Slides from the presentation I gave on Windows Phone 7 development in Aberdeen on 23/2/2012

1. Matt Lacey @MRLacey
http://blog.mrlacey.co.uk/
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2. http://blog.mrlacey.co.uk
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3. @wpug
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4. http://www.DevEvening.co.uk/
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5. AGENDA
Recap 7.0
Mango (7.1 / 7.5)
Metro
Design tips
Mobile differences
Money / business
More…

10. context

11. input

12. output

13. response

14. connectivity

15. resources

16. response
connectivity
output
resource
input s
context

18. “Building apps is
easy”
“use the skills you
already have”

20. Development Tools

21. Building Applications

22. Publishing &
Distribution .xap
.dll
Manifest
Assemblies
Resources

23. background
•Fast app switching
•Background tasks/agents
•Background audio
•Transfer agents
•Resource intensive tasks

24. alarms & reminders

25. pinning & deep linking

26. ad control

27. database

28. internet explorer 9

29. contacts & calendars

30. New tasks

31. sockets

32. system tray

33. system tray

34. extensibility

35. Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit
• GestureService/GestureListener
• ContextMenu
• DatePicker
• TimePicker
• ToggleSwitch
• WrapPanel
• AutoCompleteBox
• ListPicker
• LongListSelector
• PageTransitions

36. additional tools

37. performance analysis

38. looking
good?

39. METR
O

40. principles
AND
language

41. Metro: Principles
•Light, Clean, Open, Fast
•Content, not chrome
•Typography
•Alive in Motion
•Authentically digital

43. Metro: Language
•Navigation
•Motion
•Layout & typography
•Images & photos
•Themes & personalization
•Touch gestures & targets
•UI controls

44. Beware the “uncanny valley”

45. Alignment

46. Alignment

47. Spacing

48. Spacing

49. Touch Feedback
Don’t change colour

50. Lists

51. Buttons

52. Live
Tiles

53. Splash
Screen

54. Before

55. After

59. Not what you want

61. What we’ve covered
7.0 recap – “building apps is easy”
Mobile app or web app?
6 ways mobile is different from PC - HAND
New features in Mango
“Metro” - principles & language
Designer tips
Be familiar with the platform
Money – Kerching!
Remember it’s business

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