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• 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

• Data Binding – Data Conversion

  One of the more interesting topics that arise in Data-binding is that of Data Conversion. So much can be accomplished without explicit conversion that it is easy to overlook… until you hit the real world. To see this, I'll make a small modification to... Posted Oct 12 2008, 10:29 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Data Binding, Digging Deeper, Dependency Properties

• Dependency Properties - Precedence

  Today we wrap up dependency properties by talking about one of the most important, though typically invisible aspects: DP precedence order. This is critical because dependency properties, by their nature, are designed to have their final value set from... Posted Oct 02 2008, 01:39 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, user interface, Digging Deeper, Custom Controls, Dependency Properties, RC0

• Dependency Properties, Continued

  First, a hearty thank you to " obsid " who wrote a great comment noting that by using reflector you can find that the documentation is not yet updated and System.Windows.PropertyMetadata's constructor is overloaded. While I am a fan... Posted Oct 01 2008, 02:03 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Digging Deeper, Dependency Properties, RC0

• Dependency Property System – Deeper Dive Part 1

  On the 17th I began a discussion of Dependency Properties, but as I said then, there is more to say. This central concept to Silverlight Programming has traditionally been taught as an advanced concept.(Can we have traditions in a product that hasn't... Posted Sep 30 2008, 01:07 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Digging Deeper, Custom Controls, Dependency Properties, RC0

• 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