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title:        "Windows Phone developer resources for beginners"
description:  "This post contains a couple of resources that I found useful when developing my first Windows Phone applications."
url:          https://www.jeroenfurst.nl/blog/Windows-Phone-developer-resources-for-beginners
date:         2012-06-19
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# Windows Phone developer resources for beginners

> This post contains a couple of resources that I found useful when developing my first Windows Phone applications.

**General**

- [From Concept to Code in 6 hours: Shipping my first Windows Phone App](http://www.hanselman.com/blog/FromConceptToCodeIn6HoursShippingMyFirstWindowsPhoneApp.aspx)
- [The Big Dummies Guide for Windows Phone Developer Resources](http://weblogs.asp.net/bsimser/archive/2012/01/29/the-big-dummies-guide-for-windows-phone-developer-resources.aspx)

**Metro**

- [“Metro” design guide for developers, v1.00](http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2011/03/metro-design-guide-v1/)
- [How to translate a website to a Metro Style App (video)](http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Windows-Camp/The-Netherlands-Windows-8-Dev-Camp/How-to-translate-a-website-to-a-Metro-Style-App)

**Fonts**

- [Theme Resources for Windows Phone](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff769552(v=vs.92).aspx)
- [Windows Phone 7 Custom Fonts](http://www.markermetro.com/2011/06/technical/windows-phone-7-custom-fonts/)

**Navigation**

- [WP7 Master - Detail Navigation with Repository Pattern](http://windowsphonegeek.com/articles/WP7-Master---Detail-Navigation-with-Repository-Pattern)

**Push notifications & live tiles**

- [Push notifications, live tiles and background agents for Windows Phone 7 (video)](http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechDays/Techdays-2012-the-Netherlands/Push-notifications-live-tiles-and-background-agents-for-Windows-Phone-7)
- [Working with Live Tiles in WP7 Mango–Creating, Updating and Deleting them](http://devlicio.us/blogs/derik_whittaker/archive/2011/07/16/working-with-live-tiles-in-wp7-mango-creating-updating-and-deleting-them.aspx)
- [Push Notifications for Windows Phone 7 using SQL Azure and Cloud services](http://mobile.dzone.com/articles/notification-subscription)
- [WP7: Live tiles with Background agents.](http://rodrigueh.com/wp7-live-tiles-with-background-agents)

**System Tray**

- [System Tray ProgressIndicator in Windows Phone 7.5 or Mango phone](http://debugmode.net/2011/09/30/system-tray-progressindicator-in-windows-phone-7-5-or-mango-phone/)

**Tools**

- [Notify Property Weaver](http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/bd351303-db8c-4771-9b22-5e51524fccd3)
- [WP7 Tombstone Helper](http://tombstonehelper.codeplex.com)
- [Your Last About Dialog](http://ylad.codeplex.com/documentation)
- [Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit](http://silverlight.codeplex.com)
- [How to Use the Long List Selector for Windows Phone Mango](http://benjii.me/2011/10/how-to-use-the-long-list-selector-for-windows-phone-mango/)