The complete version of the "Windows Phone 7 Application Design" e-book is now available for free download.

"The Complete Guide to Windows Phone 7 Programming" eBook is now available for free download. Currently, learning materials for Windows Phone 7 development are quite limited, with the exception of official MSDN documentation and some blogs, there are very few other learning resources available. Fortunately, senior American programmer and writer Charles Petzold has generously released his latest masterpiece— *Programming Windows Phone 7 Series*—for free. His previous works have all been classics, including the well-known book *Windows Programming*.

Currently, the book consists of 24 chapters and provides an in-depth interpretation of the characteristics of the Windows Phone 7 platform, the use of XAML in program interfaces and layouts, as well as XNA game development. Below is the free download link for the book and its source code, allowing us to embark on our journey into Windows Phone 7 development!

Here is the table of contents for the book:

**Part I: The Basics**

1. Hello, Windows Phone 7

- Targeting Windows Phone 7

- The Hardware Chassis

- Sensors and Services

- File | New | Project

- A First Silverlight Phone Program

- The Standard Silverlight Files

- Color Themes

- Points and Pixels

- The XAP is a ZIP

- An XNA Program for the Phone

2. Getting Oriented

- Silverlight and Dynamic Layout

- Orientation Events

- XNA Orientation

- Simple Clocks (Very Simple Clocks)

3. An Introduction to Touch

- Low-Level Touch Handling in XNA

- The XNA Gesture Interface

- Low-Level Touch Events in Silverlight

- The Manipulation Events

- Routed Events

- Some Odd Behavior?

4. Bitmaps, Also Known as Textures

- XNA Texture Drawing

- The Silverlight Image Element

- Images via the Web

- Image and ImageSource

- Loading Local Bitmaps from Code

- Capturing from the Camera

- The Phone’s Photo Library

5. Sensors and Services

- Accelerometer

- A Simple Bubble Level

- Geographic Location

- Using a Map Service

6. Issues in Application Architecture

- Basic Navigation

- Passing Data to Pages

- Sharing Data Among Pages

- Retaining Data across Instances

- The Multitasking Ideal

- Task Switching on the Phone

- Page State

- Isolated Storage

- XNA Tombstoning and Settings

- Testing and Experimentation

**Part II: Silverlight**

7. XAML Power and Limitations

- A TextBlock in Code

- Property Inheritance

- Property-Element Syntax

- Colors and Brushes

- Content and Content Properties

- The Resources Collection

- Sharing Brushes

- x:Key and x:Name

- An Introduction to Styles

- Style Inheritance

- Themes

- Gradient Accents

8. Elements and Properties

- Basic Shapes

- Transforms

- Animating at the Speed of Video

- Handling Manipulation Events

- The Border Element

- TextBlock Properties and Inlines

- More on Images

- Playing Movies

- Modes of Opacity

- Non-Tiled TileBrushes

9. The Intricacies of Layout

- The Single-Cell Grid

- The StackPanel Stack

- Text Concatenation with StackPanel

- Nested Panels

- Visibility and Layout

- Two ScrollViewer Applications

- The Mechanism of Layout

- Inside the Panel

- A Single-Cell Grid Clone

- A Custom Vertical StackPanel

- The Retro Canvas

- Canvas and ZIndex

- The Canvas and Touch

- The Mighty Grid

10. The AppBar and Controls

- Application Bar Icons

- Jot and Application Settings

- Jot and Touch

- Jot and the Application Bar

- Elements and Controls

- RangeBase and Slider

- The Basic Button

- The Concept of Content

- Theme Styles and Precedence

- The Button Hierarchy

- Toggling a Stopwatch

- Buttons and Styles

- TextBox and Keyboard Input

11. Dependency Properties

- The Problem Illustrated

- The Dependency Property Difference

- Deriving from UserControl

- A New Type of Toggle

- Panels with Properties

- Attached Properties

12. Data Bindings

- Source and Target

- Target and Mode

- Binding Converters

- RelativeSource

- The “this” Source

- Notification Mechanisms

- A Simple Binding Server

- Setting the DataContext

- Simple Decision Making

- Converters with Properties

- Give and Take

- TextBox Binding Updates

13. Vector Graphics

- The Shapes Library

- Canvas and Grid

- Overlapping and ZIndex

- Polylines and Custom Curves

- Caps, Joins, and Dashes

- Polygon and Fill

- The Stretch Property

- Dynamic Polygons

- The Path Element

- Geometries and Transforms

- Grouping Geometries

- The Versatile Path Geometry

- The Arc Segment

- Bézier Curves

- The Path Markup Syntax

- How This Chapter Was Created

14. Raster Graphics

- The Bitmap Class Hierarchy

- WriteableBitmap and UIElement

- The Pixel Bits

- Vector Graphics on a Bitmap

- Images and Tombstoning

- Saving to the Picture Library

- Becoming a Photo Extras Application

15. Animations

- Frame-Based vs. Time-Based

- Animation Targets

- Click and Spin

- Some Variations

- XAML-Based Animations

- A Cautionary Tale

- Key Frame Animations

- Trigger on Loaded

- Animating Attached Properties (or Not)

- Splines and Key Frames

- The Bouncing Ball Problem

- The Easing Functions

- Animating Perspective Transforms

- Animations and Property Precedence

16. The Two Templates

- ContentControl and DataTemplate

- Examining the Visual Tree

- Control Template Basics

- The VisualStateManager

- Sharing and Reusing Styles and Templates

- Custom Controls in a Library

- Variations on the Slider

- The Ever-Handy Thumb

- Custom Controls

17. Items Controls

- ItemsControls and Visual Trees

- Customizing Item Displays

- ListBox Selection

- Binding to ItemsSource

- Databases and Business Objects

- Fun with DataTemplates

- Sorting

- Changing the Panel

- The DataTemplate Bar Chart

- A Card File Metaphor

18. Pivot and Panorama

- Compare and Contrast

- Music by Composer

- The XNA Connection

- The XNA Music Classes: MediaLibrary

- Displaying the Albums

- The XNA Music Classes: MediaPlayer

**Part III: XNA**

19. Principles of Movement

- The Naive Approach

- A Brief Review of Vectors

- Moving Sprites with Vectors

- Working with Parametric Equations

- Fiddling with the Transfer Function

- Scaling the Text

- Two Text Rotation Programs

20. Textures and Sprites

- The Draw Variants

- Another Hello Program?

- Driving Around the Block

- Movement Along a Polyline

- The Elliptical Course

- A Generalized Curve Solution

21. Dynamic Textures

- The RenderTarget

- Preserving RenderTarget Contents

- Drawing Lines

- Manipulating the Pixel Bits

- The Geometry of Line Drawing

- Modifying Existing Images

22. From Gestures to Transforms

- Gestures and Properties

- Scale and Rotate

- Matrix Transforms

- The Pinch Gesture

- Flick and Inertia

- The Mandelbrot Set

- Pan and Zoom

- Game Components

- Affine and Non-Affine Transforms

23. Touch and Play

- More Game Components

- The Phinger Paint Canvas

- A Little Tour Through SpinPaint

- The SpinPaint Code

- The Actual Drawing

- PhreeCell and a Deck of Cards

- The Playing Field

- Play and Replay

24. Tilt and Play

- 3D Vectors

- A Better Bubble Visualization

- The Graphical Rendition

- Follow the Rolling Ball

- Navigating a Maze

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