| Departures Posted: 28 Nov 2011 01:18 PM PST It's not every day you write this sort of blog post. And you hope it's not something you do so often that you ever get good at it. I'm certainly sucking up a storm here. Just last month I hit my four year mark at Microsoft . I reflected on the sheer joy I experienced working with such smart people on cool projects. I've been very lucky and fortunate to be able to speak about these projects at many conferences, meeting so many interesting attendees. It's been a real blast. Today, I write a different sort of post. It was a tough decision to make, but I've decided to leave Microsoft to try something different. This is my last week as a Microsoft employee. On Monday, December 5, 2011 I'll come into the office, hand over my card key, the launch codes...( read more)  |
| Silverlight and Sharepoint working together: a Silverlight menu for Sharepoint - Part 2 Posted: 28 Nov 2011 05:56 AM PST In the first part of the article I introduced the matter, i.e. adding a Silverlight menu in Sharepoint. The first solution presented, defined as "the client approach", has a major defect: it cannot be used for anonymous-enabled sites. In this...( read more )...( read more)  |
| Windows Client Developer Roundup 085 for 11/28/2011 Posted: 27 Nov 2011 08:03 PM PST The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client Developers, including WinRT XAML , WPF , Silverlight , Visual C++ , XNA , Expression Blend , Surface , Windows 7 , Windows Phone , Visual Studio, WCF RIA Services...( read more )...( read more)  |
| Windows Client Developer Roundup 085 for 11/28/2011 Posted: 27 Nov 2011 08:03 PM PST The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client Developers, including WinRT XAML , WPF , Silverlight , Visual C++ , XNA , Expression Blend , Surface , Windows 7 , Windows Phone , Visual Studio, WCF RIA Services...( read more )...( read more)  |
| New Bundling and Minification Support (ASP.NET 4.5 Series) Posted: 27 Nov 2011 08:58 PM PST This is the sixth in a series of blog posts I'm doing on ASP.NET 4.5. The next release of .NET and Visual Studio include a ton of great new features and capabilities. With ASP.NET 4.5 you'll see a bunch of really nice improvements with both Web Forms and MVC - as well as in the core ASP.NET base foundation that both are built upon. Today's post covers some of the work we are doing to add built-in support for bundling and minification into ASP.NET - which makes it easy to improve the performance of applications. This feature can be used by all ASP.NET applications, including both ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web Forms solutions. Basics of Bundling and Minification As more and more people use mobile devices to surf the web, it is...( read more)  |
| How can you Add Network Connection Settings Page in your WP7 Application? Posted: 27 Nov 2011 08:30 AM PST Do you want to integrate the network connection settings page (like: Airplane, Bluetooth, Cellular and/or WiFi) in your Windows Phone 7 application? Then this article will help you step-by-step to understand and integrate it. Connection Settings...( read more )...( read more)  |
| Silverlight Cream for November 27, 2011 -- #1176 Posted: 27 Nov 2011 03:18 PM PST In this Issue: Matt Eland , Parag Joshi , Jerrel Blankenship , and Joost van Schaik . Above the Fold: WP7: "Safe event detachment base class for Windows Phone 7 behaviors" Joost van Schaik Shoutouts: Michael Palermo 's latest Desert Mountain Developers...( read more )...( read more)  |
