Saturday, November 7, 2009

Silverlight Cream for November 07, 2009 -- #726

Silverlight Cream for November 07, 2009 -- #726


Silverlight Cream for November 07, 2009 -- #726

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 10:40 AM PST

In this Issue: XamlNinja , Zoltan Arvai , Alan Mendelevich , Dimitris - Ilias Gkanatsios , Chris Klug , Pete Brown , Fons Sonnemans , Tim Heuer , Jeff Prosise , and Mark Miller Shoutouts: Corey Miller posted a User Experience Review post that's a good...( read more )...(read more)

Commitments

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 08:14 AM PST

  I've received a number of messages along the lines of, "Seems like things have really slowed down on your blog" or even "Hey, where's the signal? Too much noise." Fair enough ; though this is a common effect of the run up to a major "show" such...( read more )...(read more)

Subscribe to 62 Silverlight Twitter’ers.

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 07:06 AM PST

I've created a list that currently follows 62 top-notch Silverlight Twitter participants. The list will grow (and be culled) over time, but you can easily sign up to receive tweets from everyone on the list just by clicking on this link and subscribing...( read more )...(read more)

Neat VS10 Feature: Pinning A Debugger Watch

Posted: 06 Nov 2009 04:42 PM PST

I was stepping through some code in a debugger today and noticed a neat little feature of Visual Studio 2010 that I hadn't noticed before. When debugging, you can easily examine the value of a variably by highlighting it with your mouse. Nothing new there. But then I noticed a little pin next to it, which I've never seen before. So what do you see when you see a pin? You click on it! As you might expect, that pins the quick watch in place. So now I hit the play button, continue running my app in the debugger, and the next time I hit that breakpoint: I can clearly see the value changed since the last time. I think this may come in useful when walking through code as a way of seeing the value of important variables right next to where they are...(read more)

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