Migrating to Windows Phone

CHAPTER 3

Get the Data

Virtually every meaningful Windows Phone application deals with data from some source, and often it is very convenient (if not downright necessary) to bind that data to one or more controls, store it away for later use, or even stash it in a relational database.

In this chapter, you will learn about the following three most important ways we manipulate data in Windows Phone:

• Binding data to controls
• Storing data in isolated storage
• Storing data in a local database

There are myriad sources of data. Some are local to your application, such as recording your daily workout, and might be stored in a database or in isolated ...