I have previously mentioned that an “draft” of this book “Programing Windows Phone 7 Series” by Charles Petzold was available for download. Thankfully Microsoft (MSPress) are now giving away the finished eBook (with the slightly shorter name) in PDF format.

If you are interested in what is involved in programming for Windows Phone the this would be an excellent start as it covers all the basics (and the hard stuff).

For more information go to http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2010/10/28/free-ebook-programming-windows-phone-7-by-charles-petzold.aspx

Charles Petzold has just released a draft preview of his MSPress eBook called “Programming Windows Phone 7 Series” for public download.

The chapters offered in the free download of the book are:

Part I   Getting Started

• Chapter 1   Phone Hardware + Your Software
• Chapter 2   Hello, Windows Phone

Part II   Silverlight

• Chapter 3   Code and XAML
• Chapter 4   Presentation and Layout

Part III   XNA

• Chapter 5   Principles of Movement
• Chapter 6   Textures and Sprites

I hope that this will help add some more advanced functionality to my first Windows Phone 7 application (see video below).

Download the book from Microsoft Press : Free ebook: Programming Windows Phone 7 Series (DRAFT Preview)