WP7 app development - Any advice on getting started?

[jason.hamilton]

I am completely new to programming. I picked up a book on C# to learn some of the coding syntax. I would recommend watching the videos on this site. He goes in detail and it tells you were to download all the tools and which tools to use. Im halfway done and it is really helping.

http://channel9.msdn.com/Series/Windows-Phone-7-Development-for-Absolute-Beginners

 

[cPT.cAPSLOCK]

excellent page - thanks a lot

 

[matzer]

Do I have to pay the $99 registration fee, even if I only want "to play around" a bit?
I'm a developer and would like to take a look at WP7 development but maybe the result is just a little app I use for myself, nothing worth publishing
Afaik right now there's no way to get an app on a non-registered phone?

 

[cPT.cAPSLOCK]

Nope, you don't have to.

This is the best link so far to start learning from zero.
In the first lesson, they teach you how to install the (free) developer software and so on.

Only when you want to publish apps to the marketplace, you need a (free) DreamSpark account or a (paid) Developer account.

 

[matzer]

thanks, I'm aware of the device emulator and so on. But if I'd like to run my little app just on my phone I do need the paid dev account, since there is no other way (without jailbreaking) to get the app installed, right?

 

[cPT.cAPSLOCK]

You need either a paid dev account or the free Dreamspark account to run the app on your phone.

 

[matzer]

ok, guess I have to come up with a good idea for an application to somehow redeem the fee

thanks for clarifying!