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Creating a Sample Icon using Expression Design

Microsoft Weblogs — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:21:28 GMT

In this Principles of Design Series video, Arturo Toledo of the Microsoft Expression team, shows how to design a full colored icon (a pencil). In fast-forward style you will see the artist take a simple shaped pencil icon turning it into a full colored...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Application – Animal Testing Breaks Hearts

Community Blogs — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:10:25 GMT

PETA and AIS just completed a great Silverlight 2 application for the Animal Testing Breaks Hearts campaign. Almost exactly two years ago, in time for the 7/7/7 Live Earth event, AIS created the first Silverlight managed code application ever to go live...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for July 02, 2009 -- #627

Community Blogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:56:48 GMT

In this Issue: Erik Mork ( 2 ), Michael Washington , Faisal ( 2 ), Andrej Tozon ( 2 ), and Jose Fajardo . I feel like I went through a time-warp or something because there is a flurry of SL out there right now. And a couple of folks are just flooding...( read more )...(read more)

Qixing’s Blend and SketchFlow Mini-Tutorials…

Microsoft Weblogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:55:51 GMT

Qixing Zheng just posted a series of short video tutorials on Blend 3 and SketchFlow. See them at: http://blogs.msdn.com/canux/archive/tags/Mini-tutorial/default.aspx Stay tuned, more on SketchFlow very soon…...( read more )...(read more)

Experimenting with User Interface Colors with Expression Design

Microsoft Weblogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:31:44 GMT

Learn more about how to apply the right colors for your user interface. In this video you will experiment how to apply colors to a user interface. Learn more about color while exploring Expression Design. Experimenting with User Interface Colors with...( read more )...(read more)

Erik Mork's Prism for Silverlight Resources

Community Blogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:25:36 GMT

URL : http://www.sparklingclient.com/prism-silverlight/ Erik Mork, Silverlight MVP, host of the SparkingClient Podcast and an instructor for The Silverlight Tour , has compiled a new set of Prism for Silverlight Resources . He recently completed a number...( read more )...(read more)

Three great screencasts on Silverlight unit testing

Microsoft Weblogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:36:07 GMT

If you're looking to learn more about Silverlight unit testing, here are 3 screencasts of interest....( read more )...(read more)

Smooth streaming source

Community Blogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:02:42 GMT

this is a short one. A couple days ago I needed to create an adaptive streaming player. If you don't know what adaptive streaming is, its what Microsoft is marketing as smooth streaming , its a method by which a single movie is encoded into multiple bit...( read more )...(read more)

Finding the Target of a Storyboard Timeline

Community Blogs — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:24:26 GMT

I noticed the other day that Storyboard has a SetTarget method, but it does not have a corresponding GetTarget method. So how can you find the target of a Timeline child? Fortunately, Storybard has a GetTargetName method, we can use this method to obtain...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for July 01, 2009 -- #626

Community Blogs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:55:01 GMT

In this Issue: Cristian Merighi , Walt Ritscher , Al Pascual , Vijay , and Faisal ( 2 ). Shoutouts: The Mashooo folks have the winning entries up for their S Prize contest. I'd like to thank them for the honor of participating as a judge. I didn't look...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight 2 unit test framework binaries updated

Microsoft Weblogs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:45:19 GMT

If you're doing Silverlight 2 development with the unit test framework, you might want to check out the latest release that includes bug fixes and a few small new features....( read more )...(read more)

Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional)

Microsoft Weblogs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:13:14 GMT

I got a MVP award from Microsoft for my activities on the online community, especially in the Silverlight category....( read more )...(read more)

Sure Cure for the Blahs: MVP Re-Award!

Community Blogs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:09:56 GMT

First congratulations to everyone else that got awarded or re-awarded today! The only one I'm aware of so far is John Stockton -- a first-time awardee in Silverlight -- very cool John! I'm sure Twitter is alive with all the info, but I can't get to it...( read more )...(read more)

JUST RELEASED: p&p Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Volume I - beta2

Microsoft Weblogs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:28:44 GMT

Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the latest addition to the p&p library of software engineering guidance: Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Volume I (BETA 2) Codeplex site: http://codeplex.com/TestingGuidance Here is some...( read more )...(read more)

31 Days of SIlverlight !

Microsoft Weblogs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:25:43 GMT

Jeff Blankenburg has committed to publishing a Silverlight article EVERY DAY for the Month of July. [ CLICK HERE ] to check it out. Technorati Tags: Microsoft , Silverlight...( read more )...(read more)

Choosing Colors to Complement Your User Interface with Expression Design

Microsoft Weblogs — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:54:56 GMT

Learn more about how to choose the right colors for your user interface. In this video from the Principles of Design Series by Arturo Toledo, you will learn a few techniques to pick colors that work well with each other. Choosing the right colors for...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for June 30, 2009 -- #625

Community Blogs — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:26:23 GMT

In this Issue: Davide Zordan , Erik Mork ( 2 ), Walt Ritscher , Peter Bromberg , and Lee . Shoutouts: Are you up for showing off?? Tim Heuer has announced a Silverlight Coding Competition – win USD $10,000! ... and check that list of judges... wow :)...( read more )...(read more)

Only Four Seats Left for Silverlight Tour Atlanta

Community Blogs — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:59:13 GMT

With nearly three weeks left, we are starting to run out of seats for the Silverlight Tour in Atlanta. This stop of the Tour will be the first using all Silverlight 3 materials. The seats are going quickly, get yours while they last. You can sign up on...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for June 29, 2009 -- #624

Community Blogs — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:05:08 GMT

In this Issue: Andrej Tozon ( 2 , 3 ), Jonathan van de Veen , Corey Schuman , and Al Pascual . Shoutouts: I'm with Jesse on this one: So Much Is Happening The Silence Is Deafening! Remember when Mike Snow said he was writing a book on Silverlight Game...( read more )...(read more)

WPF Toolkit: Charting release

Microsoft Weblogs — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:04:41 GMT

The Silverlight Toolkit's chart controls have made their way into the WPF Toolkit! More details on David's blog....( read more )...(read more)

Game Programming with Silverlight.

Microsoft Weblogs — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:50:00 GMT

Game Programming with Silverlight.

mike.snow — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:50:00 GMT

Tomorrow, June 30th, is the release date for my book titled “ Game Programming with Silverlight ”. Writing this book was a great experience as it was the first book I have ever written. It was extremely time consuming mostly because it was a learning experience but I am glad I did it. Also, I apologize for the lack of Silverlight tips these days! Finishing the book was my top priority but I am looking forward to getting back to adding Silverlight tips on a regular basis. The book itself covers a...(read more)

Principles of Design Series: Learning about Points, Lines, and Form using Expression Design

Microsoft Weblogs — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:38:51 GMT

Learn more about the point, line and form; elements of design (some theorists see them as principles of design). These elements are the foundation you can use to compose and design user interfaces. Explore these elements while exploring Expression Design...( read more )...(read more)

So Much Is Happening The Silence Is Deafening!

Microsoft Weblogs — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:09:00 GMT

June has been a madhouse month; I’ve been working 80 hour weeks as has just about everyone who has anything to do with Silverlight, and yet there has been very little noise. It is, as they say, the quiet before the storm. As you know, we can’t yet talk...( read more )...(read more)

Organizational Chaos Followup

Microsoft Weblogs — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:52:24 GMT

About a month ago I wrote about getting organized . Since it is Sunday and I’m saving my big announcement blog entry for tomorrow morning <smile>, I thought I’d take a moment for a not-so-quick follow up. Two Philosophies...( read more )...(read more)