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• Caliburn Progress

  Some of you may be wondering about the status of Caliburn.  I'm presently working on the new version and am having great success making it compatible with both WPF and Silverlight.  It hasn't been easy, but it is going to work. ... Posted Sep 18 2008, 03:25 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: WPF/E, Silverlight, XAML, WPF, RIA, .NET 3.5, Caliburn, .NET 3.0, Featured

• Silverlight Problems That Affect Me

  I've blogged previously about inconsistencies between SL 2 Beta 1 and WPF. In my previous post I mentioned a few critical things that I felt would make it hard for WPF developers to move code between the two platforms. Most of my complaints were not... Posted Jul 26 2008, 06:58 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: WPF/E, Silverlight, XAML, WPF, RIA, Caliburn, databinding, Featured

• What's Up With Caliburn?

  After asking some questions of the community and doing some thinking, I've finally devised a plan of action for Caliburn: I'm going to freeze the current source code where it's at.  Anyone who is using it can be assured that it's... Posted Jun 24 2008, 01:19 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: WPF/E, Silverlight, XAML, WPF, RIA, .NET 3.5, Caliburn, .NET 3.0, Featured

• Prism and Caliburn's Future

  First I'd like to say that I'm stoked about the work the Prism team has been doing.  I have to admit that when they started out in January to deliver a set of guidance for building composite WPF applications, I was skeptical.  ... Posted Jun 06 2008, 09:24 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: WPF/E, Silverlight, XAML, WPF, .NET 3.5, Caliburn, .NET 3.0, Featured

• Caliburn Tutorial Part 2

  Hadi has just posted part 2 of his tutorial on building composite applications with Caliburn. In this post he covers basic usage of the EventBroker, ActionMessages and shows one way of putting the pieces together by using the PresenterHost control. Great... Posted Jun 05 2008, 10:42 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: WPF/E, Silverlight, XAML, WPF, .NET 3.5, Caliburn, databinding, .NET 3.0, Tutorial

• Off to the Printers!

  The WPF book Christopher and I wrote earlier this year is finally off to the printers! It's 480 pages of full color goodness. We were pretty excited to have the opportunity to talk about things like SoC/SRP, DI, MVP, etc within the context of building... Posted Jun 04 2008, 04:13 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: WPF/E, Silverlight, XAML, WPF, Animation, 3D, .NET 3.5, Caliburn, databinding, .NET 3.0, Control Templates

• Caliburn Feature Profile

  I've just put together a document briefly describing the current set of features that Caliburn supports.  I've added it to the official documentation and copied it below.  If you are new to Caliburn, this should give you a good idea... Posted May 27 2008, 09:34 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: WPF/E, Silverlight, XAML, WPF, .NET 3.5, Caliburn, databinding, .NET 3.0, Featured

• Video: Fun With UI Elements In Silverlight

  How can you make one UIElement in Silverlight appear behind or in front of another? How can you provide transparency effects to shapes, text, or videos? How can you clip geometric sections off of visual objects? In this video, you will learn how to accomplish... Posted Nov 09 2007, 03:46 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Video, XAML, .NET

• Video: Interactive Silverlight Using Ajax

  Need dynamic data in your Silverlight application? Want to create a nice interactive experience for users of your site? In my latest video, I demonstrate how to generate XAML dynamically on the server based on user input - and serving that content through... Posted Nov 02 2007, 12:31 PM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Video, ASP.NET, XAML, AJAX, .NET, visualstudio2005, c#

• Video: The Effect of Resizing on Silverlight Controls

  What happens to a Silverlight control if the browser window is resized? What happens to the Silverlight control if its containing HTML is resized? What happens if the inner content of the Silverlight control is resized? This video demonstrates the answers... Posted Oct 16 2007, 07:15 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Video, XAML, .NET

• Silverlight - How to Dynamically Load a XAML File

  This example is simply an updated version of an earlier post. With the release of the 1.0 Beta of Silverlight, dynamically loading a XAML file is easier. Now you only have to set the "Source" property of a SilverlightControl object. For information... Posted May 05 2007, 11:28 AM by Community Blogs Filed under: Silverlight, Beta 1, XAML