resources



Windows Phone Store Tokens FAQ

If you have been issued a token head to http://dev.windowsphone.com to sign up on the Windows Phone Store.

The token is a free 12 month subscription to the Windows Phone Store. The 12 months starts when you register your account, therefore use it when you are about to publish your first app. A Personal account takes minutes to setup, a Company account can take a number of weeks.

ONLY register as a COMPANY on the Windows Phone Store if you are a REGISTERED AUSTRALIAN COMPANY as you will be required to prove your company credentials otherwise register as an INDIVIDUAL.  You cannot change your registration type after you have completed the registration process.

How to Register

Information on registering for a Windows Phone Dev Center Account can be found here.

If you plan to submit charged for apps on to the Windows Phone Store then you’ll need to sort out bank details and notify the US Tax department not to tax your earnings. Check out:-

• Windows Phone Store Signup Help for Aussies (Bank Info + More). The banking info is the most relevant part.

Trouble Shooting

If you have a problem using the token then check the following

• Update required information at XBox Live.
Note. You must authenticate with an Australian Live ID, if you also use a US Live ID then logoff that Live ID, clear cookies and log in with your Australian Live ID.

Getting Started

• Windows Phone Dev Center
• Windows Phone Support
• Raising a Windows Phone Developer Support Ticket

• Publishing Apps on the Windows Phone Store
• Windows Phone Store official branding assets

• Windows Phone Developer and Designer Tools (Free of charge)
• Windows 8 Enterprise 90-day evaluation
• Windows Phone 8 Developer Platform Requirements
• Download Zune (required for Windows Phone 7 devices if testing applications on a real device)

• Nokia Developer Program for Windows Phone

• Windows Phone Developer Blogg
• Windows Phone Blog

• Windows Phone Down Under
• Developed Downunder - by Australians, for Australians

Windows Phone 8 Training

• Windows Phone 8 Jump Start
• Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start (On Microsoft Virtual Academy)
• Windows Phone at //Build/ 2012

• Windows Phone 8 Training Kit (Hands on labs)
• Windows Phone Samples: learn through code

• Windows Phone Design Principles

• Windows Phone API Quickstart (PDF)
• Windows Phone 8 Development on Channel 9

Windows Phone Design Resources

• Windows Phone Design Principles
• Windows Phone Design Infograph
• 24 Weeks of Windows Phone Metro Design
• Windows Phone design tutorials
• Arturo and Corrina talks (3 parts)
• Templarian for icons

Cross Platform and Rapid Application Development

• Developing for Windows Phone and Windows 8
• Cross platform development: Windows Phone, iOS and Android with Xamarin
• Xamarin Evolve 2013 Developer Conference Replay
• Cross platform development tools support Windows 8, Windows Phone, iPhone and Android
• Infragistics UI Controls
• Telerik UI Controls
• TouchDevelop - Create apps everywhere!

Windows Phone 7 Training

• Learning Plan for Designing and Developing Windows Phone 7 Applications

• Windows Phone Education
• Windows Phone Development on Channel 9
• Programming Windows Phone 7, by Charles Petzold (Free ebook)

• Windows Phone 7 Training Kit
• Windows Phone Mango Labs

Become a Microsoft Partner

• Become a Microsoft Partner
• BizSpark (Startup Program)
• DreamSpark (Student Developer Program)

Refer a Mobile Developer or Designer Designer

Have a mate or colleague you think would be interested in Windows Phone development and free marketplace registration then please click the link below.. Windows Phone Australian Developer Community Registration

---