2a Windows Phone - XAML Controls, Markup Languages (music: Michael McNevin) (cc)
Channel: LearnByCrystal
Date: 2011-10-19

Windows Phone uses XAML for designing the user interface - learn how to get started. From other markup languages such as GML, SGML, XML, and HTML, Microsoft created XAML.  Learn how to make TextBox and TextBlock controls using XAML and the designer.  Discover properties such as Margin and Width -- how to adjust them and what happens if you do not specify them.

Building Apps for Windows Phone 8 Jump Start - EXCELLENT series by Andy Wigley and  and Rob Tiffany
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/tracks/building-apps-for-windows-phone-8-jump-start

Windows Phone forum -- free help with questions and answers
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/mvpwindowsphone
-to log in, you can create a free email account at @Live.com or @hotmail.com

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featured music:
"Etch-a-Sketch"
by Michael McNevin.  
http://www.MichaelMcNevin.com
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/michaelmcnevin

Some of my other favorites by Michael are "Bagger", "John's Cocoons", "Two Feet Ahead of the Train", and "Hob Thrasher", which he co wrote with his father in an airport.  Michael has a great gift for story-telling with music.  He's also a nice guy who cares about the world around  him.

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LINKS

Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_Markup_Language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xaml

Coolnerds Core HTML Quick Reference
http://coolnerds.com/HTML/htmlref.htm

Programming Windows Phone 7
by Charles Petzold
http://www.charlespetzold.com/phone/

StackPanel Class
for .NET Framework 4 on msdn
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.controls.stackpanel.aspx

mc:Ignorable Attribute
for .NET Framework 4 on msdn
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa350024.aspx

Design-Time Attributes in the Silverlight Designer
for Silverlight on msdn
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff602277%28v=vs.95%29.aspx

read my purple* channel description for lots more links to phone resources!
http://www.YouTube.com/LearnByCrystal

happy learning!

Warm Regards,
Crystal

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