Free eBook: Petzold’s Programming Windows Phone 7

Just in time for VSLive in Redmond, here’s a second draft preview eBook of Charles Petzold’s upcoming Programming Windows Phone 7! The first preview eBook contained six chapters. This one contains eleven chapters (and 265 pages):

Part I   The Basics
Chapter 1   Hello, Windows Phone 7
Chapter 2   Getting Oriented
Chapter 3   An Introduction to Touch
Chapter 4   Bitmaps, Also Known as Textures
Chapter 5   Sensors and Services
Chapter 6   Issues in Application Architecture
Part II   Silverlight
Chapter 7   XAML Power and Limitations
Chapter 8   Elements and Properties
Part III   XNA
Chapter 20   Principles of Movement
Chapter 21   Textures and Sprites
Chapter 22   Touch and Play

You can download a PDF here (38.6 MB) and you can download the ebook’s sample code here (5.03 MB).