Windows Phone SDK Tools
December 15, 2011
Windows Phone SDK consists of Visual Studio IDE that includes a toolbox containing phone controls, a phone-based designer skin, and project templates specific for phone application development. It also includes Windows Phone Emulator, which you can use to deploy, debug, and test your applications.
For information about installation, system requirements, and localized versions of Windows Phone SDK, see Installing the Windows Phone SDK.
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Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone
Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone is an easy-to-use environment for dynamic application development with Silverlight or XNA Framework.
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Windows Phone Emulator is a desktop application that emulates a Windows Phone device.
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Windows Phone Performance Analysis
Windows Phone Profiler measures the performance of a Windows Phone application and provides visual graphs and reports to assist in the evaluation of performance-related issues.
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Deploying and Testing on Your Windows Phone
Although Windows Phone Emulator addresses many development scenarios, it is important to have the ability to test your application on a physical device.
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How to: Use the Isolated Storage Explorer Tool
Describes the steps to use the Isolated Storage Explorer tool to list, copy, and replace files and directories in isolated storage.
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Application Manifest File for Windows Phone
Defines and discusses the elements and attributes for the Windows Phone Silverlight and XNA Framework application manifest files.
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Troubleshooting Windows Phone SDK
Information to help you resolve issues that you might experience when using Windows Phone SDK.