these technologies. I wanted to get my hands on this platform so I used my basic Silverlight skills to create a really simple application to manage a To-Do list. Here the details: First thing to do is get the Windows Phone developer tools CTP, which includes the VS 2010 Express for Windows Phone development tool and an add-on to the VS 2010 RC to enable phone de...

By Brenda V. As you all know, Microsoft just recently release the Windows Phone 7 as a mobile platform that is to compete with other mobile platforms like the iPhone. However the Windows Phone 7 is a different kind of phone, designed to bring together all that users care about most in a very easy, intuitive and fast way. This directly affects small to large businesses with the need to improve their productivity, be more efficient and above all to be responsive to their customer’s needs to be able to stay in the market and fight the competition. No matter if it’s a product or a service that you are offering, this is an era of mobile phones, just look around you. Are you ready to follow...

To become familiar with the development of an application for the Windows Phone 7 we will create a simple Silverlight application: a form of tweets that are related to a particular topic.Environment and ToolsTo start, we must download and install the  Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta, which allows us to develop applications using Visual Studio 2010 for  Windows Phone 7. After doing this with VS 2010 we create a project using the template for Windows Phone Application. The solution generated by using the Windows Phone Application template contains a single draft Silverlight for Windows Phone, which has a similar structure to that of a Silverlight application for web or desktop. As we ...

This summer Microsoft launched a new proposal for smart phones the Windows Phone series 7 (WPT). In this article we will review some of the most important aspects of this platform. User InterfaceIn terms of user interface, WP7 introduces several innovations to be taken into account in the design and application development. These include:  • Metro Design. The WP7 user interface is based on a design named "Metro", and is inspired by the kind of icons and colors used on public transport. This seeks to achieve clean and clear user interfaces and make it easier for anyone using the phone to be able to understand the available options. • Hubs. Windows Phone 7 introduces the concep...

Recientemente Sieena ha participado en varios eventos junto con Microsoft de México para la promoción y evangelización de la plataforma de desarrollo para el próximo Windows Phone 7.   Algunos de los videos realizados por nuestro equipo son los siguientes:   Mi primera aplicación para Windows Phone 7 usando Silverlight: Webcast Aquí Mi primer juego con XNA para WP7. Webcast Aquí. El nuevo emulador de Windows Phone 7. Webcast Aquí. Para más webcast e información del Windows Phone 7 en México, acudir a ésta liga....