What Are the Mobile Applications for Visual Basic?

Windows Phone 7 applications can be developed using the Microsoft Visual Basic computer programming language. Visual Basic is widely used to create Web, mobile and desktop computer applications.

Developer Tools

You need Visual Studio 2010 Professional edition to develop with Visual Basic. The Windows Phone Developer Tools package includes the Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone, emulator, XNA Game Studio and Expression Blend for Windows Phone. The developer package is required to start development.

Emulator

The emulator allows a programmer to test their Visual Basic mobile application without have a real device. It basically provides a virtualized environment to develop mobile applications. The emulator reduces the cost of development.

Visual Basic Development

In order to start developing Visual Basic application for Windows Phone 7, you need to download the "Microsoft Visual Basic CTP for Windows Phone Developer Tools." The CTP allows programmers to create Windows Phone 7 programs with the latest version of Windows Phone Developer Tools.

References

• Microsoft: VB Goes Mobile:
• Microsoft: Installing Windows Phone Developer Tools
• Microsoft: Windows Phone Development