Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Get Started with Silverlight (New QuickStart Articles)

Get Started with Silverlight (New QuickStart Articles)

Get Started with Silverlight (New QuickStart Articles)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 10:41 AM PDT

Are you new to Silverlight or want to send your newbie friends somewhere to get started? Or maybe you've already kicked the Silverlight tires and now want to get an overview of other features? Check out the expanded and updated Silverlight QuickStarts...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for June 22, 2010 -- #887

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:42 AM PDT

In this Issue: Max Paulousky , Anton Polimenov , Michael Washington , Phil Middlemiss , Sergey Barskiy , Damon Payne , Jeff Prosise , and Mike Snow . Shoutout: Laurent Bugnion is looking for beta testers for WP7: Windows Phone 7 multitouch behavior: beta...( read more )...(read more)

Review: Microsoft Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 08:08 AM PDT

In my experience with explaining and demonstrating technology, I have not been in the practice of recommending books that are tied to a specific version of a specific technology.  The obvious problem is that once the next version of the technology...( read more )...(read more)

Introduction to Managed Extensibility Framework with Silverlight 4.0

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 03:38 PM PDT

To MEF or not to MEF? Did you ever wanted to build a modular application? You know when you program against interfaces rather than actual implementation, and the implementation is likely to change anytime? The implementation resides in building blocks...( read more )...(read more)

DomainDataSource, ComboBox, and Load Blocking

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:36 AM PDT

Over on our forums , many of you have reported difficulty with the ComboBox control when using RIA Services. Kyle McClellan (@KyleMcClellan ) suggested that we drill into various ComboBox scenarios to see what works well and what doesn't. Our goal was Read More......(read more)

Experimental 3D Cube Rotation - Silverlight 4

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 02:26 AM PDT

I built an easy example of an Experimental 3D Cube Rotation. There is no (extra) math in this experiment. Only a few rectangles, a few layers and a storyboard. View the example and grab the sourcecode at the Expression Gallery ....( read more )...(read more)

Book Excerpt: Creating Raw Media (Audio and Video)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 12:10 AM PDT

What follows is a raw excerpt (before copy editing or final tech reviews) from chapter 20 in my book, Silverlight in Action . This is just a small portion of chapter 20, which covers the media element, streaming, using IIS Smooth streaming, using the...( read more )...(read more)

Book Excerpt: Creating Raw Media (Audio and Video)

Posted: 22 Jun 2010 12:10 AM PDT

What follows is a raw excerpt (before copy editing or final tech reviews) from chapter 20 in my book, Silverlight in Action . This is just a small portion of chapter 20, which covers the media element, streaming, using IIS Smooth streaming, using the...( read more )...(read more)

WP7: Hardware requirements for Windows Phone 7 Part 1

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 10:24 PM PDT

Normal 0 21 false false false BG X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding...( read more )...(read more)

Walkthrough: Adding Site Navigation to a Web Site

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 08:10 PM PDT

Shows how to create site navigation by using navigation controls such as the Menu control, the TreeView control, and the SiteMapPath control, which adds a navigation path to Web pages. A downloadable project example is available with this Walkthrough.

Controllers and Action Methods in ASP.NET MVC Applications

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 08:00 PM PDT

Understand how to use Controllers and Action Methods in ASP.NET MVC. The ASP.NET MVC framework maps URLs to classes that are referred to as controllers. Controllers process incoming requests, handle user input and interactions, and execute appropriate application logic. A controller class typically calls a separate view component to generate the HTML markup for the request.

UpdatePanel Control Overview

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 07:45 PM PDT

Learn to use the ASP.NET UpdatePanel controls which enable you to build rich, client-centric Web applications. By using UpdatePanel controls, you can refresh selected parts of the page instead of refreshing the whole page with a postback.

Live Security Talk Webcast: Using Windows Azure Storage Securely (Level 200)

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT

Windows Azure Storage was built with security as one of the primary tenets. The talk will cover how to store and access data securely, how to share blobs with other users using container ACLs and the SAS feature, and cover some of the best practices.

Free Session this Thursday: Introduction to Windows Phone 7 App Development

Posted: 21 Jun 2010 06:00 PM PDT

On June 24 at 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time, join this free webcast hosted by the AT&T Developer Program to gain a high-level overview of the new Windows Phone 7 application platform and a complete picture of the developer story. Learn about the developer tools, the application frameworks, the support for Silverlight, and the support for XNA.
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