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Windows Phone 7 XNA
Cookbook

Over 70 recipes for making your own
Windows Phone 7 game

Zheng Yang

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI


Windows Phone 7 XNA Cookbook
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First published: February 2012

Production Reference: 1090212

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Author
Zheng Yang
Reviewers
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Lead Technical Editor
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Cover Work
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About the Author
Zheng Yang is a hands-on Technical Leader with five years combined professional

experience providing core development engineering for global Microsoft Consumer-Facing
Applications and as an independent Game Developer. He is a dynamic, results-oriented
developer with a proven history of providing innovative solutions to complex technical
problems. When he was a student, he achieved recognition from Microsoft Research Asia
and Microsoft Imagine Cup Team. Zheng Yang has advanced technical knowledge of key
development technologies including C#, the .NET framework, C++, Visual Studio, DirectX,
and SQL Server. He has solid expertise across the full life cycles of both Software
Development and Game Production.


XNA 4.0 Game Development
by Example: Beginner's

Guide
ISBN: 978-1-84969-066-9

Paperback: 428 pages

Create exciting games with Microsoft XNA 4.0
1. Dive headfirst into game creation with XNA
2. Four different styles of games comprising a
puzzler, a space shooter, a multi-axis shoot 'em
up, and a jump-and-run platformer
3. Games that gradually increase in complexity
to cover a wide variety of game development
techniques
4. Focuses entirely on developing games with the
free version of XNA

Windows Phone 7.5 Data
Cookbook
ISBN: 978-1-84969-122-2

Paperback: 224 pages

Over 30 recipes for storing, managing, and manipulating
data in Windows Phone 7.5 Mango applications
1. Simple data binding recipes to advanced recipes
for building scalable applications
2. Techniques for managing application data in
Windows Phone mango apps
3. On-device data storage, cloud storage and API
interaction.

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