Windows Phone Recipes, Second Edition
Copyright 2011 by Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati and Emanuele Garofalo
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To Simona and Claudia, women of mine Fabio
To my mommy and daddy, my lighthouse in the fog Emanuele
Contents at a Glance
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About the Authors
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.
Emanuele Garofalo was born at Torre del Greco (Naples), Italy, and now lives in Rome. He is an active member of the DotNetCampania community, and works with Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Silverlight, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Asp.Net, and Language Integrated Query (LINQ) as principal technologies. He is employed by BCSoft.
About the Technical Reviewer
Simona Nasetti is an expert Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence consultant. She graduated with a mathematics degree and works at Agic Technology (www.agic.it
) in Rome, Italy, where she creates vertical solutions and reports for the company's clients.
Acknowledgments
First of all, I'd like to thank Ewan Buckingham. During these years we had working experiences together and he has been always patient, kind, and helpful. I'd also like to thank Emanuele for the great job he did working with me to complete this book. Moreover, the Apress guys, each of you have been great. So, thanks to Jessica Belanger, Dominic Shakeshaft, Christine Ricketts, and Sharon Wilkey. Finally, my wife Simona for her efforts especially trying to quiet my daughter's screams while I was writing the book.
Fabio Claudio Ferracchiati