Migrating to Windows Phone
Copyright 2012 by Jesse Liberty and Jeff Blankenburg
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This book is dedicated to my daughters, Robin and Rachel.
Jesse Liberty
This book is dedicated to my wife, Sara, and my children Riley and Miles.
Without your support and understanding, nothing would be possible.
Jeff Blankenburg
Contents at a Glance
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About the Authors
Jesse Liberty is a senior developer-community evangelist on the Microsoft Windows Phone team. He hosts the popular Yet Another Podcast on his popular blog at http://JesseLiberty.com
. Liberty is the author of numerous top-selling books, including the forthcoming Programming Windows 8 (Apress, 2012) and Programming C# 4.0 (O'Reilly Media, 2010). Prior to Microsoft, he was a Distinguished Software Engineer at AT&T, a software architect for PBS, and vice president of information technology at Citibank. He can be followed on Twitter @JesseLiberty
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Jeff Blankenburg. Ultra passionate. That's how Jeff describes his relationship with technology. Over the past ten years, Jeff has enthusiastically applied his technical expertise to build industry-changing web sites and marketing efforts for mega brands, including Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Ford Motor Company, Sony, and several pharmaceutical companies. He's especially proficient in user interface design, web standards, and mobile application development. In addition to his senior developer evangelist role for Microsoft, Jeff contributed to Windows Developer Power Tools (O'Reilly Media, 2006) by James Avery and Jim Holmes, on the subject of code validation services; and he has more than ten applications available in the Windows Phone marketplace. He also serves as an organizer for the CodeMash, Stir Trek, and M3 conferences. Jeff holds a bachelor of science degree in psychology from Ohio's Bowling Green State University.
About the Technical Reviewer
Damien Foggon is a developer, writer, and technical reviewer in cutting-edge technologies and has contributed to more than 50 books on .NET, C#, Visual Basic, and ASP.NET. He is the co-founder of the Newcastlebased user-group NEBytes (www.nebytes.net
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Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati is a prolific writer and technical reviewer on cutting-edge technologies. He has contributed to many books on .NET, C#, Visual Basic, SQL Server, Silverlight, and ASP.NET. He is a .NET Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) and lives in Rome, Italy. He is employed by Brain Force.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Jeff Blankenburg whose genius was the sine qua non of this entire project. Special thanks to John Osborn, Jessica Belanger, Damien Foggon, Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati, Ewan Buckingham, Kimberly Burton, and all the folks at Apress for bringing this book to life and making it a far better book than the one we originally wrote. And thank you, dear readerwithout you, this book would be a paperweight.
Jesse Liberty
There are many people who helped me get this book to its final state, and without any of them, I'm not sure this would have been possible. Jesse Liberty gave me my first real authoring opportunity and his wisdom shaped my words on paper. Jessica Belanger provided laser focus on getting this book completed, despite delays and interruptions. John Osborne provided his editing wizardry; this book would have been much worse without his guidance. Martin Schray and Bob Laskey gave me the freedom and flexibility to pursue my passion. Dave Bost, Chris Koenig, and Jared Bienz were an incredible team of technologists to work with and learn from. Jeffery Bright and Angelo Lamatrice literally helped me learn to walk again during this book writing process.
Finally, I thank everyone who has sat through my presentations and articles over the years. You helped make this content what it is.
Jeff Blankenburg
Foreword