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• A Better Multi-Page Solution

  I've posted on multi-page Silverlight applications, and in fact have two videos ( here and here ) that show an approach that works quite well and that I was happy to steal at the time. I recently received email from Lucas Stark (Senior Web Developer at... Posted Nov 21 2008, 01:35 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Digging Deeper, Multi-page, Building Apps

• Silverlight Related Skills – Post 2

  Yesterday , I wrote the first of a series of posts on skills related to effective Silverlight programming; specifically an introduction to LINQ. Today, with that material fresh, I'd like to take a giant leap forward and consider a number of advanced techniques... Posted Nov 18 2008, 06:00 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: LINQ, Data Binding, Digging Deeper, Building Apps

• Obtaining and Caching a Lot of Words

  It is surprising how often I wish I had a lot of words handy.  This week it has been because I've wanted to play with the AutoCompleteBox (you just set the list of words as the ItemSource for the control and voila! In previous posts I demonstrated... Posted Nov 10 2008, 07:00 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Digging Deeper, Building Apps, Isolated Storage

• Using Blend with Visual Studio

  For the past six months or so I've been experimenting with and then "preaching" the idea of developing with two tools: Expression Blend for the UI and Visual Studio for the code.  This has paid big dividends for me in productivity and it... Posted Nov 09 2008, 12:29 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Tools, Digging Deeper, Blend For Programmers, Building Apps, Observations, Dependency Properties

• So Much Technology – So Little Time

  We have, I think, officially passed the point where anyone can keep up with the new technology available for developers, just from Microsoft (let alone all the new options from all the other companies), and PDC is les than a week away. A  totally... Posted Oct 23 2008, 11:21 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, Digging Deeper, Opinion, Building Apps, Observations

• Something New Coming – Pocket MFA

  My theory, based entirely on my own experience is that many developers would like to know just a bit more about design (not all developers, and not a lot more, just some developers, and just a bit more). Our reasons include: 1. The bar has been set higher... Posted Oct 16 2008, 10:15 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: user interface, Recommended Resources, Blend For Programmers, Community, Building Apps, Pocket MFA

• Tag Property – The Diplomatic Pouch of Silverlight

  I received feedback from a few sources recently expressing confusion about the Tag property, which resides in the class FrameworkElement.  Notice, first that Control (the base for all visible controls) derives directly from FrameworkElement and thus... Posted Oct 06 2008, 01:51 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, user interface, Digging Deeper, Building Apps, Tags

• Dependency Properties – Background for Custom Controls

  In  a previous post I began talking about Custom Controls, and I will continue that discussion over the next few days and weeks even as I start producing videos on the topic. It turns out that the more you look at Custom Controls, the deeper you... Posted Sep 17 2008, 09:00 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Digging Deeper, Templates, Building Apps, Custom Controls, Dependency Properties

• Throwing Together An Application

  Creating a Quick and Dirty App in Silverlight There comes a point, usually within 3-6 months after I commit to a new technology, when it becomes my platform of choice for throwing together quick applications… when I just find it easier to think in terms... Posted Sep 15 2008, 12:17 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Tools, Blend For Programmers, Building Apps, App Development, Walk-throughs

• A third way to handle Templated Buttons & Images

  In yesterday’s blog post I suggested that there were two solutions to crating a templated button that used an image. One was to create a different template for each image (yuck) and the other was to create a custom temlpated button. A third, and excellent... Posted Aug 07 2008, 01:16 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Webcast, Digging Deeper, Blend For Programmers, Templates, Multi-page, Building Apps