Windows Phone 8 Succinctly

Smartphones and tablets are, without any doubt, the kings of the consumer market. Traditional computers won’t go away any time soon, especially in the business world, but in many scenarios mobile devices have replaced the old “mouse and keyboard” approach with a more modern and intuitive one, based on touch and natural interfaces. For sure, the iPhone by Apple was the product that forced all the other companies to rethink the mobile experience: first, with a new phone concept, and second, with the idea of applications and app stores. Windows Phone, however, has become an important player in the market, and we recently had the opportunity to collaborate with Syncfusion to offer you one of their popular eBooks, Windows Phone 8 Succinctly, as a Learning Guide.

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Windows Phone 8 Succinctly: Introduction
Smartphones and tablets are, without any doubt, the kings of the consumer market. For sure, the iPhone by Apple was the product that forced all the other...
Matteo Pagani
18 Feb 2015
Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone 8 Succinctly: The User Interface
In this article, we're going to focus on the user interface of Windows Phone applications. One of the key ingredients is XAML or Extensible Application...
Matteo Pagani
26 Feb 2015
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Windows Phone 8 Succinctly: Core Concepts
In this tutorial, we'll cover some of the core concepts of Windows Phone development, such as asynchronous programming, navigation, and managing orientation...
Matteo Pagani
5 Mar 2015
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Windows Phone 8 Succinctly: Data Access—Storage
The Internet plays an important role in mobile applications. Most Windows Phone applications available in the Store make use of the network connection...
Matteo Pagani
12 Mar 2015
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Windows Phone 8 Succinctly: Data Access—Network
All Windows Phone devices have a built-in network connection but, for the same reason we learned how to locally store data, we need to be ready to manage how...
Matteo Pagani
19 Mar 2015
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Windows Phone 8 Succinctly: Integrating With the Hardware
In this article, we're going to explore how you can make use of the hardware capabilities of a Windows Phone device, such as geolocation, device sensors,...
Matteo Pagani
26 Mar 2015
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Windows Phone 8 Succinctly: Integrating With the Operating System
In this tutorial, we're going to explore various ways to integrate our application with the features offered by the Windows Phone platform. We'll explore...
Matteo Pagani
2 Apr 2015
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Windows Phone 8 Succinctly: Multimedia Applications
In this tutorial, we're going to focus on how to create a multimedia application for Windows Phone by taking advantage of the device's camera, interacting...
Matteo Pagani
9 Apr 2015
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Windows Phone 8 Succinctly: Tiles, Notifications, and Multitasking
In this tutorial, we're going to focus on live apps. Live apps are one of the core concepts in Windows Phone development, and to properly create a quality...
Matteo Pagani
16 Apr 2015
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Windows Phone 8 Succinctly: Localization, Windows Phone Store & In-App Purchases
When we talk about mobile applications, development isn't the only aspect we need to consider. If we want to be successful, we also have to distribute and...
Matteo Pagani
23 Apr 2015
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