I’ve tried to collect here as many (useful) links as possible to Windows Phone 7 resources I’ve found on my travels. I’ll be adding to it as I go and specifically I’ll add sections on particular aspects and Phone development. And of course I’ll be keeping it up to date as things change.

Feel free to mail me any suggestions or tweet them to me @MikeOrmond

Windows Phone Home

• Windows Phone Developer Homepage (App Hub)
• Video: First Look Windows Phone 7 Hands on Demo

Windows Phone Tools

• Download the Windows Phone Developer Tools (WPDT)
• Download the WPDT October 2010 Update
• Download the WPDT January 2011 Update
• Release Notes: Windows Phone Developer Tools
• Release Notes: WPDT October 2010 Update
• Release Notes: WPDT January 2011 Update
• Video: Understanding the Windows Phone 7 Development Tools

Marketplace

• Register for the Marketplace
• Windows Phone 7 Application Certification Requirements
• Video: Making Money with the Windows Phone Market Place

MSDN Documentation

• Windows Phone Development Homepage
• Application Platform Overview for Windows Phone
• Getting Started Guide for Developing for Windows Phone
• The Silverlight and XNA Frameworks for Windows Phone
• Windows Phone Developer Tools (WPDT)
• Application Features for Windows Phone
• Class Library Reference for Windows Phone

Useful Reference Information

• Windows Phone UI Design and Interaction Guide V2
• Designing Web Sites for Phone Browsers
• Windows Phone Design System - Codename Metro
• Design Templates for Windows Phone 7
• Application Bar Icons (C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Phone\v7.0\Icons)
• Windows Phone Application Execution Model
• Obfuscating your code with PreEmptive Solutions

Training Resources / Sample Code

• Code Samples for Windows Phone
  • Settings sample
  • Weather forecast sample
  • Photos sample
  • Splash screen sample
  • Mini-browser sample
  • Application bar sample
  • Location Service sample
  • Accelerometer sample
  • XNA Framework sample
  • Globalization sample
  • Reactive Extensions Location Service Emulation sample
• Get Started page on Silverlight.net
• Windows Phone 7 Developer Training Kit at Channel9
• Charles Petzold’s Programming Windows Phone 7 eBook (Free)
• Windows Phone 7 Development for Absolute Beginners

Windows Phone 7 Jump Start Training On Demand

• Introduction
• Building a Windows Phone Silverlight Application Pt 1
• Building a Windows Phone Silverlight Application Pt 2
• Building Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform
• Building XNA Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform Pt 1
• Building XNA Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform Pt 2
• Advanced Application Development Pt 1
• Advanced Application Development Pt 2
• Advanced Application Development Pt 3
• Marketing Your Windows Phone 7 Application
• Working with Media
• Final Silverlight Topics and Wrap-Up
• Later sessions added
• Session 13: Panorama and Pivots
• Session 14: XNA Deep Dive, Part 1
• Session 15: XNA Deep Dive, Part 2
• Session 16: Location and Bing Maps
• Session 17: Optimizing for Performance
• Session 18: Designing Apps Using Expression Blend & Metro
• Session 19: Ask the Experts podcast

Help & Support Forums

• Windows Phone 7 Forum
• Silverlight for Windows Phone Forum
• XNA Game Studio Technologies Forum

Blogs

• Windows Phone Blog
• Windows Phone Developer Blog
• Brandon Watson's Blog
• Charlie Kindel's Blog
• Peter Torr’s Blog
• Mike Ormond's Blog
• Paul Foster's Blog

Follow on Twitter

• http://twitter.com/wp7dev
• http://twitter.com/Ckindel
• http://twitter.com/BrandonWatson
• http://twitter.com/ai
• http://twitter.com/MikeOrmond
• http://twitter.com/thebeebs
• http://twitter.com/PaulFo
• http://twitter.com/wp7dev/champs

Videos

Silverlight.net

• Get Started videos on Silverlight.net

Channel 9

• Inside Windows Phone #03: Optimizing Windows Phone Silverlight Applications
• Windows Phone Push Notification
• Inside Windows Phone #05:Windows Phone Silverlight Toolkit
• Inside Windows Phone #06: Panorama and Pivot are in the house! Woohoo!!
• Inside Windows Phone#08-Windows Phone Design Templates
• Inside Windows Phone#09:Ad SDK-for Windows Phone
• Inside Windows Phone#11:Obfuscation And Analytics

PDC10

• Things I Wish I Knew Three Months Ago about Building Windows Phone 7 Applications
• Optimizing Performance for Silverlight Windows Phone 7 Applications
• 3-Screen Coding: Sharing code between Windows Phone, Silverlight, and .NET 
• Things You Need to Know Before Building XNA Games for Windows Phone 7 
• Real-World Analysis and Optimization of XNA Framework Games on Windows Phone 7
• Making Money with the Windows Phone Market Place

Norwegian Developer Conference

• Silverlight for Windows Phone
• Silverlight Applications for Windows Phone 7

TechEd North America Session Videos

• Windows Phone 7: A New Kind of Phone
• Overview of the Windows Phone 7 Application Platform
• Windows Phone 7 Architecture Deep Dive
• Understanding Marketplace and Making Money with Windows Phone 7 Applications
• Understanding the Windows Phone 7 Development Tools
• An In-Depth View of Building Applications for Windows Phone 7 with Microsoft Silverlight (Part 1)
• An In-Depth View of Building Applications for Windows Phone 7 with Microsoft Silverlight (Part 2)
• Microsoft Silverlight Performance on Windows Phone
• Designing and Developing for the Rich Mobile Web
• Developing Occasionally Connected Applications for Windows Phone 7
• Building Windows Phone Games with Microsoft XNA Game Studio
• Building a High Performance 3D Game for Windows Phone
• Developing Mobile Code Today that will run on Windows Phone 7 Tomorrow
• Coding4Fun: Learn Windows Phone 7 Development by Creating a Robotic T-Shirt Cannon

Windows Phone Design Days

• Ana and Miles, the Windows Phone personas (3:33)
• The Metro Design Language, the inspiration  (29:48)
• Deconstructing a Windows Phone application part 1: Controls  (17:40)
• Deconstructing a Windows Phone application part2: Animation (34:22)
• Deconstructing a Windows Phone application, part 3: Target Sizes (13:39)
• Deconstructing a Windows Phone application, part 4: Globalization (37:45)
• Deconstructing a Windows Phone application, part 6: Perceived performance  (19:45)
• Designer insights into Panorama and Pivot (32:18)
• Making Audio Sing on Windows Phone (34:26 )
• Windows Phone Voice (32:00 )
• Designer Resources: Expression Blend Overview and Roadmap (41:20 )
• Designer Resources:  Windows Phone Documentation (11:18 )
• Designer Resources: Windows Phone Design Templates (4:01 )

CodePlex Projects et al

• Windows Phone 7 Panorama & Pivot controls
• Windows Phone 7 database
• Multi-Touch Manipulation
• nRoute Framework
• FourSquare for Windows Phone 7
• Windows Phone 7 Analogue Clock
• BeeHive Game for Windows Phone 7
• Phone 7 Action Pack (Windows Phone 7)
• XNA Panoramic Menus For Windows Phone 7
• OneBusAway for Windows Phone 7
• SharePhone

Useful Blog Posts etc

• Strategies for dealing with Orientation Changes
• Simulating and Mocking Location Data in the Windows Phone 7 Emulator
• High Performance ProgressBar
• Using the Accelerometer on Windows Phone 7

Demos

• Beastware Droid Assault
• Hungry Castaway
• Crotune Tourist Application
• Air Hockey Game
• Matchingo Game
• Chess Club Game
• Scene Ztitch 1 / Scene Ztitch 2
• Stopwatch
• Towers of Hanoi Game
• BEPU Physis Engine
• Krashlander Game
• Frog Log Game
• Messy Desk Game
• MIX Application
• Jumpy Game
• DroppyPop Game
• Boss Launch 2: Zombie Attack Game
• BART Train System Application
• Frog Attack Game
• London Tube Application

 

Blake sent me a mail to let me know he’s also created a list. So if you don’t find what you’re looking for here, try Blake’s list.