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Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook
About this book
In Detail
Windows Phone 7.5 Mango contains support for apps written in Silverlight or XNA. These apps can store data on the device, and also load and manipulate data from "the cloud" and other web services.
This Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook has a range of recipes to help you apply data handling concepts. You will be able to apply the knowledge gained from these recipes to build your own apps effectively.
This Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook starts with data binding concepts at the UI layer and then shows different ways of saving data locally and externally in databases. The book ends with a look at the popular MVVM software design pattern. The recipes contained in this book will make you an expert in the areas of data access and storage.
Approach
The book is written in a cookbook style, presenting examples in the style of recipes, allowing you to go directly to your topic of interest, or follow topics throughout a chapter to gain in-depth knowledge.
Who this book is for
This book is for developers who want to build data-driven apps, or a line of business applications using the Windows Phone platform. It is also useful for developers on other mobile platforms looking to convert their apps to Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Basic understanding of C#, XAML and Silverlight is required.
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Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook
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Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Data Binding to UI Elements
Introduction
Element binding
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
DataContext
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works...
There's more...
How to export the project as a template
See also
Data Templates
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
How DataMode is used
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Converting data for display
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Building a simple app
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
2. Isolated Storage
Introduction
Saving user settings
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Opening and creating a file
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Saving username and password to a local store
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Saving a background image to local storage
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
3. XML as a Data Store
Introduction
Opening a local XML file
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Parsing XML using the XmlReader class
See also
Navigating the XML file
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Opening a remote XML file
Getting ready
How to do it…
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Object serialization to XML
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
4. Using Open Data
Introduction
Consuming OData services
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Using Reference to create the proxy class
See also
Searching OData services
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Different parameters supported by Netflix OData
See also
CRUD operations with OData
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
OData Explorer
See also
5. Using On-Device Databases
Introduction
Overview of SQLite Studio
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
SQLite Client as an embedded database
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Using SQLite as a local store for the MyTasks App
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
See also
SQL CE as a local store
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Creating and deleting data in SQL CE using LINQ to SQL
See also
McObject Perst as an embedded object database
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
6. Representational State Transfer—REST
Introduction
Consuming RSS Feeds
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Using the Twitter API
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Building a simple REST service
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
7. Windows Communication Framework—WCF
Introduction
Writing and consuming a simple web service
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Building a service layer using WCF
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
WCF using ADO.NET Entity Framework
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Using LINQ to SQL for creating the service
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
8. Model View ViewModel
Introduction
Simple MVVM application
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
How to use the project template
See also
Using MVVM Light Toolkit
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
See also
Updating the MVVM application
Getting ready
How to do it...
How it works...
There's more...
Multiple Views with the same ViewModel
See also
Index
Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook
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