NOTE: If you are a professional Windows Phone Developer you should probably stop reading now(this series is for absolute beginners)

After you have read the first two posts, you should know what is Windows Phone in general and why it is worth developing apps for this platform. However before you start developing you must know where you can get help for FREE, where you can find more resources and what to do is you have  problem that has no solution yet. Fortunately there is lots of FREE content available regarding Windows Phone development.

Reliable Help Resources

Here are some FREE resources that I would recommend to use if you need any more help.

Official Resources provided by Microsoft

• MSDN Windows Phone Development
• The official Windows Phone Development forum
• The official Windows Phone development web site AppHub
• Microsoft`s Channel 9

WindowsPhoneGeek Resources

• WindowsPhoneGeek.com : the leading Windows Phone Development community web site
• WindowsPhoneGeek WP7 Dev guide
• WindowsPhoneGeek ArticleIndex
• WindowsPhoneGeek FREE e-books
• WindowsPhoneGeek Windows Phone Development Forum

Other Resources by Mark Chamberlain

• A nice collection of  Windows Phone Development resources

That's it for now. In the next posts you will learn how to start building your first "cool" Windows Phone app step by step.

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