The expanding market for mobile applications and its derivatives has become so dynamic that developers are struggling to keep abreast of increased customer expectations. The growing trend is for mobile application development for consumer and business applications, mobile sites and games. Consumer behavior in virtually every walk of life has been redefined by mobile devices.
With the Windows Phone Application Platform running on a Windows® Phone, developers can now explore fresh territory in creating absorbing consumer experiences. This innovative platform uses existing Microsoft® tools and technologies so a developer familiar with Visual Studio, Expression Blend®, Silverlight® and the XNA Framework will have no difficulty in new applications creation.
Mobile Software Development
Mobile Windows application development involves the use of different platforms and programming languages compatible with the target mobile device. The different software architecture employed will depend on the specific hardware components in a particular mobile device. Application development for mobile phones is particularly difficult because of the varied consumer preferences which call for extensive upgradation of traditional system development processes. Most methodologies take a model-driven approach using a threefold development process:
1. The specific application and its related structure
2. The business logic
3. The applications graphical user interface
2. The business logic
3. The applications graphical user interface
Overview
Using the Windows Phone Application Platform, two frameworks are available for developing applications:
1. Developers are enabled to create innovative user experiences with the Silverlight framework for XAML-based application development and XNA framework for entertainment purposes.
2. This highly standardized platform which supports connected and personal consumer data across multiple devices is designed to deliver richer applications with powerful and productive development tools. It also supports today's consumer preference of a multi-screen world.
2. This highly standardized platform which supports connected and personal consumer data across multiple devices is designed to deliver richer applications with powerful and productive development tools. It also supports today's consumer preference of a multi-screen world.
Architecture
The platform architecture comprises four main elements:
1. A Runtime-On Screen with Silverlight and the XNA framework and specific phone features for providing the ideal environment to create secure applications rich in graphics. The two frameworks provide a developer a substantial number of application specific components. Silverlight specifically is the perfect framework for rich internet application-type user interfaces.
2. Tools like Visual Studio and Expression Blend to swiftly create, debug, deploy and update applications. Windows Phone Emulator structured with Visual Studio and Expression Blend makes for ease of testing and debugging applications. An integrated design environment, XNA Game Studio, helps developers build a variety of fun and exciting games for a range of Microsoft applications like Windows®, Xbox 360®, Zune® and Windows Phone.
3. Cloud services with many features for building compelling web-integrated applications. These include Windows Azure, Xbox LIVE, Notifications, Locations and a host of other data sharing web services. These offer a no-hitch experience with any device in use. Always on, cloud services offer increased functionality, and operate independent of battery life. Accessed data can be brought to the phone through services built on Azure and similar services.
4. Portal Services which enable developers to register their applications, certify and market them.
2. Tools like Visual Studio and Expression Blend to swiftly create, debug, deploy and update applications. Windows Phone Emulator structured with Visual Studio and Expression Blend makes for ease of testing and debugging applications. An integrated design environment, XNA Game Studio, helps developers build a variety of fun and exciting games for a range of Microsoft applications like Windows®, Xbox 360®, Zune® and Windows Phone.
3. Cloud services with many features for building compelling web-integrated applications. These include Windows Azure, Xbox LIVE, Notifications, Locations and a host of other data sharing web services. These offer a no-hitch experience with any device in use. Always on, cloud services offer increased functionality, and operate independent of battery life. Accessed data can be brought to the phone through services built on Azure and similar services.
4. Portal Services which enable developers to register their applications, certify and market them.
The Windows Phone Application Platform enables development of real-time solutions to enhance usability, visibility of businesses and their profitability which benefits a varied customer base.
Petr Kudlacek is software engineer at MEMOS Outsourcing. MEMOS Outsourcing is custom software Development Company based in Czech Republic and Belarus. We make windows mobile software development and we also specialize on android software development.
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