Peter Laudati

In this episode, frequent guest & co-host Andrew Brust joins Peter to re-cap the recent Microsoft PDC 2010 conference and Silverlight 5 Firestarter. Andrew and Peter discuss the latest Azure platform developments, including VM role, Admin mode, and SQL Azure sharding.  In the mix, they cover some news for PHP developers looking to the cloud for a solution.

Also, Andrew provides us with some blue badge analysis on the future of Silverlight in an HTML5 world.

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Windows Phone 7 provides an exciting new opportunity for companies and developers to build applications that travel with users, are interactive and attractive, and are available whenever and wherever users want to work with them.

By combining Windows Phone 7 applications with on-premises services and applications, or remote services and applications that run in the cloud (such as those using the Windows Azure™ technology platform), developers can create highly scalable, reliable, and powerful applications that extend the functionality beyond the traditional desktop or laptop; and into a truly portable and much more accessible environment.

This guide describes a scenario around a fictitious company named Tailspin that has decided to include Windows Phone 7 as a client device for their existing cloud-based application. Their Windows Azure-based application, Surveys, is described in detail in a previous book in this series, Developing Applications for the Cloud on the Microsoft Windows Azure Platform. For more information about that book, see the MSDN® page at (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff966499.aspx).

Common Scenarios:

"Introducing Windows Phone 7" provides an overview of the platform to help you understand the requirements and advantages of creating applications for Windows Phone 7. It provides a high-level description of the possibilities, features, and requirements for building applications for Windows Phone, and it includes references to useful information about designing and developing these types of applications. It also includes a glossary of terms commonly used in mobile application development. It's probably a good idea to read this chapter before moving on to the scenarios.

"Designing Windows Phone 7 Applications" discusses planning and designing applications for Windows Phone 7. It covers the run-time environment and life cycle events for your application, how to maximize performance on the phone, and considerations for the user interface, resource management, storage, connectivity, and more.

"The Tailspin Scenario" introduces you to the Tailspin company and the Surveys application. It describes the decisions that the developers at Tailspin made when designing their application, and it discusses how the Windows Phone 7 client interacts with their existing Windows Azure-based services.

"Building the Mobile Client" describes the steps that Tailspin took when building the mobile client application for Windows Phone 7 that enables users to register for and download surveys, complete the surveys, and upload the results to the cloud-based service. It includes details of the overall structure of the application, the way that the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern is implemented, and the way that the application displays data and manages commands and navigation between the pages. The following chapters describe the individual features of the application development in more detail.

"Using Services on the Phone" discusses the way that the Windows Phone 7 client application stores and manipulates data, manages activation and deactivation, synchronizes data with the server application, and captures picture and sound data.

"Connecting with Services" describes how the client application running on Windows Phone 7 uses the services exposed by the Windows Azure platform. This includes user authentication, how the client application accesses services and downloads data, the data formats that the application uses, filtering data on the server, and the push notification capabilities.

"Interacting with Windows Marketplace" describes how you can distribute and sell your applications through Windows Marketplace, and the restrictions and conditions Windows Marketplace places on your applications and content.

Check it out here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/gg490765

And here: https://wp7guide.codeplex.com/

Enjoy!

Peter Laudati

In an increasingly diverse world of mobile devices, the .NET developer is likely to end up supporting multiple mobile platforms. In this episode, guest Roger Heim joins Peter to talk about connecting .NET & WCF Services with Android clients.  Roger reviews interoperability options with WCF, including SOAP, REST, JSON, and oData.

Also, Dmitry unknowingly joins the show with his take on the PDC 2010 announcements. Peter covers the (in)sanity of Silverlight v. HTML5.

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Interested to find out the latest on Silverlight from Microsoft? Sign up the December 2 Firestarter if you are interested to attend it at Redmond WA or watch it online. Scott Guthrie will provide an update on the future of Silverlight in the keynote.

Peter Laudati

Dmitry reveals that he is developing a Windows Phone 7 application for Leo Laporte’s This Week In Tech (TWiT) network.  Dmitry walks us through the phone tool experience, how he developed the TWiT application, and the challenges he faced.

Also, Dmitry and Peter cover the latest Microsoft developer news, including ASP.NET security, Windows Phone Dev tools RTM, & the Internet Explorer 9 Beta.

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SharePoint Server 2010 allows customers to create customized, branding sites that fit their business needs. What should users, developers and administrators know about the improved SharePoint user interface features? While at TechEd 2010, Paul Stubbs, Microsoft Architect Evangelist, shares his insights on the topic with Zhiming Xue “Z”. From ribbons to theme files to Silverlight 4 dynamic theming engine to master pages, Paul explains what they are and how these new capabilities can be applied to create high-quality SharePoint 2010 based branding sites.

That’s right – with yesterday’s announcement, the tools are now final – now is the time to “Lock & Load” on building the next generation of amazing mobile applications – Powered by Windows Phone 7.  Whether you are newcomer to the platform or already have been developing with Silverlight or XNA you’ll find the transition is painless, quick, and easy.  Your first stop is the Windows Phone Developer Portal for all the resources to get started building your applications today. 

Next, get a head start and be ready for the upcoming Windows Marketplace for Mobile launch by signing-up (it costs just $99) and get ready to register your applications in the marketplace.  Savvy marketers will tell you that “first in wins” –  there’s nothing like being found on the shelves of a brand new store.

Here are some additional guides & resources to help get you started quickly:

• Application Platform Overview for Windows Phone: https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713249
• Windows Phone UI Design and Interaction Guide: https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713252
• Designing Web Sites for Phone Browsers: https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713253
• Code Samples: https://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9713254
• WP Blog Announcement: https://windowsteamblog.com/windows_phone/b/wpdev/
• Tools Download Center Landing Page - https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=04704acf-a63a-4f97-952c-8b51b34b00ce;
• Headless Download (direct to .exe) - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=185584;
• Release Notes - https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=185269 
• WP7 Jump Start registration training link (live class 9/21) - https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032462274&Culture=en-US
  

Get ready to see some amazing new experiences on the Windows Phone 7 platform!

Tags: Bob German, sharepoint 2010, Silverlight

David Aiken is a Technical Evangelist for Windows Azure. David is responsible for:

·         Bid Now Sample at https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/BidNowSample.

·         Windows Azure Platform training kit and Channel 9 learning course.

·         Windows Azure MMC

·         Windows Azure Table Browser

·         Windows Azure Management PowerShell CmdLets

In this episode David talks to Bob Familiar about the architecture patterns that lend themselves to building scalable services for the cloud.

Tags: ARCast, Architects, Architecture, Azure Services, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Computing, Cloud Patterns, Cloud Services, Windows Azure

Peter Laudati

Steve talks about common real world Windows Azure use patterns, including storage and compute instance configurations.  Steve uses some strategic tactics to tell us what’s in the tea leaves for the future of Azure.

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Steve Marx: The Face of Windows Azure!

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