At Mix, Microsoft showed off a number of Windows Phone Demos and announced the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools CTP.
The Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP includes the following
- Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone CTP
- Windows Phone Emulator CTP
- Silverlight for Windows Phone CTP
- XNA 4.0 Game Studio CTP
You can download the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP here.
Once you have the Windows Phone Developer Tools installed you might want to check out the Windows Phone 7 Series Developer Training Kit on Channel 9 here. There are currently 3 sections in the course:
- Getting Started with Windows Phone
- Silverlight for Windows Phone
- XNA Framework 4.0 for Windows Phones
If you plan to be a Windows Phone Developer, make sure you check out the Windows Phone 7 Developer Portal for resources on how to develop for the Windows Phone here.
Hope this helps.
David Hayden
The Microsoft Patterns & Practices Team released the Enterprise Library 5 and Unity 2 Beta 2 downloads. These are the last releases of Enterprise Library 5 and Unity 2 before they are released as RTM right after the release of Visual Studio 2010:
- Enterprise Library 5 Beta 2: Download here.
- Unity 2 Beta 2: Download here.
Just a couple of things worth noting. The Enterprise Library 5 Configuration Editor is now integrated with Visual Studio 2008, and due to time constraints, Unity configuration has been removed from the EntLib 5 Configuration Editor and will be added later after Enterprise Library 5 ships.
You can check out a few of my Enterprise Library 5 and Unity 2 Tutorials to get started.
Filed: Patterns & Practices
David Hayden
Enterprise Library 5 DAAB Tutorials