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Nick Ohrn

Nick is the founder of and lead developer for OhrnVentures LLC. He enjoys programming in all of its forms. Recently, he's been working with the Windows Phone 7 platform, doing custom application development for individuals and small businesses. You can find out more at WP7 Developer

Windows Phone 7 Game Development: Creating Tic-Tac-Toe with XNA

Windows Phone 7 Game Development: Creating Tic-Tac-Toe with XNA

XNA is a high level game creation framework for Microsoft devices including Windows PCs, Xbox 360, and the brand new Windows Phone 7 operating system. In a previous tutorial, we covered the basics of the XNA framework including handling input and displaying sprites. In this article, you’ll learn how to combine those skills with a game idea of your own to create something fun to play and easy to pick up.

Using Silverlight to Create a Digg Client for Windows Phone 7
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Using Silverlight to Create a Digg Client for Windows Phone 7

Silverlight is the main application development platform for Windows Phone 7. In a previous tutorial we covered how to get your system set up for Windows Phone 7 development and then we developed a very simple Silverlight application that rotated a button around a grid. This article will introduce you to more advanced Silverlight features and will enable you to develop meaningful applications that display data in interesting and unique ways.

Introduction to XNA on Windows Phone 7
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Introduction to XNA on Windows Phone 7

Windows Phone 7 is the latest mobile operating system from Microsoft. In a previous tutorial, I covered the platform, development tools, and taught you how to build an application using Silverlight, one of the two available methods for creating apps on Windows Phone 7. In this article, you’ll learn about the second method for creating apps on WP7, XNA.

Introduction to Windows Mobile 7 Development
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Introduction to Windows Mobile 7 Development

Mobiletuts+ will be covering all major mobile platforms – iPhone, Windows, Android and Blackberry. Today we’ll be taking a look at Windows Phone 7 development. Windows Phone 7 is the latest mobile operating system from Microsoft. It is a clean break from previous Windows Mobile operating systems, such as WinMo 6.5, and offers .NET developers a chance to get in on the mobile application explosion that has happened in recent years. This tutorial will introduce you to the Windows Phone 7 platform, walk you through installing the SDK, and demonstrate the fundamental code necessary to build a simple application.