Script your own applications straight on your Windows Phone 7

If you have been following along with Windows Phone 7 application development, you know that the main development tools are Visual Studio and Expression Blend. True, but from today on, you can also create simple scripting application directly on your phone, without any additional tools on the PC.

Called the Windows Phone TouchStudio, and originated from a Microsoft Research project, the small application allows you to "touch and create" your applications using ready-made building blocks. For instance, if you wanted to create an application playing music, you could loop through your phone's media library, select a song based on some criteria, and then play the song. Straightforward and easy, as scripting should be. Except that with TouchStudio, you don't need to write nearly as much.

To learn more, check out the TouchStudio home page.