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Launching Windows Phone for Developers

Organization
Microsoft
Role
Senior Content Manager
Timeline
2009 - 2011
Scope
Windows Phone developer content team and documentation/web strategy, release schedules, content coordination, team leadership, localization support, and alignment across Silverlight, XNA, Marketplace, App Hub, Visual Studio, engineering, and partner teams.
Focus
Getting started, platform understanding, UX design, APIs, code samples, testing, certification, and marketplace publishing.
Launching Windows Phone for Developers project overview

Windows Phone 7 was a major reset of Microsoft's mobile developer platform. We needed to deliver a coherent experience spanning the SDK, App Hub, and documentation.

Build · Test · Publish

Launch at a glance

Documentation was treated as part of the developer product experience, supported by practical learning assets and a publishing model designed to continue after launch.

Documentation page views
6M
Code samples
52
Developer tutorials
40
Continuous publishing
Always on

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The Platform Reset
Windows Phone 7 was a major reset of Microsoft's mobile developer platform. Developers needed one coherent path across the SDK, Visual Studio, MSDN, and App Hub for getting started, platform understanding, UX design, APIs, code samples, testing, certification, and marketplace publishing.
Luke Nyswonger

Connecting people, products, systems, and measurable adoption through technical learning and enablement.

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