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Mini-Lesson: Porting existing apps to Windows Phone Frédéric Harper Developer Evangelist @ Microsoft Canada @fharper | outofcomfortzone.net

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Page 1: Windows Phone Code Camp Montreal - Porting existing apps to Windows Phone

Mini-Lesson: Porting existing apps to Windows Phone

Frédéric HarperDeveloper Evangelist @ Microsoft Canada

@fharper | outofcomfortzone.net

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Bad News: There is no silver bullet.

Porting your app to Windows Phone will require effort on your part.

There is no code generator (at least today) that can take iOS, Android or other platform code and magically make it into a Windows Phone app.

But we do offer guidance: http://windowsphone.interoperabilitybridges.com

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Interoperability Bridges: Your Friend

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DemoA Tour Around Interoperability Bridges

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Tips in Porting to Windows Phone

Do not make your app behave exactly the same as it does on the original platform

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Tips in Porting to Windows Phone

Take advantage of the Windows Phone platform to differentiate your app2

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Tips in Porting to Windows Phone

Embrace Metro. If you do, it will make your app look like an extension of the platform.3

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Tips in Porting to Windows Phone

Scale through services. Think about using the Cloud as a way to have your app consume services.

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Tips in Porting to Windows Phone

Get to know the third party controls market for Windows Phone. It’s a great place to start.

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Tips in Porting to Windows Phone

If you’re new to Silverlight or XNA, the App Hub (http://create.msdn.com) is your new best friend.

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Tips in Porting to Windows Phone

Learn how to market your app for Windows Phone. This will be discussed the last mini-lesson of the day.

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Questions

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Frédéric HarperDeveloper Evangelist @ Microsoft Canada

[email protected]@fharper

webnotwar.caoutofcomfortzone.net

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The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation.

MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

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