Monthly Summary - December 2011

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Monthly Summary - December 2011 Posted: 31 Dec 2011 02:45 AM PST Here comes the "Monthly Summary" of posts published during December 2011. I have submitted 16 blog posts on mixed juice. In this post, I will summarize them category wise, so that, you can find them very easily. December was a great month for me. I started...( read more )...(read more)

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ASP.NET Security Update Shipping Thursday, Dec 29th

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ASP.NET Security Update Shipping Thursday, Dec 29th Posted: 28 Dec 2011 08:59 PM PST A few minutes ago Microsoft released an advance notification security bulletin announcing that we are releasing an out-of-band security update to address an ASP.NET Security Vulnerability . The security update we are releasing resolves a publicly disclosed Denial of Service issue present in all versions of ASP.NET.  We're currently unaware of any attacks on ASP.NET customers using this exploit, but we strongly encourage customers to deploy the update as soon as possible.  We are releasing the security update via Windows Update and the Windows Server Update Service.  You can also manually download and install it via the Microsoft Download Center.  We will release the update on Thursday, December 29th at approximately 10am...(read more)

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One Month in... and things change...

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One Month in... and things change... Posted: 27 Dec 2011 12:16 PM PST One month in... Well, it's been a month on the new site now. I guess at first I thought everyone would just start following the new feed and the traffic would magically appear at WDN, but I still saw a lot of folks hitting GWB, presumably looking for...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for December 26, 2011 - 2 - #0017 Posted: 26 Dec 2011 07:28 PM PST My latest post is up... check it out at WindowsDevNews...( read more )...(read more)

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Windows Dev News for December 26, 2011 - #0016

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• Windows Dev News for December 26, 2011 - #0016
• Book Review: Fun with Silverlight 4 authored by Rajesh Lal
• I ❤ C# 2

Windows Dev News for December 26, 2011 - #0016 Posted: 26 Dec 2011 09:15 AM PST My latest post is up... check it out at WindowsDevNews...( read more )...(read more)

Book Review: Fun with Silverlight 4 authored by Rajesh Lal Posted: 25 Dec 2011 08:30 AM PST "Fun with Silverlight 4" authored by Rajesh Lal illustrates more than 100 features in Silverlight using a simple problem/solution approach. It takes one feature at a time and guides you in progressive journey where you begin by using the basic components...( read more )...(read more)

I ❤ C# 2 Posted: 25 Dec 2011 02:50 PM PST This post follows on from my previous post "I ❤ C#" which discusses interesting recent MS jobs that mention a lot of Managed stack work at very low system levels. It was pointed out to me that  the "Technical Strategy … Continue reading →...( read more )...(read more)

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I ❤ C#

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I ❤ C# Posted: 24 Dec 2011 10:07 PM PST Seems like Microsoft are forming a very interesting team called "Technical Strategy & Incubation". Their goals are pretty all encompassing AND definitely interesting if your into UI/UX & Managed coding! Check out these snippets from recent job...( read more )...(read more)

Weekly News Digest @SilverlightZone - 28-December-2011 to 24-December-2011 Posted: 24 Dec 2011 08:30 AM PST Here comes the Weekly Digest (18th December to 24th December) of Silverlight-Zone.com . During this week we have submitted 65 article links at Silverlight-Zone on various topics like Silverlight, Windows Phone 7, Metro Style Applications.   In this...( read more )...(read more)

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Windows Dev News for December 24, 2011 - #0015

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Windows Dev News for December 24, 2011 - #0015 Posted: 24 Dec 2011 01:23 PM PST My latest post is up... check it out at WindowsDevNews...( read more )...(read more)

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SilverlightShow Top 5 for December 12 - 18, 2011

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SilverlightShow Top 5 for December 12 - 18, 2011 Posted: 22 Dec 2011 09:09 PM PST Check out the Top Five most popular news at SilverlightShow for December 12 - 18 , 2011...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight security overview paper has been updated for Silverlight 5 Posted: 22 Dec 2011 04:52 PM PST The main difference from the Silverlight 4 version is I've added a section on trusted in browser apps (which in many ways aren't that different from trusted out of browser apps). I've also folded in a few corrections/improvements from customer feedback...( read more )...(read more)

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Windows Dev News for December 21, 2011 - #0014

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Windows Dev News for December 21, 2011 - #0014 Posted: 21 Dec 2011 09:22 PM PST My latest post is up... check it out at WindowsDevNews...( read more )...(read more)

“Future of Silverlight” - Announcing Winner of the Giveaway Contest Posted: 21 Dec 2011 09:55 AM PST One month ago, I started a discussion thread " What is the Future of Silverlight? " and received a good amount of feedback on the future of the same. Some provided positive feedback and some had negative feedback.   As declared earlier, I am going...( read more )...(read more)

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Managed Extensibility Framework Overview

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• Managed Extensibility Framework Overview
• Updates to the Windows Phone docs
• Book Review: Window Phone 7 Silverlight Cookbook
• Windows Dev News for December 19, 2011 - #0013

Managed Extensibility Framework Overview Posted: 20 Dec 2011 02:20 PM PST The Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is a library that allows application developers to extend their applications by incorporating components with no configuration and without hard-coded dependencies. This topic provides a thorough overview of developing extensibile applications with MEF.

Updates to the Windows Phone docs Posted: 20 Dec 2011 10:10 AM PST We recently made a refresh of the Windows Phone documentation and samples. We've updated several samples: Background Agent Background Transfer Service Quick Card Search Extensibility We also added the following new sample that shows how to use types in...( read more )...(read more)

Book Review: Window Phone 7 Silverlight Cookbook Posted: 20 Dec 2011 04:15 AM PST This review is for the book 'Windows Phone 7 Silverlight Cookbook' , and has been submitted by a member of the Windows Phone 7 User Group - a user group supported by SilverlightShow. We support user groups with books, swag, events promotion, free event...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for December 19, 2011 - #0013 Posted: 19 Dec 2011 08:29 PM PST My latest post is up... check it out at WindowsDevNews...( read more )...(read more)

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Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 10 of 10)

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• Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 10 of 10)
• Muted audio even when the playback rate is set to a supported audio playback rate
• "What is WebMatrix?" in conversation with Sarvashrestha Paliwal on Web Technologies
• Merry Christmas! It’s my off-site backup.
• SkyDrive usage through Live SDK on Windows Phone
• Windows Dev News for December 18, 2011 - #0012
• SilverlightShow Top 5 for December 5 - 11, 2011

Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 10 of 10) Posted: 19 Dec 2011 11:26 AM PST In this article, a discussion about several new features that did not fit in any of the above categories. We will discuss In-Browser HTML, PostScript and Tasks for TPL. Please review the Roadmap for the series before going any further. The Roadmap for...( read more )...(read more)

Muted audio even when the playback rate is set to a supported audio playback rate Posted: 19 Dec 2011 10:28 AM PST Silverlight 5 supports multiple playback rates. When Playback rate is set a rate that does not support audio playback, audio will be muted. If playback is reset back to 1 or to any value that supports audio playback after multiple rates that don't...( read more )...(read more)

"What is WebMatrix?" in conversation with Sarvashrestha Paliwal on Web Technologies Posted: 19 Dec 2011 08:33 AM PST </object><script type="text/javascript"> document.write("<script type='text/javascript' src='" + (window.location.protocol) + "//c.microsoft.com/ms.js'" + "><\/script>");</script></div></body> Read More......(read more)

Merry Christmas! It’s my off-site backup. Posted: 19 Dec 2011 12:26 AM PST Almost 4 years ago, I moved my family from Cincinnati, Ohio to Redmond, Washington so that I could join Microsoft. Since we have two young children, and a small family, the move has been really hard on the grandparents. But as our first Christmas out Read More......(read more)

SkyDrive usage through Live SDK on Windows Phone Posted: 18 Dec 2011 11:34 PM PST Guess how many people use Live Services? 500 million plus! And when our applications connect to the same services, they start feeling right at home with what our users are already used to. Microsoft recently opened the Live Connect APIs , along with some...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for December 18, 2011 - #0012 Posted: 18 Dec 2011 08:01 PM PST My latest post is up... check it out at WindowsDevNews...( read more )...(read more)

SilverlightShow Top 5 for December 5 - 11, 2011 Posted: 18 Dec 2011 04:23 PM PST Check out the Top Five most popular news at SilverlightShow for their Top 5 News for December 5 - 11 , 2011 ....( read more )...(read more)

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MVVM Light installers and Nuget (including Silverlight 5) #mvvmlight

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MVVM Light installers and Nuget (including Silverlight 5) #mvvmlight Posted: 18 Dec 2011 01:10 PM PST I just pushed two big updates to MVVM Light setup components. MSI installers with Silverlight 5 support The MSI installers are available on Codeplex. The current version supports Silverlight 3, Silverlight 4, Silverlight 5 (new) , WPF 3.5 SP1, WPF 4,...( read more )...(read more)

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Don't forget about the databinding features of Silverlight 4 that you get with Mango!

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Don't forget about the databinding features of Silverlight 4 that you get with Mango! Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:55 PM PST If you are a Windows Phone developer, there are some properties offered on the Binding object in SIlverlight 4, which is supported by Mango. Thse properties were not offered in Silverlight 3/Windows Phone OS 7.0. The SL4 binding properties make setting...( read more )...(read more)

Don't forget about the databinding features of Silverlight 4 that you get with Mango! Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:55 PM PST If you are a Windows Phone developer, there are some properties offered on the Binding object in SIlverlight 4, which is supported by Mango. Thse properties were not offered in Silverlight 3/Windows Phone OS 7.0. The SL4 binding properties make setting...( read more )...(read more)

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The problem of the Windows Phone 7 ApplicationBar and not (yet) updated Bindings

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• The problem of the Windows Phone 7 ApplicationBar and not (yet) updated Bindings
• Silverlight 5 Tutorials - A Collection of Beginner Level Articles you may want to Read
• Slides and Code from my VSLive Silverlight 5, REST, WCF Web API, MVC talk
• Slides and Code from my VSLive Silverlight 5, REST, WCF Web API, MVC talk

The problem of the Windows Phone 7 ApplicationBar and not (yet) updated Bindings Posted: 16 Dec 2011 10:55 AM PST As a MVVM enthusiast I'm trying to use MVVM as much as possible, but not for things that are almost impossible to do with MVVM. But simple things, like a TextBox Text property is always bound to a ViewModel's property. That's something that works very...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 5 Tutorials - A Collection of Beginner Level Articles you may want to Read Posted: 15 Dec 2011 11:36 AM PST You might know that, Silverlight 5 has been already released by Microsoft. During the previous releases of Silverlight 5, I have published many articles on it. Here in this post, I am clubbing all of them so that, it will help you to find them in a single...( read more )...(read more)

Slides and Code from my VSLive Silverlight 5, REST, WCF Web API, MVC talk Posted: 15 Dec 2011 01:13 PM PST This talk was an adaptation of two chapters from Silverlight 5 in Action. I started with a brief explanation of REST, and then explained the solution we were going to build during the session. The idea was to show how you can use REST in place of the...( read more )...(read more)

Slides and Code from my VSLive Silverlight 5, REST, WCF Web API, MVC talk Posted: 15 Dec 2011 01:13 PM PST This talk was an adaptation of two chapters from Silverlight 5 in Action. I started with a brief explanation of REST, and then explained the solution we were going to build during the session. The idea was to show how you can use REST in place of the...( read more )...(read more)

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Slides and Code from my VSLive Silverlight 5, REST, WCF Web API, MVC talk

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Slides and Code from my VSLive Silverlight 5, REST, WCF Web API, MVC talk Posted: 15 Dec 2011 01:13 PM PST This talk was an adaptation of two chapters from Silverlight 5 in Action. I started with a brief explanation of REST, and then explained the solution we were going to build during the session. The idea was to show how you can use REST in place of the heavier Soap approach in many cases, and make your services accessible to far more clients. I also showed how to share model objects between various implementations of .NET, using linked files and conditional compilation. Without watching the session or reading the chapters, the source and slides are only somewhat useful as you miss the interim steps. So, if you happen to be at an event where I deliver this again (I've submitted it to several upcoming 2012 events), great. If not… buy my Silverlight...(read more)

New Silverlight Show articles: Windows 8 XAML Metro Apps with OData Posted: 15 Dec 2011 09:33 AM PST Silverlight Show has two new articles that provide some really interesting info about building Windows 8 XAML Metro Apps with OData written by Samidip Basu ( @samidip ). Windows 8 XAML Metro Apps with OData - Part 1 Windows 8 XAML Metro Apps with OData...( read more )...(read more)

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Just Published on Codeplex SDNavigation WP7 + MVVM + Navigation Framework

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• Just Published on Codeplex SDNavigation WP7 + MVVM + Navigation Framework
• Windows Dev News for December 13, 2011 - #0011
• Why do we have “circles” around “icons” in the Windows Phone app bar?

Just Published on Codeplex SDNavigation WP7 + MVVM + Navigation Framework Posted: 14 Dec 2011 04:58 AM PST We have just published SDNavigation a library that integrates the WP7 Navigation Framework into the MVVM pattern. It is based on Laurent Bugnion's INavigationService idea and combined with Rob GarFoot MVVM Navigation Framework approach to obtain the page...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for December 13, 2011 - #0011 Posted: 13 Dec 2011 07:47 PM PST My latest post is up... check it out at WindowsDevNews...( read more )...(read more)

Why do we have “circles” around “icons” in the Windows Phone app bar? Posted: 13 Dec 2011 06:20 PM PST In one of the Q&A sessions during the Windows Phone Design Day in Stockholm, Petter Silfver (definitely a follow in Twitter), interaction designer based in Stockholm asked me a question about the "icons in the Windows Phone app bar" wondering...( read more )...(read more)

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