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Getting Started with Windows Phone 7 [closed]

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Do old Windows phones still work?

Yes, but there are some hurdles you'll run into over time. You can still place calls, send and receive texts, and use the apps you have installed on your Windows phone. However, there are no future updates planned for the phone and Windows no longer supports these devices.

Is the Windows phone app store closed?

The Windows Phone Store officially shuts down today (via Neowin). Following the shutdown, you will no longer be able to download apps from the store. Windows Phone 8.1 has been out of official support for well over a year, but the shut down of the Windows Phone Store kills the operating system off even more.


Windows Phone 7 Jumpstart Training

Training (Video and PDF) includes:

  1. An Introduction to the Windows Phone Platform
  2. Game Building on the Windows Phone Platform
  3. Advanced Windows Phone Development
  4. Selling Your Windows Phone Solutions & Wrap Up

The .NET REST client RestSharp supports Windows Phone 7. It really simplifies using web services and deserializing the response.


Windows Phone Dev Podcast!!! Don't forget that one! They let you know the latest about the Windows Phone AND they talk to developers (like the guy who made Evernote) about how they made their apps.


I would also add: 30+ Excellent Windows Phone Development Tutorials


Here is some information about framework that I had recently published: http://columbus.codeplex.com/

Columbus is MVC framework designed specifically for the Windows Phone 7 platform and supports:

  • Strongly typed navigation with history
  • View Models that can survive tombstoning
  • Asynchronous and cancelable controller actions with execution progress
  • Commands (CAB style)
  • Multiple navigation frames
  • Features to help applications to be complaint with 'Windows Phone 7 Application Certification Requirements'
  • Easy integration with IoC containers available on the Windows Phone 7 platform (source code solution contains samples demonstrating how to use Columbus with Autofac and Ninject).
  • Simplified and testable usage of Choosers