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ComponentOneKeeping up with the latest trends in software application development, ComponentOne offers developers 20+ UI controls for Windows Phone available in ComponentOne Studio® for Windows Phone.

This studio provides data visualization, rich text editing, data input, PDF viewing, layout & more. Built to enhance the rich UX of the Windows Phone, these Silverlight-based controls empower you to build more compelling and better performing apps.

Visit ComponentOne to learn more and download a free trial.


InfragisticsFor developers that need to take their mobile applications to the next level of user experience, Infragistics’ NetAdvantage for Window Phone is a set of controls and components that gives developers the benefit of robust, interactive visualizations in their mobile applications to create high performance dashboards, comprehensive data entry applications and social media connected applications.

For a free trial and samples, click here.

PreEmptive Solutions provides solutions to measure, manage, and protect apps, and offers Windows Phone developers the following products:
    Runtime Intelligence for Windows Phone collects data from phone users to learn the number of application sessions; unique users; feature usage counts and duration; and general system and stability statistics.
    PreEmptive Analytics for TFS collects unhandled, thrown and caught exceptions and then “intelligently automates” the creation of work items inside VS/TFS 2010 in near real-time.
    Dotfuscator .NET is an obfuscator that helps to protect programs against reverse engineering. Dotfuscator for Windows Phone is provided free of charge through 12/31/2012.
For more information, visit PreEmptive Solutions for Windows Phone page.

RadControls for Windows Phone UI suite shortens your app’s time to market. Designed to help developers create intuitive and delightful applications, it offers an array of controls and capabilities that are not available in the UI Toolbox for Windows Phone and not even in the OS. The suite is trusted by a number of customers with top selling Windows Phone apps on the Marketplace. It provides the most comprehensive learning resources and the best support you could possibly find.

Visit RadControls for Windows Phone page to learn more and to download a free trial.

Synapse Gaming

The SunBurn Lighting and Rendering Engine, by Synapse Gaming, brings the latest AAA game technology to XNA Game Studio.

As a natural extension of the XNA framework, SunBurn’s familiar design is easy to integrate into XNA games and projects. And with full support for the XNA Game Studio content pipeline, SunBurn is compatible with the top modeling, animation, and texture applications.

App Hub members receive an exclusive $50 discount on Synapse Sunburn Pro. If you are an App Hub Member, you can get your discount code here.

Visit Synapse Gaming's site to learn more!

The Substance Smart Textures Ecosystem lets you create and play with a new breed of dynamic, lean textures: substances! Create substances with our authoring tools and use them directly in all the Substance-ready applications such as 3DSMax, Maya or Unity Engine. www.allegorthmic.com.

TurboSquid

The TurboSquid library of compatible 3D models provides Microsoft XNA Game Studio developers with the high-quality 3D art assets that they need to bring their video games to life. TurboSquid proudly hosts a community of the world’s finest 3D artists, and through a partnership with Microsoft, these artists’ game-ready models are available to XNA Game Studio developers.

The library includes a growing supply of both free and competitively priced models in file types compatible with Microsoft XNA Game Studio (.fbx and .x files) that developers can incorporate into their games.

More information on the TurboSquid library.

Whether you want to create a graffiti-covered wall, the bark of an ancient tree, blood-splattered armor, or the high-tech wiring of an alien craft, Genetica is the texturing tool that game developers turning to. Here's why:

  • Create seamless textures from photographs—you won't believe how easy it is (see video).
  • Make sophisticated textures easily with intuitive drawing tools (see video).
  • Enjoy more great features than any other material editor.

Learn more at the Spiral Graphics website.

Mixamo is an innovative online 3D character animation service for 3D professionals.

By leveraging cutting-edge research directly from Stanford University, stellar web engineers and a top notch in-house animation team, Mixamo aims to truly evolve and democratize character animation making it ten times faster, more cost effective and accessible.

Mixamo technology enables both new and seasoned 3D professionals in the video game, virtual world, 3D design/architecture, and virtual goods markets to create the highest-quality character motion possible in a matter of seconds using director level controls.

Open Source Resources for Windows Phone

Here’s the list of a few of the open source libraries & tools you may use to speed up your Windows Phone development. You can find many more projects (start here). Tell us about your favorite’s projects @wp7dev.

    Farseer Physics Engine is a 2D physics engine designed for Silverlight, XNA Game Studio and Windows Phone platform, which offers a collision detection system with realistic physics responses. Ian Qvist is the main contributor and coordinates this project. More information and download at: http://farseerphysics.codeplex.com/  

    MVVM Light Toolkit is a set of components helping people to get started in the Model - View - ViewModel pattern in Silverlight, WPF and Windows Phone. It is a light and pragmatic framework that contains only the essential components needed. Laurent Bugnion (@LBugnion) is the main contributor and coordinates this project. More information and download at: http://mvvmlight.codeplex.com  

    Phoney Tools is a project that contains several classes, helpers and controls for use to speed up Windows Phone applications development. Shawn Wildermuth (@ShawnWildermuth) is the main contributor and coordinates this project. More information and download at: http://phoney.codeplex.com/  

    Ree7 Tile for Windows Phone library aims at helping Windows Phone developers to generate tiles with counters that look like native tiles, or custom tiles that can be designed in XAML (within Visual Studio or Expression Blend). Pierre Belin -@pleasereset is the main contributor and coordinates this project. More information and download at: http://wp7tiletoolkit.codeplex.com/  

    WriteableBitmapEx library is a collection of extension methods for Silverlight's WriteableBitmap, which allows the direct manipulation of a bitmap and could be used to generate fast procedural images by drawing directly to a bitmap. The library is easy to use and provides powerful GDI+ like functionality. René Schulte (@rschu) is the main contributor and coordinates this project. More information and download at: http://writeablebitmapex.codeplex.com/  

Events

Are you organizing events, meet-ups or any other social gathering to teach, share experiences about Windows Phone development? Let us know, we’ll be happy to add your event to our Events and Promotions list.

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