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• Tip of the Day: Routed Events - Bubbling and not...

  In Silverlight 2 Beta 1 some events bubble, and some do not. This can cause a bit of confusion, especially because the way this distinction is explained is itself confusing. To set the stage, let's examine the following simple event handling program... Posted Mar 21 2008, 11:28 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day

• Tip of the Day: Getting Started With Silverlight 2

  A number of folks have asked me for a step by step set guide to getting started programming with Silverlight 2. Here it is. Useful tips Memorize this URL: http://silverlight.net - from there you can always find everything you need, including all the tools... Posted Mar 18 2008, 12:57 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Silverlight.net, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources

• How do I Write that In JavaScript?

  A comment was left in response to Master Detail in Silverlight 2 asking " Any hint how to create such a sample with Java Script instead C# ?" I thought the answer was important enough to post to the blog in general... Two points about your question... Posted Mar 17 2008, 11:05 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Shameless Self-promotion, c#

• Source for the Tip of the Day

  The Tip of the Day occasionally will delve deep into code (other days it will just provide a bit of useful information, or a tip, etc.) When code is examined, however, I'll try to provide a complete working example, and to get us started, I've... Posted Mar 16 2008, 09:14 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources

• Tip of the Day - Binding to a Collection

  The Tip of the Day doesn't usually carry on a related series of postings, but data binding is so important that I'm making an exception this weekend. Yesterday we looked at laying out a form using a grid holding a DataGrid and a second grid to... Posted Mar 16 2008, 10:00 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Silverlight Features, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Data Binding

• Tip of the Day Returns from Disney - Master Detail in Silverlight 2

  Okay, its true, I was having so much fun at Disney World (and if you've not been on Soarin , then find a conference in Orlando, and sneak out to Soar, yowza!) that Tip of the Day kinda' sorta' stopped for a day or two. But we're back again... Posted Mar 15 2008, 10:00 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day

• Tip of the Day: More Ways To Learn Silverlight 2

  Yes, we have Silverlight 2 Videos and Yes we have Silverlight 2 tutorials But don't miss Tim Sneath's entry about his incredible Hands On Labs . These are gems. Read More......( read more ) Posted Mar 12 2008, 01:00 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources

• Tip of the Day: Content - It Ain't Just Text

  In Silverlight 2, many of the controls have a content property where you might expect a text property. While it is common to fill that property with text, it isn't required that you do so. For example, you might create an application with two buttons... Posted Mar 11 2008, 08:00 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day

• Tip of the Day - Routed Events

  A routed event is is bubbled up the user interface tree whether or not it is handled by the object that receives the event. For example, if we return to a previous example in which we had a button within which were three sub-controls, the middle of which... Posted Mar 10 2008, 10:00 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day

• Tip of the Day: How the Silverlight Videos Are Made

  Creating A How Do I Video - Step By Step Let me bring you behind the scenes and tell you how I create a video. I'm very open to suggestions, but remember that my goal is to create great videos but to create six of them a month.. Decide what focused... Posted Mar 08 2008, 10:00 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Random Ramblings, How Do I Videos

• Tip of the Day: Core Silverlight Presentations From Mix08 - Part 1

  Amazingly, all of the Mix sessions will be available online , absolutely free. What follows is, in my personal opinion, the core presentations on Silverlight 2 that are currently posted. More are on the way but these three will get you started, (along... Posted Mar 07 2008, 09:35 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources

• Tip of the Day: Tutorial Image Distortion and what You and I can Do

  Some of the images in the Silverlight 2 Tutorials are not what you or I would hope for.  There is no excuse, but there is an explanation and a work around, and a fix going forward. The explanation It was very important to me to use the latest possible... Posted Mar 06 2008, 01:44 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Tutorials

• Silverlight 2 Tip of the Day is Back - Tutorials are Launched!

  First, thank you for your incredible patience!! This is the first of the new Silverlight 2 Tip of the Day series, as promised, and as an opening salvo, I'm trilled to provide a link to the Road Map to my Silverlight Tutorials.   As part of the... Posted Mar 04 2008, 09:01 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day

• Tip of the Day - Suspends Until Mid March - Then Focus On Silverlight 2

  Rather than trying to provide a Tip of the Day as we head towards one of the larger and more important  shows of the year (you are going to Mix , right?) Therefore, I'm going to suspend the Tip of the Day from now until mid-March. After Mix,... Posted Feb 19 2008, 11:41 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Silverlight.net, silverlight 2.0, Silverlight Geek, Tip of the Day, Shameless Self-promotion

• Tip of the Day: Programming with Media in 1.0

  A user posted a comment in response to one of our videos (did you know you can do that now??) I thought others might want the answer as well.... This quick start on media may be a good next step. There are a number of How Do I videos on using media. I'd... Posted Feb 10 2008, 12:15 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Hypervideo, Silverlight 1.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources