Getting started with Windows Phone developnment

UPDATE: 06.03.2012. I have seen all the videos. I definitely recommend these for anyone that want's to start with Windows phone 7 Mango


I have found great video tutorials for getting started with Windows Phone Development. If you want to start but don't know how these will be great for you. It will explain everything from beginning like where to download Visual Studio for Windows phone, how to install it and how to develop apps for phones. These are even great videos if you are trying to learn programming in general. Programming for mobile phones is nice entry point to the world of programming.
The course is divided in four days. First day explains basics. Even if you don't understand the basics of programming the instructor will explain what are variables, how to use loops and if statements. On the fourth day you will create completely functional app that uses GPS and stores chunks of text to the phone persistent storage.
The videos are published 11th ff November 2010. That is 11/11/2010 for all those who are struggling with the names of the month like I do :) These videos don't cover Mango but it doesn't matter. All that you will learn here you can use in Mango as well. These are great place to start. You will learn C# by watching these tutorials.

Definitely check out Education tab on the create.msdn.com




The series of Videos is called:
Windows Phone 7 Development for Absolute Beginners

The lectures are broken down into byte size chunks. 4 days should be enough to go through this material. Here are first two parts so you can evaluate if they are good enough for you or not. Hope you enjoy them.

Series Introduction - Day 1 - Part 1

Installing Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone - Day 1 - Part 2

After you looak at all the 4 days worth of video you can take a look at
Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Training CourseTraining Course is divided 2 parts:
Beginning Windows Phone Development
Advanced Topics in Windows Phone Development
So if the videos on top are too slow for you you can try with Training courses. You can even download them for offline use.

Enjoy!