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Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone in 90 seconds

April 30, 2010 3 comments

 


A refreshed Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP has been released this week which provides compatibility with Visual Studio 2010.  Matching the new tools, we’ve also released a new version of the Expression Blend Add-In for Windows Phone.

What does the experience of developing Windows Phone apps in Expression Blend look like?

Take a look at this brief video introducing Expression Blend 4 for Windows Phone.

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A few notes on installing the tools…

If you have the Blend 4 Beta installed from MIX10:

  • Uninstall the Blend 4 Beta Phone Tools
  • Uninstall the Blend 4 Beta
  • Uninstall Windows Developer Tools CTP from MIX10

    • If you have the Blend 4 RC (4.0.20408.0) installed from Apr 15 Silverlight 4 RTM:

  • Uninstall the Blend 4 RC
  • If installed, uninstall Windows Developer Tools CTP from MIX10

Now with your system cleaned up:

For more information check out the Windows Phone 7 Developer Center.

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Install checklist for Silverlight 4 RC, Blend 4 Beta and Windows Phone Developer tools from MIX10

March 19, 2010 12 comments

I’m upgrading my machines to the latest bits and I haven’t seen an aggregated list of all the Silverlight, Blend and Windows Phone tools yet, so I thought I’d post mine.  As an extra bonus I’ll add the extra links for training and documentation resources.

This list is for the full setup for Silverlight 4 RC and Windows Phone development.

1. Visual Studio 2010 RC
If you need help downloading and installing this bad boy, here’s a video from Channel 9 explaining the process.

2. Silverlight 4 RC Tools

One setup file that installs the Developer Runtime, Tools for Visual Studio, SDK and WCF RIA Services.

3. Expression Blend 4 Beta 
One setup file that installs the  Blend SDK for Silverlight 4, Blend SDK for .NET 4

4. Windows Phone Developer Tools
Installs Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone CTP, Windows Phone Emulator CTP, Silverlight for Windows Phone CTP, XNA 4.0 Game Studio CTP

5. Expression Blend Add-in Preview for Windows Phone 
Windows Phone development integration add in for Blend.

6. Expression Blend SDK Preview for Windows Phone
Project templates for Windows Phone development in Blend.

7. Silverlight 4 Toolkit (optional)
No new update yet, but the version released in November still works

    And with those files installed you are ready for Silverlight 4 RC and Windows Phone development.  Enjoy!
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