Windows Phone 7.5 Data

Pluralsight

Course Summary

This course explores the various ways Windows Phone applications access data

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Course Description

This course explores the various ways Windows Phone applications access data. Parts 1 and 2 look at creating and accessing a local SQL database on the phone. Part 3 examines the user data APIs which let applications work with contacts and calendar on the phone. Part 4 discusses accessing an external data service from a phone application. All modules focus on real-world, no-nonsense scenarios involving querying, displaying, and in some cases updating domain-specific application data.

Course Description

This course explores the various ways Windows Phone applications access data. Parts 1 and 2 look at creating and accessing a local SQL database on the phone. Part 3 examines the user data APIs which let applications work with contacts and calendar on the phone. Part 4 discusses accessing an external data service from a phone application. All modules focus on real-world, no-nonsense scenarios involving querying, displaying, and in some cases updating domain-specific application data.

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Course Syllabus

Phone database part1
- 43m 19s

—Intro and contents 1m 26s
—Database overview 3m 26s
—Defining the data model 3m 21s
—Hands-on : demo overview 0m 47s
—Hands-on : mapping the model 5m 0s
—Hands-on : mapping associations 6m 14s
—Hands-on : creating the context 1m 49s
—Creating the DB 3m 1s
—Hands-on : in-app creation 2m 58s
—Hands-on : external creation 7m 22s
—Querying the DB 2m 20s
—Hands-on : querying 4m 37s
—Takeaways 0m 58s

Phone database part2
- 32m 51s

—Intro and contents 0m 58s
—Inserts, updates, deletes 3m 7s
—Hands-on : updating 3m 30s
—Hands-on : inserting 4m 59s
—Hands-on : deleting 3m 21s
—Schema updates 1m 36s
—Hands-on : updating DB schema 4m 30s
—Using sqlmetal.exe 1m 22s
—Hands-on : sqlmetal 5m 39s
—Considerations 2m 37s
—Takeaways 1m 12s

User data
- 46m 12s

—Intro and contents 0m 58s
—User data overview 2m 38s
—Contacts API 2m 37s
—Hands-on : contacts manager 5m 59s
—Hands-on : contact picture 4m 22s
—Searching Contacts 3m 59s
—Hands-on : built-in search 5m 20s
—Hands-on : custom search1 4m 42s
—Hands-on : custom search2 4m 26s
—Appointments API 2m 28s
—Hands-on : calendar features 3m 35s
—Hands-on : appointment search 3m 46s
—Takeaways 1m 22s

OData
- 49m 5s

—Intro and contents 1m 4s
—OData concepts review 2m 20s
—Hands-on : exposing the service 2m 54s
—The OData client for WP 2m 50s
—Hands-on : generating the client 3m 29s
—Querying 1 1m 25s
—Hands-on : using LoadAsync 4m 4s
—Querying 2 1m 6s
—Hands-on : using Execute 2m 52s
—Paging 0m 52s
—Hands-on : paging 2m 4s
—Loading related data 1m 11s
—Hands-on : related data 5m 18s
—Updating 1m 24s
—Hands-on : updating 3m 3s
—Hands-on : creating and deleting 5m 31s
—Persisting state 1m 13s
—Hands-on : DataServiceState 5m 11s
—Takeaways 1m 14s