Sunday, January 22, 2012

Weekly News Digest @SilverlightZone - 15-January-2012 to 21-January-2012

Weekly News Digest @SilverlightZone - 15-January-2012 to 21-January-2012


Weekly News Digest @SilverlightZone - 15-January-2012 to 21-January-2012

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 02:38 PM PST

Here comes the weekly Silverlight-Zone digest for the week 15th January 2012 to 21st January 2012. This week major posts were on Silverlight and Windows Phone 7. Popular posts were from Christine L., who showcased "Water ScrollViewer", a must read if...( read more )...(read more)

Saving Telerik PersistenceFramework data to a string

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 06:03 PM PST

In the project I'm involved with, we've been saving column arrangement and column width data for quite a while. I had a request to give the users a way to select which columns to display and it just seemed natural to include the display order with that...( read more )...(read more)

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Share Status and Link on Socials in Windows Phone

Share Status and Link on Socials in Windows Phone


Share Status and Link on Socials in Windows Phone

Posted: 21 Jan 2012 05:43 AM PST

  Hope you all doing good.Sorry for the great delay here,I am almost working for all 7 days in week and that too on SQL Server – SSIS which is totally Alien to me but now I have good hands-on (In future you might get to see few post on that as well...( read more )...(read more)

GeekRider - the goal, technical perspective

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 11:51 PM PST

As I briefly mentioned earlier I am endeavoring on a project which is going to demand a lot from me physically, but also from a technical perspective. I have a lot of things on my plate, during daytime I'm 100% engaged with work at clients, nighttime...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for January 20, 2012 - #0030

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 06:35 PM PST

body { font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Tahoma'; margin:0; padding:0; height:100%;} Windows Dev News for January 20, 2012 - #0030 [SC1206] In This Issue: Sumit Dutta , Senthil Kumar B , Tianyu Zhang , Kirupa Chinnathambi , Timmy Kokke , WindowsPhoneGeek...( read more )...(read more)

Boo-yah!!! Caliburn.Micro v1.3 RTW is Here

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 05:32 PM PST

I'm extremely pleased to announce the release of Caliburn.Micro v1.3 . This is a great release with many bug fixes and several API improvements. We also support several new platforms. Here's the highlights: Support for WP7 Mango Support for...( read more )...(read more)

Friday, January 20, 2012

Technical Level of Understanding

Technical Level of Understanding


Technical Level of Understanding

Posted: 20 Jan 2012 01:49 PM PST

body { font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Tahoma'; margin:0; padding:0; height:100%;} Technical Level of Understanding This is a response post to Michael Palermo's post of the same title . Definitely read the comments there... tons of good information and...( read more )...(read more)

Getting Started with Windows Azure

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 06:24 PM PST

This is the second in a series of posts I'm doing on Windows Azure – which is Microsoft's Cloud Computing Platform. In today's post I'm going to cover how to sign-up and get started with Windows Azure using a no-obligation 3 month free trial offer.  This free trial costs nothing and doesn't obligate you to buy anything at the end of it.  It provides an easy way to try out and get started with Windows Azure. Windows Azure Website The http://www.windowsazure.com web-site provides everything you need to get started with Windows Azure – including overview content, developer tutorials and documentation, account management, and more: On the www.windowsazure.com home page, as well as in the top-right hand corner of every page of the site...(read more)

Thursday, January 19, 2012

How to host a Silverlight Application using JavaScript?

How to host a Silverlight Application using JavaScript?


How to host a Silverlight Application using JavaScript?

Posted: 19 Jan 2012 12:31 AM PST

We all know the process to embed a Silverlight application inside a Webpage using div and object tag. When we create a new Silverlight application project, those tags automatically generates by the IDE inside the html and aspx pages. In many cases we...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for January 18, 2012 - #00029

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 10:19 PM PST

body { font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Tahoma'; margin:0; padding:0; height:100%;} Windows Dev News for January 18, 2012 - #0029 [SC1205] In This Issue: Michael Washington (- 2 -) , Senthil Kumar B , Colin Eberhardt , Andrea Boschin , Jose Fajardo , Jesse...( read more )...(read more)

GoingNative 2012 Full Schedule

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:18 PM PST

Charles has recently published the agenda for GoingNative 2012 –the first C++ only event done in MS in many years.

Great speakers and compelling topics. Take a look here.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Basic Security Practices for Web Applications

Basic Security Practices for Web Applications


Basic Security Practices for Web Applications

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 10:15 AM PST

Even if you are not experienced with security, there are basic measures that you should take to protect your Web application. This topic provides minimum-security guidelines that apply to all Web applications.

Windows Phone 7.5 - Using advanced tiles API

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 07:43 AM PST

by Andrea Boschin There is not any doubt, the first thing you meet when you use Windows Phone are the tiles. These are the large squares on the home screen that identifies some applications and they are also a distinguishable character that make your...( read more )...(read more)

Stop SOPA and PIPA

Posted: 17 Jan 2012 10:10 PM PST

Please do not allow SOPA, PIPA, or any forms of Internet censorship or regulation to get through Congress. Over the past several years I've noticed a trend in our government where we've shifted away from laws protecting citizens from corporations and Read More......(read more)

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

SilverlightShow Top 5 News for Jan 9-15

SilverlightShow Top 5 News for Jan 9-15


SilverlightShow Top 5 News for Jan 9-15

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:28 PM PST

body { font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Tahoma'; margin:0; padding:0; height:100%;} Check out the Top Five most popular news at SilverlightShow for January 09 - 15, 2012. Here are the top 5 news on SilverlightShow for last week: Free Silverlight Show Webinar...( read more )...(read more)

Monday, January 16, 2012

Windows Phone 7.5: Using sockets

Windows Phone 7.5: Using sockets


Windows Phone 7.5: Using sockets

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:10 AM PST

Also if the technical specifications of Windows Phone 7.0 stated that it is compatible with Silverlight 3.0, this only means that every feature you can use in the phone is available on the desktop but not viceversa. Sockets are a clear demonstration of...( read more )...(read more)

Diving Deep: ASP.NET Membership and the new Universal Providers

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:53 AM PST

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Windows Dev News for January 15, 2012 - #0028

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 09:45 PM PST

body { font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Tahoma'; margin:0; padding:0; height:100%;} Windows Dev News for January 15, 2012 - #00028 [SC1204] In This Issue: Tony Champion , (- 2 -) , Erno de Weerd , Matthias Shapiro , WindowsPhoneGeek , Senthil Kumar B ,...( read more )...(read more)

Win8 Concept : App Manager

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 07:12 PM PST

So this concept design for an "APP MANAGER" poped up on the interwebs and I must say I like it, clean and totally inline with the Win8 metro style of the rest of the OS. reference : Win8China Filed under: … Continue reading →...( read more )...(read more)