05-07-2014 01:39 AM
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  1. eroselim's Avatar
    eroselim
    Hi there, WPCentral..

    I am a fresh graduate student of an IT Course related. I have a knowledge in Java programming language and Web Programming like HTML5 and CSS3, PHP and JS. Now, I am really into developing mobile application and want to start it with Windows Phone 8.1 . Any developers out there that can recommend me some guides to start with?

    Replies are very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
    Cryio likes this.
    05-05-2014 09:51 AM
  2. Juro's Avatar
    Juro
    Get Visual Studio (this is a link to the free version):

    Visual Studio Express

    It depends on how you learn best, but Channel 9 has a ton of great content - video tutorials, etc - and it's all free:

    Channel 9: Videos about the people building Microsoft Products & Services

    Moving from Java to C# is relatively easy. It will be even easier if you are familiar with Android (essentially Java + Android XML layouts), because C#/Visual Studio are much better tools.

    Good luck
    eroselim and Cryio like this.
    05-05-2014 10:23 AM
  3. eroselim's Avatar
    eroselim
    Thank you so much for that. I'll try downloading it now
    05-05-2014 11:04 AM
  4. eroselim's Avatar
    eroselim
    By the way, I can see at the Visual Studio link, in the Express 2012 for Windows Phone, it does really need to be windows phone 8 OS to build a WP8 Applications?
    05-05-2014 11:08 AM
  5. Catholic Tech Geek's Avatar
    Catholic Tech Geek
    At this point, you can use Visual Studio 2012 Express for Windows Phone, but it would be advisable to upgrade to Visual Studio 2013 Express as we get closer to the official release of Windows Phone 8.1. Since you say you know Java, C# would be your easiest learning path. Some language constructs are even the same between C# and Java. The Windows Phone dev center is your friend, as you will find both documentation on the api and code there.
    eroselim likes this.
    05-05-2014 07:33 PM
  6. James8561's Avatar
    James8561
    Originally Posted by eroselim
    By the way, I can see at the Visual Studio link, in the Express 2012 for Windows Phone, it does really need to be windows phone 8 OS to build a WP8 Applications?
    to clarify, yes your computer needs to be running windows 8 or higher to build windows phone 8 or higher applications.
    this is the reason why I still haven't started developing as I'm still on 7
    eroselim likes this.
    05-05-2014 07:49 PM
  7. ShreyansShah's Avatar
    ShreyansShah
    check this out: -
    Tutorial: Install Windows Phone 8 SDK on Windows 7 the Easy Way - xda-developers

    its an outside link, which shall guide u to install SDK on Win 7 PC.
    05-07-2014 01:39 AM
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