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• Please Don’t Read This Blog Post

  Scott Hanselman , who has the most popular blog in the world, will tell you that if you want to have a popular blog you must never make promises – you’re certain to disappoint. I’m sure he’s right, as I’ve done so in the past (made promises and disappointed... Posted Nov 13 2008, 09:01 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tutorials, How Do I Videos, Observations

• Silverlight and Data

  Tim and I and many others have been discussing, off and on, the frequent requests for videos/tutorials/demos, etc. that show how to move data into and out of databases and display them in Silverlight. On the one hand, my response is that the very question... Posted Oct 19 2008, 01:02 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Tools, How Do I Videos, Data Binding, Digging Deeper, Opinion, Community, Observations

• Tutorial & Video Info

  I've received quite a bit of mail this week about advanced tutorials, so here's a quick note of what is planned. As you know we have RTW on the way, but I believe these plans will not be held up by that. 1. All the existing tutorials will be updated... Posted Oct 06 2008, 05:12 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tutorials, How Do I Videos, Upcoming Releases

• RC0 & ContentPresenter

  The breaking changes document points out that ContentPresenter now derives from FrameworkElement and thus loses 18 public properties  as well as TextAlignment, TextDecorations and TextWrapping. All of this calls for a bit of rewriting if you've... Posted Sep 28 2008, 12:29 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: How Do I Videos, Templates, RC0, Breaking Change

• A Personal Guide to Getting Started with Silverlight

  Back in June I posted a blog entry on how to get started with Silverlight; it seems it is time to update that as the world changes very quickly and we have many new resources. Each of us has our own way of learning, but here is my suggested path through... Posted Aug 21 2008, 06:18 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, Tutorials, How Do I Videos, Community

• 3 New Vids Post; 2 Move to the Top of my To-do List

  I’m pleased to announce we’ve posted three new videos: Graphics and Brushes (never hurts to “brush up” on the fundamentals and I try to bring together what we were doing in 1.0 with what Blend brings to the party. Using Multiple Pages Part 2 covers passing... Posted Aug 12 2008, 06:55 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, How Do I Videos

• Page Switching With Parameters (the short version)

  I recently finished Part 2 of Page Switching in which I demonstrate how to pass parameters between Silverlight pages (this video is in production and should be available soon.) A reader asked if I could provide the essential information, so here... Posted Aug 01 2008, 12:46 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: How Do I Videos, Digging Deeper

• New Tutorial: DataBinding and Data Templates

  I’m pleased to announce that we’ve posted a new tutorial: DataBinding and Data Templates Using Expression Blend available in HTML and pdf with source code.   This should nicely complement the three new videos on DataBinding An overview of Databinding... Posted Jul 30 2008, 06:53 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Recommended Resources, Tutorials, How Do I Videos, Data Binding, Digging Deeper, Blend For Programmers

• Camtasia Crash Tip Update

  Back on July 3 I posted a Camtasia Crash Tip for those of you who use this terrific product for screen captures. Since then, unfortunately, I’ve been plagued by crashes, and it turns out that TechSmith, the wonderfully responsive folks who make the product... Posted Jul 28 2008, 10:17 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, How Do I Videos

• Three New Videos On Data Binding

  I’m pleased to announce that we’ve posted three new videos on DataBinding and on DataTemplates (creating templates that control the display of a collection of data in a list control such as a list box) Unfortunately, we swapped the images for the Blend... Posted Jul 17 2008, 09:47 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, How Do I Videos, Data Binding, Digging Deeper, Blend For Programmers

• Green Eggs and Blend

  I’m pleased to say that the accident of not recording my first ( new series ) Webcast led to the opportunity to reformulate it as a video, which is now available for viewing or download. This is a brief, somewhat  tongue in cheek overview... Posted Jul 11 2008, 08:57 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Presentations, Recommended Resources, How Do I Videos, Blend For Programmers

• Camtasia Crash Tip

  [Updated 7/3] If you are using Camtasia (wonderful product) to create your screen captures and you do a lot of editing (especially zooms and call outs and cuts) you run the risk of overloading the project and causing Camtasia to slow and/or crash. Camtasia... Posted Jul 03 2008, 03:55 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Tools, Recommended Resources, How Do I Videos

• What is coming soon?

  You have noticed, I’m sure, that there has been a flurry of blogging, videos and more since the release of Beta 2. That is all goodness, though it can be hard to know where to start; and the road map will differ depending on where you are in your experience... Posted Jun 08 2008, 11:52 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Recommended Resources, Tutorials, How Do I Videos, Beta 2

• Beta 2 Month

  Beta 2 has been announced, and as you know from Tim’s post and Karen Corby’s , one of the big and wonderful additions to Beta 2 is a new model for skinning Silverlight controls. This is so exciting, and so important, that my plan is to make it a central... Posted Jun 04 2008, 07:28 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Webcast, silverlight 2.0, Tutorials, How Do I Videos, Blend For Programmers, Beta 2, Visual State Manager

• Creating a Project from xaml and xaml.cs files

  I posted the code for the PageSwitcher app described in a previous blog post , but to save space and to make the download faster, I didn't include anything but the code (no solution or project files). A reader wrote asking how to create a project... Posted May 31 2008, 09:12 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Silverlight.net, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Recommended Resources, Tutorials, How Do I Videos, Digging Deeper