• The first book to focus on data-driven development for Windows Phone 7.5 Mango• One of the first books that’s up to date for Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7.5 Mango iteration.• Ideal as a companion to Packt’s Windows Phone 7 Development Cookbook.This book is for developers who want to build data-driven apps, or a line of business applications using the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango platform. It is also useful for developers on other mobile platforms looking to convert their apps to Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. Basic understanding of C#, XAML and the Silverlight is required. The book is written in a cookbook style, presenting examples in the style of recipes, allowing you to go directly to your topic of interest, or follow topics throughout a chapter to gain in-depth knowledge. The Windows Phone 7.5 Data Cookbook starts with data binding concepts at the UI layer and then shows different ways of saving data locally and externally in databases. The book ends with a look at the popular MVVM software design pattern. The recipes contained in this book will make you an expert in the areas of data access and storage.