Thursday, July 7, 2011

The New and Improved Silverlight.net Site

The New and Improved Silverlight.net Site

The New and Improved Silverlight.net Site

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:39 PM PDT

We're just about ready to launch the new version of silverlight.net. Here's the posting I put on the forums today: Announcement - Silverlight.NET site will switch to the new design by July end. NOTE: 3 Calls to Action below! For some time now, you have...( read more )...(read more)

The New and Improved Silverlight.net Site

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 12:39 PM PDT

We're just about ready to launch the new version of silverlight.net. Here's the posting I put on the forums today: Announcement - Silverlight.NET site will switch to the new design by July end. NOTE: 3 Calls to Action below! For some time now, you have...( read more )...(read more)

SilverlightShow for June 27 - July 03, 2011

Posted: 07 Jul 2011 11:22 AM PDT

Check out the Top Five most popular news at SilverlightShow for SilverlightShow Top 5 News for June 27 - July 03, 2011. Here are the top 5 news on SilverlightShow for last week: WCF RIA Services series now available as a fully offline resource Download...( read more )...(read more)

JavaScript is Assembly Language for the Web: Semantic Markup is Dead! Clean vs. Machine-coded HTML

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 04:16 PM PDT

I was talking to Erik Meijer yesterday and he said: JavaScript is an assembly language. The JavaScript + HTML generate is like a .NET assembly. The browser can execute it, but no human should really care what's there. - Erik Meijer This discussion started because I was playing with Google+ and, as with most websites that I'm impressed with, I immediately did a View Source to see what was underneath. I was surprised. I saw this: Let's just say that this went on for about 1300 lines. It is tight and about 90k. This is just the first half. It's mostly minified JavaScript. The middle part of the page is all spans and divs and generated class ids like this: Oy. The whole page is a big GUID.   However, I see this on http://msn.com...(read more)

Silverlight Vancouver User Group meeting recap

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 11:34 PM PDT

I just did a talk at the Vancouver Silverlight User Group ( VanSLUG ). Title: HTML5 and Silverlight 5: facts, assumptions and near future Abstract: "In this session, I will try to clarify what we hear (and not hear) around these technologies, maybe add...( read more )...(read more)

JavaScript is Assembly Language for the Web: Sematic Markup is Dead! Clean vs. Machine-coded HTML

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 04:16 PM PDT

I was talking to Erik Meijer yesterday and he said: JavaScript is an assembly language. The JavaScript + HTML generate is like a .NET assembly. The browser can execute it, but no human should really care what's there. - Erik Meijer This discussion started because I was playing with Google+ and, as with most websites that I'm impressed with, I immediately did a View Source to see what was underneath. I was surprised. I saw this: Let's just say that this went on for about 1300 lines. It is tight and about 90k. This is just the first half. It's mostly minified JavaScript. The middle part of the page is all spans and divs and generated class ids like this: Oy. The whole page is a big GUID.  However, I see this on http://msn.com...(read more)
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Podcast – Damian Edwards, Program Manager Web Tools & Platforms

Podcast – Damian Edwards, Program Manager Web Tools & Platforms

Podcast – Damian Edwards, Program Manager Web Tools & Platforms

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 07:23 AM PDT

Damain is a Program Manager Microsoft's ASP.NET team and is responsible for WebForms and the WebForms Developer Experience In this episode I talk with Damain about the future of WebForms and it's evolution, the inflewence of DynamicData on WebForms, code generation for ASP.NET WebForms and more. Resources Damian on the Web Damian on Twitter Listen [...] Read More......(read more)

SQL Azure Migration Wizard v3.7.4

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:23 PM PDT

SQL Azure Migration Wizard (SQLAzureMW) is designed to help you migrate your SQL Server 2005/2008 databases to SQL Azure. SQLAzureMW will analyze your source database for compatibility issues and allow you to fully or partially migrate your database schema and data to SQL Azure.

Sql Server Column Finder

Posted: 06 Jul 2011 03:10 AM PDT

Have you ever been confronted with a huge existing database and you need to know about the data fields without reading documentation (if they exist!). This couple of line StoredProcedure will help you to do just that. Search for field names and find out in which table they are.

How to Create a Circular Loader using XAML?

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Sometime we need to show a circular loader in WPF and/or Silverlight. We may need it in Windows Phone 7 too. In simple statement, we need to show a circular loader in various XAML applications like Silverlight, WP7 and WPF.   In this article, we...( read more )...(read more)

Phoenix Silverlight User Group Meeting July 6 with Dave Campbell

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 02:55 PM PDT

Phoenix Silverlight User Group Meeting July 6 featuring Dave Campbell Come out to Interface Technical Training tomorrow (July 7, 2011) in Phoenix to see me struggle through explaining how to use Jeremy Likness' Sterling No SQL database in your Silverlight...( read more )...(read more)
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Weekly Links– 2010_23 (50 for Web Devs & Other Geeks)

Weekly Links– 2010_23 (50 for Web Devs & Other Geeks)

Weekly Links– 2010_23 (50 for Web Devs & Other Geeks)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 11:38 AM PDT

Software Developer Links of the Week. Project Silk Community Drop 12 – June 22, 2011 UPDATE IBM Turns 100: Some Perspective Quick & Easy HTML5 & CSS3 – New Features for Background Images Why iPad popularity is slowing PC sales Simple JSON handler for ASP.NET 2.0 to implement AJAX functionality An exhaustive list of iOS [...] Read More......(read more)

Getting ready for the Windows Phone 7 Exam 70-599 (Part 5)

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 06:00 PM PDT

This is the last part of my article series to prepare you for Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 exam which will be available starting July 14th. For a short introduction and overview of the exam as well as a list of general learning materials please take...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Phone 7 (Mango) Tutorial - 26 - What is Input Scope?

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Input Scope of a TextBox defines the information related to the scope of the data provided by the input method and use to define the layout of the onscreen keyboard of the device. It is present in the "System.Windows.Input" namespace and exposed...( read more )...(read more)

WP7 for iPhone and Android Developers - Local Data Storage

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 02:29 PM PDT

This is the 8th article in a series of articles that introduce Windows Phone 7 development to developers of other mobile platforms such as iOS and Android. In this article, we'll talk about some of the various options for storing and retrieving...( read more )...(read more)
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Monday, July 4, 2011

Windows Client Developer Roundup 075 for 7/4/2011

Windows Client Developer Roundup 075 for 7/4/2011

Windows Client Developer Roundup 075 for 7/4/2011

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:40 PM PDT

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 Phone , Visual Studio, WCF RIA Services , Netduino...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Client Developer Roundup 075 for 7/4/2011

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 12:40 PM PDT

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 Phone , Visual Studio, WCF RIA Services , Netduino...( read more )...(read more)

I am Silverlight MVP and I am still here for Silverlight

Posted: 04 Jul 2011 09:19 AM PDT

I am Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Silverlight Year 2011-2012 This is my 4th time to won Microsoft MVP Award and 3rd time for Silverlight.On 1st July 2011 I got following Email from Microsoft MVP Award Program : Things which I am doing...( read more )...(read more)

MVVM from Scratch using Silverlight (PUG Monthly Meet - July 2011)

Posted: 03 Jul 2011 10:30 AM PDT

On coming Saturday, 9th July 2011, I am going to take an hour session on "MVVM from Scratch using Silverlight" in the Pune User Group's (PUG) monthly meeting. The session will start from 10 AM and will continue for one hour. Also there are two...( read more )...(read more)
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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Silverlight Cream for July 02, 2011 -- #1113

Silverlight Cream for July 02, 2011 -- #1113

Silverlight Cream for July 02, 2011 -- #1113

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 04:34 PM PDT

In this Issue: SLMPerf , Peter Kuhn , Kunal Chowdhury ( -2- , -3- ), WindowsPhoneGeek , Mike Taulty , Beth Massi , Andrea Boschin , and Alex Golesh . Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Reactive Extensions RTW" Mike Taulty WP7: "Windows Phone 7 (Mango) Tutorial...( read more )...(read more)

Weekly News Digest @SilverlightZone - 26-June-2011 to 02-July-2011

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Here comes the weekly digest of Silverlight-Zone.com from 26th June 2011 to 2nd July 2011. We have completed 6 months of this site with more than 2000 news items. We received some good feedback too including a huge hit to the site. This motivates us to...( read more )...(read more)

5th MVP Award -- Thanks!

Posted: 02 Jul 2011 01:51 PM PDT

I was included in a very happy group of developers that yesterday was awarded (or re-awarded -- is that a word?) Microsoft MVP in their area of expertise. In my case, it was a re-award. My first was in 2007, so this is my 4th re-award. I'd like to take...( read more )...(read more)
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Saturday, July 2, 2011

Installation Steps of Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2

Installation Steps of Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2

Installation Steps of Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Microsoft released Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 on 29th June 2011. Earlier it was named as Windows Phone Developer Tools. While releasing the beta 2 version of the Software, they renamed it to Windows Phone SDK 7.1.   Today I downloaded the SDK and...( read more )...(read more)

DbViewSharp

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 01:43 PM PDT

DbView is a Winforms program designed for developers to explore a SQL server database. It scores over SQL management studio in these four ways: 1. It's faster 2. no tree controls; 3. searching is on partial text match; 4. You see a data row count for every table in the database.

SQL Azure Migration Wizard v3.7.3

Posted: 31 Aug 2009 02:23 PM PDT

SQL Azure Migration Wizard (SQLAzureMW) is designed to help you migrate your SQL Server 2005/2008 databases to SQL Azure. SQLAzureMW will analyze your source database for compatibility issues and allow you to fully or partially migrate your database schema and data to SQL Azure.
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Friday, July 1, 2011

The sweepstakes is dead, long live the sweepstakes (for another month)

The sweepstakes is dead, long live the sweepstakes (for another month)

The sweepstakes is dead, long live the sweepstakes (for another month)

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:04 PM PDT

Today is July 1, and this means that a few promotions for US based Windows Phone developers have ended, but if you didn't quite make it, there is one continuing on. Microsoft has been running a sweepstakes giving away free Samsung Focus phones, and they...( read more )...(read more)

Got my Silverlight MVP renewed

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 08:09 AM PDT

I'm quite happy , just recieved the mail that I'm MVP again ....( read more )...(read more)

I’m Microsoft MVP for Third Time!

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:12 AM PDT

About 15 minutes ago, I received an email presenting me with the Microsoft MVP Award in Silverlight! I am very honored to receive an MVP Award for third time in row and I will continue contributing to the online and offline developer community in Israel...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight UK User Group Presentation on Cross Platform XAML

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 03:48 AM PDT

Earlier this week I presented a talk to the Silverlight UK User Group on cross-platform application development with WPF, Silverlight and Windows Phone 7. Thanks to Gergley Orosz for these pictures Thanks to all who attended my talk. Here is a copy of...( read more )...(read more)

UX Passion is a company now!

Posted: 01 Jul 2011 02:56 AM PDT

We are proud and happy to announce publicly that UX Passion is a company now! UX Passion is full service UX design and usability firm with global reach. We envision, design and deliver greatest user and service experiences. With passion! We are packed...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Phone 7 (Mango) Tutorial - 25 - Learn about Database Connection String

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Last three days we learnt about the new feature of Windows Phone 7 (Mango) called "Local Database Support". Yesterday we discussed it in depth by building a small demo application. While working with the demo you might noticed that, we used...( read more )...(read more)

So what are zones really?

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:32 PM PDT

There is a (not so) particular kind of shape in Orchard: zones. Functionally, zones are places where other shapes can render. There are top-level zones, the ones defined on Layout, where widgets typically go, and there are local zones that can be defined anywhere. These local zones are what you target in placement.info . Creating a zone is easy because it really is just an empty shape. Most themes include a helper for it: Func<dynamic, dynamic> Zone = x => Display(x); .csharpcode, .csharpcode pre { font-size: small; color: black; font-family: consolas, "Courier New", courier, monospace; background-color: #ffffff; /*white-space: pre;*/ } .csharpcode pre { margin: 0em; } .csharpcode .rem { color: #008000; } .csharpcode .kwrd...(read more)

Creating shapes on the fly

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:18 PM PDT

Most Orchard shapes get created from part drivers, but they are a lot more versatile than that. They can actually be created from pretty much anywhere, including from templates. One example can be found in the Layout.cshtml file of the ThemeMachine theme: WorkContext.Layout.Footer .Add(New.BadgeOfHonor(), "5" ); .csharpcode, .csharpcode pre { font-size: small; color: black; font-family: consolas, "Courier New", courier, monospace; background-color: #ffffff; /*white-space: pre;*/ } .csharpcode pre { margin: 0em; } .csharpcode .rem { color: #008000; } .csharpcode .kwrd { color: #0000ff; } .csharpcode .str { color: #006080; } .csharpcode .op { color: #0000c0; } .csharpcode .preproc { color: #cc6633; } .csharpcode .asp { background...(read more)
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