Getting Started with WinPho7 Development
Ready to start writing some WinPho7 Apps? Here is what you need to get going…
Prior to writing any code it would be good to familiarize yourself with the Windows Phone Application Platform.
- If you don’t have a Windows Live ID, get one by going here https://signup.live.com.
- After you have a Live ID you can use the App Hub, which is Microsofts jumping point for all things App related. This is where you will download the dev tools and will have access to training and labs and other WinPho7 development resources.
- Get the Free Dev Tools. Go to http://create.msdn.com/en-us/resources/downloads and click the link
to download the Windows Phone Developer Tools. - After you downloaded the vm_web.exe file, run it. This will launch the setup wizard. If you get an error, it is more than likely a permissions issue. Go to C:\users\[username]\downloads, right click vm_web.exe, go to properties. Click the enable button on the bottom if it isn’t already enabled. Go to the Compatibility tab and check “Run this program as administrator”
- The setup wizard will now download and install the tools. There are 9 components that it is installing and should take about 25-30 minutes, so go back to facebook for a little bit. =D
- After the setup completes click the Run the Product Now button.
- Visual Studio 2010 should now be open. Go to File -> New Project. Find Windows Phone Application click it and give it a clever name like “Hello World”.
- Hit F5 and you are done!
Happy coding!
.matti
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