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• Loving the South African Developer Community

  I just got back from South Africa and I am happy to report that the .NET Developer community is very strong there.    User's Group Meetings in in Johannesburg and Cape Town User group meeting in Johannesburg  - thanks for setting... Posted Jul 01 2008, 01:12 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, ASP.NET, AJAX, .NET Framework, WPF, Mix08

• Mix Essentials Event in South Africa in June

  I am very excited that Joe Stagner and I will be heading to South Africa the week of June 23rd.   While we are there, we will have a chance to interact with the very passionate .NET community in both Johannesburg and Cape Town.  The South... Posted May 29 2008, 10:12 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, ASP.NET, AJAX, Mix08, ASPMVC

• A Start at Test Driven Development with Silverlight 2

  As you likely heard, we have released the source code for all of the Silverlight controls as well as almost 2,000 of our own unit tests.  Included with in this is a jewel... A unit testing framework for Silverlight.  It is very powerful to have... Posted Mar 18 2008, 01:46 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, Mix08

• Silverlight 2 Developer Poster

  At Mix08, the Silverlight 2 Poster was a hot item given out in many of the session.   If you didn't get yours or if you couldn't make it, you can feel free to download and print your own! [ JPG version 5.8MB] [ PNG version 6.5MB] ... Posted Mar 16 2008, 01:47 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, Mix08

• Single source code base for Silverlight and WPF solutions

  At Mix08 , several people asked me about the possibility of creating a single source base for both WPF and Silverlight.  The scenario folks had in mind was to provide a reach solution with Silverlight that hits *ALL* possible users while also offering... Posted Mar 11 2008, 04:28 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, WPF, Mix08

• Cool Silverlight Momentum Video Posted

  If you watched the Mix keynote , I am sure you saw the very cool Silverlight Momentum video that shows off a lot of the cool apps we have already seen in Silverlight.  In case you missed it, here it is: [ Mobile ] [ Progressive download ] [ streaming... Posted Mar 10 2008, 02:47 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, Mix08

• Another Mix08 sample

  I've posted the first sample I showed in my Mix08 session. The gratuitous use if video and animations is designed to show how well Silverlight 1.0 features (media and animations) work with the Silverlight 2 control model. In this sample, I show a... Posted Mar 08 2008, 06:14 PM by Blogs Filed under: Mix08

• Mix08 Content

  Mike Harsh and I gave a couple of sessions at Mix08 this year on building applications using Silverlight 2 Beta 1. You can find a live version of the one of the samples here and I've posted the source here . Here's a screen shot of the sample... Posted Mar 08 2008, 01:08 PM by Blogs Filed under: Mix08

• Silverlight and WPF Control Developer Huddle at Mix08

  I just  ran into Ted Glaza from Ajax Control toolkit and Silverlight Controls fame and he is getting some of the control developers together (3rd parties, Microsoft as well as in house) to talk about building controls for WPF and Silverlight. ... Posted Mar 06 2008, 05:57 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, .NET Framework, WPF, Mix08

• MIX08 Day 2 Keynote Live Blog

  I'm going to be "live blogging" the Steve Ballmer keynote this afternoon at this URL. Keep this blog post bookmarked and start hitting "refresh" shortly after the keynote starts at 1pm Pacific / 9pm GMT. Or simply tune in to the... Posted Mar 06 2008, 02:37 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, Windows Live, Mix08, silverlight 2.0, web, ie, Office, Vista, windows

• Registering for the AOL Mail Client

  I mentioned yesterday that the Hard Rock memorabilia application was live already at http://memorabilia.hardrock.com . The AOL Silverlight-based mail client is not live yet, but they've just opened up their pre-registration site for testers who want... Posted Mar 06 2008, 02:27 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, RIA, Mix08, silverlight 2.0

• A Great Early Silverlight 2 Showcase: TextGlow

  We're already starting to see some cool samples that use Silverlight 2 really effectively. Prior to MIX, we had a small private beta running to get some early feedback on the builds that we were producing, and a few folk made really good use of this... Posted Mar 06 2008, 12:40 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, sample, Mix08, silverlight 2.0, Office, ooxml

• Tips for Installing Silverlight 2 Beta

  Walking around Mix08 today I had a chance to help a few people with some install issues.  In some cases the installer was asking for VS 2008 media and in other cases it was refusing to install.  Luckily, Bradley Bartz from the Visual Web Developer... Posted Mar 06 2008, 02:20 AM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, Mix08

• Silverlight 2 Controls

  As ScottGu announced in the Mix08 keynote today, we now have a full, rich set of controls built in to Silverlight 2.  Kathy Kam recently created a very cool control viewer to show off all the great built in controls .   Oh, and don't... Posted Mar 05 2008, 07:30 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, Mix08

• Download Links for MIX08 Announcements

  Here's a consolidated list of all the key downloads you'll need to update your developer workstation to the latest and greatest technologies announced this morning: Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 Windows Vista / Windows Server 2008 (x86) Windows Vista... Posted Mar 05 2008, 03:57 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, expression, ASP.NET, blend, Mix08, silverlight 2.0, ie