https://www.developerfusion.com/t/windows-phone/books/view/recommended/ 2011-02-01T15:30:00.00Z http://www.developerfusion.com/book/90561/learning-xna-40/ 2010-12-15T00:00:00.00Z

Want to develop games for Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7? This hands-on book will get you started with Microsoft's XNA 4.0 development framework right away -- even if you have no experience developing games. Although XNA includes several key concepts that can be difficult for beginning web developers to grasp, Learning XNA 4.0 shortens the learning curve by walking you through the framework in a clear and understandable step-by-step format.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/94251/silverlight-4-unleashed/ 2011-02-01T14:13:00.00Z

Printed entirely in color, with helpful figures and syntax coloring to make code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio and Expression Blend!Using Silverlight 4, you can build richer and more powerful applications than ever before, and deploy them seamlessly in browsers, on desktop computers, and even on Windows Phone 7. In Silverlight 4 Unleashed, Microsoft Silverlight MVP Laurent Bugnion covers everything you need to do all this, and much more.

James Crowley http://www.developerfusion.com/book/94273/xna-40-game-development-by-example-beginners-guide/ 2011-02-01T15:30:00.00Z

Create your own exciting games with Microsoft XNA 4.0 *Dive headfirst into game creation with XNA *Four different styles of games comprising a puzzler, a space shooter, a multi-axis shoot 'em up, and a jump-and-run platformer *Games that gradually increase in complexity to cover a wide variety of game development techniques *Focuses entirely on developing games with the free version of XNA

James Crowley