Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Exam Preparation–Silverlight 4, Development–70-506–Part 6

Exam Preparation–Silverlight 4, Development–70-506–Part 6


Exam Preparation–Silverlight 4, Development–70-506–Part 6

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 12:26 PM PDT

I'm currently studying for the Beta exam of Silverlight 4. So I thought, why not share what resources I'm using. To start with one should be familiar with Silverlight of course, but refreshing some of the topics that haven't be touched that often is always...( read more )...(read more)

ListPicker? I hardly even know 'er! [A detailed overview of the Windows Phone Toolkit's ListPicker control]

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 11:27 AM PDT

In yesterday's post, I announced the second release of the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit and gave an overview of the four new controls it includes. (For a discussion of the controls in the original Windows Phone Toolkit, please see my announcement...( read more )...(read more)

Apple Embraces HTML5 over Objective-C

Posted: 03 Nov 2010 10:04 AM PDT

Sound ridiculous? Of course. Over the past few days, the demise of Silverlight has been heralded by HTML5 supporters based on their interpretations of what Bob Muglia, President of Microsoft's Server and Tools business, told Mary Jo Foley. The title of...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight and HTML5 - reflections after recent news from PDC

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 04:25 PM PDT

The recent news about the change of Microsoft plans regarding Silverlight and HTML5 have triggered a lot of buzz lately, and we, as a major portal for Silverlight resources, were of course concerned about how exactly we should interpret them. We asked...( read more )...(read more)

New Version of the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:58 PM PDT

Imagine my surprise when I browsed to the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit page on Codeplex and discovered a new version was released today. There are some great new controls in the release: AutoCompleteBox – Very similar to the Silverlight AutoCompleteBox...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 02, 2010 -- #984

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 10:40 PM PDT

In this Issue: René Schulte , Walter Ferrari , Amyo Kabir , David Anson , Jesse Liberty , Mike Taulty , Erik Mork , Jeremy Likness , and Joost van Shaik . Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Swapping two elements in a bound ObservableCollection" Joost van Shaik...( read more )...(read more)

Mo controls, mo controls, mo controls... [Announcing the second release of the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit!]

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 04:39 PM PDT

I'm happy to report that we've just published the Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit November 2010 release ! This is the second iteration of the Windows Phone Toolkit and effectively doubles the number of controls we've created to help developers and...( read more )...(read more)

Does HTML5 mean the end is in sight for Silverlight?

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:52 PM PDT

This blog post looks at the fallout after last week's PDC conference where Microsoft were quoted as saying "our strategy on Silverlight has shifted", and the resulting fallout in the developer community. In this post I will describe why I think Silverlight...( read more )...(read more)

Dotfuscator for Windows Phone Released

Posted: 02 Nov 2010 02:14 PM PDT

One of the great partners that I have worked with on the Microsoft Silverlight Analytics Framework   (MSAF) has been PreEmptive Solutions.  For Windows Phone 7, Microsoft is partnering with PreEmptive to provide application reporting for phone...( read more )...(read more)

No comments:

Post a Comment