Short Notice! Silverlight Tour is coming to Cincinnati

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• Short Notice! Silverlight Tour is coming to Cincinnati
• Microsoft Tells What's Next for C++
• Silverlight Firestarter Keynote and Sessions
• Silverlight 5 Features
• Silverlight Cream Top Posted Authors June to November, 2010
• #twitter for Windows Phone 7 protips (#wp7)

Short Notice! Silverlight Tour is coming to Cincinnati Posted: 05 Dec 2010 09:13 AM PST URL : https://agilitrain.com/Workshop/EventInfo/231 This is short notice, but I will be doing a public version of the Silverlight Tour in Cincinnati, Ohio in a couple of weeks. On December 15-17th, I will be holding the Silverlight Tour (in conjunction...( read more )...(read more)

Microsoft Tells What's Next for C++ Posted: 05 Dec 2010 02:18 AM PST By chance, are you among those who think that Microsoft is leaving native development in general and the C++ programming language in particular behind? You better watch this interview to Ale Contenti, Principal Development Manager with the Windows C+...(read more)

Silverlight Firestarter Keynote and Sessions Posted: 05 Dec 2010 12:01 AM PST Here is a quick jump-list of all 8 videos from the Silverlight Firestarter . This includes the keynote and the 7 sessions that are targeted at helping you build business applications with Silverlight. I included links to: Each video, with multiple online...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 5 Features Posted: 04 Dec 2010 10:09 PM PST Silverlight 5, announced at the Silverlight Firestarter this past Thursday, introduces many new features including several that focus on premium media experiences and business application development. You can watch Scott Guthrie's keynote here if you...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream Top Posted Authors June to November, 2010 Posted: 04 Dec 2010 04:42 PM PST It's just past the first of December, but I've been busy and it's now time to recognize devs that have a large number of posts in Silverlight Cream. Ground Rules I pick what posts are on the blog Only posts that go in the database are included The author...( read more )...(read more)

#twitter for Windows Phone 7 protips (#wp7) Posted: 04 Dec 2010 02:48 PM PST I started tweeting a list of "protips" (or whatever you want to call that) related to the Twitter for Windows Phone 7 application. Since I worked as integrator on this app, my tasks involved integrating design assets in all screens, and so I had an insider...( read more )...(read more)

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Silverlight User Group of Switzerland (SLUGS)

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• Silverlight User Group of Switzerland (SLUGS)
• Silverlight Firestarter thoughts, and thanks to one and all!
• Silverlight 5 : What’s there for you and me
• Windows 7 Slate: The EXOPC
• PhoneHyperlinkButton updated: now supports web, email, text and phone call tasks

Silverlight User Group of Switzerland (SLUGS) Posted: 04 Dec 2010 11:40 AM PST Last Thursday, the Silverlight Firestarter event took place in Redmond, and was streamed live to a large audience worldwide (around 20'000 people). Approximately 30 if them were in Wallisellen near Zurich, in Microsoft Switzerland's offices. This was...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Firestarter thoughts, and thanks to one and all! Posted: 04 Dec 2010 11:24 AM PST A few metrics that of course got out of hand, but some may find interesting: 1/2 My share of the MVP of the Year award in February of 2009 with Laurent Bugnion 2 Number of degrees I hold: B.S., M.S. Electrical Engineering 3 Number of years in the U.S...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 5 : What’s there for you and me Posted: 04 Dec 2010 09:30 AM PST I am taking small break in our "Silverlight On Mobile" series for this post. I will not say I am glad but I will say I am happy after what happened at PDC 10. Microsoft Announced The Future aka "Silverlight 5" which is a great breakthrough build...( read more )...(read more)

Windows 7 Slate: The EXOPC Posted: 04 Dec 2010 06:17 AM PST Earlier this week I was sent a fun new toy – an EXOPC Slate running Windows 7. I was a bit skeptical about how well Windows 7 would work in a tablet form, but I was pleasantly surprised to find this is a great little device. Don't get me wrong, there...( read more )...(read more)

PhoneHyperlinkButton updated: now supports web, email, text and phone call tasks Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:06 PM PST I've updated my extended HyperlinkButton control for Windows Phone 7 to now support all the key tasks. This makes it really easy to build up about pages, user profiles, and of course fully supports data binding. So the core phone tasks work well with...( read more )...(read more)

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Announcing Silverlight 5

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• Announcing Silverlight 5
• How to: Create a New WPF Resource
• Inspire Improvements to Windows Phone Documentation
• 10 Things Developers Will Love About Silverlight 5
• The validation story in Silverlight (Part 1)
• Laurent Duveau on Morse Code Flash Light WP7 Application

Announcing Silverlight 5 Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:22 AM PST Today at the Silverlight FireStarter event we unveiled the next release of Silverlight. Silverlight 5 adds significant new features and capabilities, and enables developers to create premium media experiences and deliver rich applications across browsers, desktops and devices. In my keynote this morning we demonstrated a number of them, and highlighted both the developer productivity Silverlight 5 provides and the great new user experiences it enables. You can watch my keynote here . A Silverlight 5 beta will be available in the first half of next year, and the final release will ship in the second half of 2011. Premium Media Experiences We are seeing great adoption of Silverlight for premium media solutions. In the last few months we've seen...(read more)

How to: Create a New WPF Resource Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:40 AM PST Did you know that you can use the WPF Designer in Visual Studio 2010 to create resources such as brushes? Learn how in this topic.

Inspire Improvements to Windows Phone Documentation Posted: 03 Dec 2010 09:54 AM PST Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 We are doing a study to see how we are doing with our documentation. Your input will inform and inspire improvements and new features for developers. We're looking for developers...( read more )...(read more)

10 Things Developers Will Love About Silverlight 5 Posted: 03 Dec 2010 05:40 AM PST During the Silverlight Firestarter Scott Guthrie gave a preview of Silverlight 5. Based on the list of new features it seems Silverlight 5 will be at least as significant of an update from SL 4 than SL 4 was from SL3. In this article I'm looking...( read more )...(read more)

The validation story in Silverlight (Part 1) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:59 PM PST If one feature is important when it comes to building line-of-business applications, it certainly is validation of business rules. At all levels throughout the application, we need to validate that the data that is entered by the users to verify that...( read more )...(read more)

Laurent Duveau on Morse Code Flash Light WP7 Application Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:00 PM PST The next Windows Phone 7 application that we bring to your attention is Morse Code Flash Light – one app created mostly for fun. Its author, Laurent Duveau, agreed to share some details about the app as well as some tips on developing for WP7. Q1...( read more )...(read more)

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Silverlight Firestarter

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• Silverlight Firestarter
• Silverlight 5 Announced!
• Silverlight 5 Announced, RIA Services Toolkit December 2010 Released
• Silverlight 5 Announced, RIA Services Toolkit December 2010 Released
• Silverlight 5 preview!
• Silverlight 5–Features list
• Silverlight 5 Plans Revealed
• Silverlight 5 Plans Revealed
• Announcing Silverlight 5
• New Features Announced for Silverlight 5 Beta
• Collection Binding Options in WCF RIA Services SP1
• Introducing An MVVM-Friendly DomainDataSource: The DomainCollectionView
• WCF RIA Services Toolkit December 2010
• Rebuilding the PDC 2010 Silverlight Application (Part 1)
• UKSnow Silverlight Twitter / Bing Maps mashup – Sourcecode available
• Beginners Guide to Visual Studio LightSwitch (Part - 4)
• Silverlight Cream for December 01, 2010 -- #1002

Silverlight Firestarter Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:34 PM PST Thanks to everyone who joined us for the WCF and WCF RIA Services talks today at the Silverlight Firestarter. I'm glad our talks went well and I'll update this post with links to the video, slides, and demos once they are available. Stay tuned! -Yavor...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 5 Announced! Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:32 PM PST Today ScottGu announced some new amazing features that will be available in Silverlight 5. The complete list is available here: http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/future/ Planned release date: 1H 2011 (Silverlight 5 Beta) – 2H 2011 (Final Release...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 5 Announced, RIA Services Toolkit December 2010 Released Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:34 AM PST Today has been a busy day for Silverlight developers! Silverlight 5 If you missed the Silverlight Firestarter keynote this morning, be sure to watch it on-demand. During the keynote, Scott Guthrie announced Silverlight 5 and detailed many of the new features...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 5 Announced, RIA Services Toolkit December 2010 Released Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:34 AM PST Today has been a busy day for Silverlight developers! Silverlight 5 If you missed the Silverlight Firestarter keynote this morning, be sure to watch it on-demand. During the keynote, Scott Guthrie announced Silverlight 5 and detailed many of the new features...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 5 preview! Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:44 AM PST A preview of Silverlight 5 has just been presented at the Silverlight Firestarter event!! New Features Announced for Silverlight 5 Beta   Premium Media Experiences Silverlight 5 offers improved media support and rich UI capabilities: Hardware Decode...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 5–Features list Posted: 02 Dec 2010 04:30 AM PST As just announced by ScottGu during Firestarter keynotes, Silverlight 5 is in development and we should expect the Beta in Q1 2011. The new Features Announced for Silverlight 5 Beta will be:   Premium Media Experiences Silverlight 5 offers improved...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 5 Plans Revealed Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:57 AM PST Today we had the SIlverlight Firestarter event and revealed to the world for the first time, not only the plans for the next version of Silverlight, but also a slew of demonstrations of some key features. If you weren't able to attend live or online real...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 5 Plans Revealed Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:57 AM PST Today we had the SIlverlight Firestarter event and revealed to the world for the first time, not only the plans for the next version of Silverlight, but also a slew of demonstrations of some key features. If you weren't able to attend live or online real Read More......(read more)

Announcing Silverlight 5 Posted: 02 Dec 2010 10:22 AM PST Today at the Silverlight FireStarter event we unveiled the next release of Silverlight. Silverlight 5 adds significant new features and capabilities, and enables developers to create premium media experiences and deliver rich applications across browsers...( read more )...(read more)

New Features Announced for Silverlight 5 Beta Posted: 02 Dec 2010 02:41 AM PST Today is the 2nd December 2010, when ScottGu gave a Keynote on the future of Silverlight. There he spoke about the next version of Silverlight, yes, Silverlight 5 Beta. He gave a brief overview of the new & improved features which are coming in Silverlight...( read more )...(read more)

Collection Binding Options in WCF RIA Services SP1 Posted: 02 Dec 2010 09:05 AM PST One of the most common tasks when developing a RIA Services application binding to a collection of data. There are some declarative options that include binding directly to your DomainContext or DomainDataSource . These options are great for spinning Read More......(read more)

Introducing An MVVM-Friendly DomainDataSource: The DomainCollectionView Posted: 02 Dec 2010 09:03 AM PST There've been plenty of talk about an MVVM-friendly DomainDataSource . I'm pretty sure it means completely different things to different people. I even took a stab at defining it a while back. What we've included in the Microsoft.Windows.Data.DomainServices Read More......(read more)

WCF RIA Services Toolkit December 2010 Posted: 02 Dec 2010 08:59 AM PST For today's Silverlight Firestarter event, we thought it would be a great opportunity to put out another drop of our Toolkit . Here's a quick overview of what's included in this release. This Toolkit release builds on top of the WCF RIA Services V1.0 Read More......(read more)

Rebuilding the PDC 2010 Silverlight Application (Part 1) Posted: 02 Dec 2010 06:48 AM PST I put together this application the other week for downloading videos from the 2010 PDC ; and I have to admit that I was a bit embarrassed because I'd put it together primarily because I wanted the functionality in a hurry but then people asked me for...( read more )...(read more)

UKSnow Silverlight Twitter / Bing Maps mashup – Sourcecode available Posted: 02 Dec 2010 05:42 AM PST Just a quick update … I have published an article on codeproject "Exploring Reactive Extensions (Rx) through Twitter and Bing Maps Mashups" which includes the sourcecode for my uksnow mashup. For the next few days, please let is snow...( read more )...(read more)

Beginners Guide to Visual Studio LightSwitch (Part - 4) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 10:32 PM PST More on this topic.. See all posts related to LightSwitch This article is Part 4 of the series "Beginners Guide to Visual Studio LightSwitch": Beginners Guide to Visual Studio LightSwitch (Part – 1) – Working with New Data Entry...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for December 01, 2010 -- #1002 Posted: 01 Dec 2010 06:30 PM PST In this Issue: Paul Juenger , Dimaz Pramudya , Johan Dahlbäck , Judah Himango , Andy Wigley , Jesse Liberty , Jeremy Likness , Michael Crump , Mike Taulty , Kevin Dockx , and Paul Sheriff . Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Build a Pandora clone with Silverlight...( read more )...(read more)

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Johan Dahlbäck on Marathon WP7 Application

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• Johan Dahlbäck on Marathon WP7 Application
• Caching of, in, and around your Silverlight application (part 3)
• TechEd Israel 2010 – “XNA Game Studio 4.0: Code Once, Play Everywhere”– Session Slides and Code
• A quick and easy extension to HyperlinkButton for Windows Phone 7
• ASP.NET Web Page Code Model
• Blend Bits 19–Transformations

Johan Dahlbäck on Marathon WP7 Application Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:00 PM PST The next WP7 application we present is called Marathon and it keeps track of your movement with the help of a GPS-receiver. It's the perfect companion for sporting activates such as running, skiing or even skydiving. We introduce you to Johan Dahlbäck...( read more )...(read more)

Caching of, in, and around your Silverlight application (part 3) Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:13 AM PST More on this topic.. Read interview with Kevin Dockx Kevin's Book on Silverlight 4 My XAP file is 5 Mb size, is that bad? This is the third in a 3-part series of articles about caching & Silverlight. Part 1: The client: XAP & Assembly Caching...( read more )...(read more)

TechEd Israel 2010 – “XNA Game Studio 4.0: Code Once, Play Everywhere”– Session Slides and Code Posted: 30 Nov 2010 05:31 PM PST Yesterday I presented a session dedicated to games in Dev Track of TechEd Israel 2010. Thanks for all participants – it was a great honor to present for you! The session slides hosted here . The sample I wrote hosted here .   Hope you enjoyed the...( read more )...(read more)

A quick and easy extension to HyperlinkButton for Windows Phone 7 Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:48 PM PST A quick and easy HyperlinkButton-derived control for Windows Phone that lets you set the Tag to an e-mail or web address and get the associated task goo for free....( read more )...(read more)

ASP.NET Web Page Code Model Posted: 30 Nov 2010 04:45 PM PST ASP.NET provides two models for managing the visual elements and code — the single-file page model and the code-behind page model. The two models function the same, and you can use the same controls and code for both models.

Blend Bits 19–Transformations Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:28 PM PST In Blend, transformations live down on the very appropriately named Transform section of the Propeties panel; where there's some fairly simple stuff that you can do and some more complex stuff. This is often used a lot whilst building animations or state...( read more )...(read more)

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Gotchas on migrating your web app (ASP.NET, WCF, Silverlight), database and SMTP to Windows Azure

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• Gotchas on migrating your web app (ASP.NET, WCF, Silverlight), database and SMTP to Windows Azure
• Dimaz Pramudya on Fuel My Car WP7 Application
• Paul Juenger on WHS Phone WP7 Application
• Programmatic access to Windows Phone FM tuner

Gotchas on migrating your web app (ASP.NET, WCF, Silverlight), database and SMTP to Windows Azure Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:54 AM PST Cloud computing became a buzz word last 2 years and while I haven't ever played with any "clouds" (excluding hosting media on Amazon S3 for SilverlightShow) I needed to deploy a web app to Windows Azure. The application itself consist of ASP.NET Web Application...( read more )...(read more)

Dimaz Pramudya on Fuel My Car WP7 Application Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:00 PM PST More on this topic.. WP7 Stock Quoting Demo series What is Windows Phone series WHS Phone WP7 Application The next author we're going to meet is Dimaz Pramudya who was kind enough to share with us some details on his latest project – the Fuel...( read more )...(read more)

Paul Juenger on WHS Phone WP7 Application Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:00 PM PST Next in our series of featured WP7 applications comes WHS Phone – an app that lets you connect to your Windows Home Server and stream music, view photos, and much more. We talk to its author Paul Juenger on why this application will have a shelf...( read more )...(read more)

Programmatic access to Windows Phone FM tuner Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:02 PM PST Windows Phone 7 has the FMRadio class (Microsoft.Devices.Radio namespace) that is ready to use: FMRadio.Instance.PowerMode = RadioPowerMode.On; .csharpcode, .csharpcode pre { font-size: small; color: black; font-family: consolas, "Courier New", courier...( read more )...(read more)

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Better together [DynamicOrientationChanges and TransitionFrame create a comprehensive transition experience for Windows Phone 7]

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• Better together [DynamicOrientationChanges and TransitionFrame create a comprehensive transition experience for Windows Phone 7]
• Windows Client Developer Roundup 050 for 11/29/2010
• Last Silverlight Training of the year! [Montreal]
• Windows Client Developer Roundup 050 for 11/29/2010
• UKSnow Silverlight – An Rx powered Twitter, Bing Maps mashup.
• Silverlight Cream for November 28, 2010 -- #1001

Better together [DynamicOrientationChanges and TransitionFrame create a comprehensive transition experience for Windows Phone 7] Posted: 29 Nov 2010 12:40 PM PST I've previously blogged about my implementation of AnimateOrientationChangesFrame, FadeOrientationChangesFrame, and HybridOrientationChangesFrame . As part of my DynamicOrientationChanges sample, these classes smoothly animate an application's layout...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Client Developer Roundup 050 for 11/29/2010 Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:56 AM PST This is Windows Client Developer roundup #50. The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF , Silverlight , Visual C++ , XNA , Expression Blend , Surface , Windows 7 , Windows Forms...( read more )...(read more)

Last Silverlight Training of the year! [Montreal] Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:25 AM PST Last chance to get this awesome Silverlight training in 2010! The Silverlight Tour has one more class in Montreal , and provide top Silverlight 4 content!!! >> This course will be taught in French * << What: Silverlight training When: December...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Client Developer Roundup 050 for 11/29/2010 Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:56 AM PST This is Windows Client Developer roundup #50. The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF , Silverlight , Visual C++ , XNA , Expression Blend , Surface , Windows 7 , Windows Forms...( read more )...(read more)

UKSnow Silverlight – An Rx powered Twitter, Bing Maps mashup. Posted: 29 Nov 2010 05:15 AM PST A week ago a colleague of mine posted an interesting article on parallelism in .NET 4.0 which included a few different libraries for asynchronous / parallel processing. Being a bit of a Linq fan, the Reactive Extensions jumped out at me. With the heavy...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 28, 2010 -- #1001 Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:08 PM PST In this Issue: Jonathan Marbutt , Peter Kuhn , Jesse Liberty , David Kelley , Phil Middlemiss , Jaime Rodriguez , Ramesh Sringeri , Sigurd Snørteland , and Jesse Bishop . Above the Fold: Silverlight: "A Behavior for Remembering Settings" Phil Middlemiss...( read more )...(read more)

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