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• Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Path and File Resolution

  How paths are resolved in Silverlight 2 can be somewhat confusing. This has come up a lot in the Silverlight.net forums and elsewhere, so I thought I'd take a stab at putting it all down here. For additional information on Silverlight 2 Beta 1 and... Posted Mar 09 2008, 10:10 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, MIX08

• Silverlight and Expression Links from MIX

  I'm still adjusting to the 3 hour time change plus 1 hour daylight savings time (why do they even bother with that any more?) However, here are some useful sites and links that came out of MIX08: First, of course, is the Microsoft Silverlight Community... Posted Mar 09 2008, 09:11 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, MIX08, Expression

• Keynote at MIX08

  Yes, the WideOpen Web is full of possibilities! Scott Guthrie did an outstanding job highlighting technologies we as developers/designers or " dev-igners "  can look forward to using.  Here is my quick summary: IE 8 The IE 8 story... Posted Mar 05 2008, 05:11 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, MIX08, MIX, ie 8, ie, wideopen web

• Xap! App! Pow! Packaging and Application Startup in Silverlight 2 Beta 1 - Part 2

  In Part 1 , I discussed the new Silverlight 2 packaging model (xap). In Part 2 below, I cover the new application model and startup sequence, as well as how to show your own splash screen while loading your Silverlight app. Keep in mind that since this... Posted Mar 05 2008, 03:15 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, MIX08

• Xap! App! Pow! Packaging and Application Startup in Silverlight 2 Beta 1 - Part 1

  This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 1 focuses on the new packaging model. Part 2 focuses on application startup and loading. One of the nicest changes in Silverlight 2 is the addition of the new packaging model for managed code applications. While... Posted Mar 05 2008, 03:14 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, MIX08

• Silverlight Balloons for Silverlight 2 Beta 1

  The first real demo I did for Silverlight 1.1a was the Silverlight Balloons demo . I ended up building upon it a bit over time, as my son (now two years old) absolutely loved seeing the balloons float up the screen. Well, since Silverlight 1.1a code no... Posted Mar 05 2008, 02:59 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, MIX08

• What is Inside the MIX08 Bag?

  Upon registration at MIX08, I received a white bag filled with conference goodies.  Here are the items I really appreciate: Book on Silverlight 2 MIX08 Labs on DVD VS 2008 Standard Edition Technorati Tags: mix08 , silverlight Read More......( read... Posted Mar 04 2008, 05:50 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, MIX08, MIX

• Scott Guthrie on Expression Blend 2.5

  As a follow-up to his introduction to Silverlight 2, Scott Guthrie just posted a great article on using Expression Blend 2.5 to create Silverlight 2 applications. I really like Blend, but I wish the Xaml editor had intellisense and a few other niceties... Posted Feb 29 2008, 09:35 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, MIX08, scottgu, Expression

• Upcoming Silverlight 2 Talks and Webcasts

  I hope you're as excited about Silverlight 2 as I am! If you haven't checked it out yet, Scott Guthrie just posted a great article and a huge multi-part tutorial for building a Silverlight 2 application to pull Digg results back via REST. He shows... Posted Feb 22 2008, 07:25 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, MIX08, Business Applications, Silverlight Business Applications, Events, Microsoft DPE