My Windows Phone 7 Workshop at DevConnections

My Windows Phone 7 Workshop at DevConnections is coming up on November 1st (http://www.devconnections.com) in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay Resort on the Las Vegas strip! If you are looking for a way to quickly get up to speed on building Silverlight applications using Silverlight for the Windows Phone, its time to sign up!

The workshop will include:

**Designing for the Phone **

• Metro Explained
• Working with Screen Sizes
• Integrating Touch
• Why Panorama Applications Make Sense
• Making sense of the Page Model
• Understanding Connectivity
• Understanding the App Lifecycle
• Integrating with the AppStore

**Silverlight on the Phone **

• Sizing Your Application
• Intermittent Network Access
• Memory Size Issues
• Scaling to Phone Performance
• Understanding the Input Model

**Building for the Phone **

• Working with Phone Services
• Orientation Changes
• Geo-Location Integration
• Contact List Access
• Making Calls
• Accessing the Accelerometer
• Hardware Buttons
• Working with the Notification Service
• Creating Live Hub Icons

We’ll sponsor a Windows Phone 7 app contest as part of the workshop. Details will be distributed at the workshop.

If you’re interested in signing up, see the DevConnections site here:

http://www.devconnections.com