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• Tip of the Day Microblog Launches Today

  As of today, I will attempt to add a brief Tip of the Day to the Silverlight Microblog every day. If you would like to contribute (and I hope you will) please send your tips following the directions listed here . Thanks!   -jesse...( read more ) Posted Apr 15 2008, 12:22 PM by Blogs Filed under: Tools, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Shameless Self-promotion

• Innovation, Renovation and Change

  So, after some minutes of trying this and that, it is time to take stock and see what's working and what isn't.  What's changing... Tip of the Day: RIP The Tip of the Day was a great idea, but I have yet to figure out what is the... Posted Mar 21 2008, 01:06 PM by Blogs Filed under: Silverlight.net, Silverlight Geek, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Shameless Self-promotion, Random Ramblings

• Tip of the Day - What to Expect in Silverlight Help

  I've received a lot of very positive feedback from the tutorials and videos and a lot of inquiries about what help will be forthcoming and how to get help right away. I thought I'd take a few minutes to provide some guidelines that are intended... Posted Mar 19 2008, 01:47 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Shameless Self-promotion, Random Ramblings

• 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: 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 - Great Silverlight Programmer utilities

  Personally, one of the reasons that I opted to move to Microsoft tools long ago  was I got tired of LightSpeed telling me that the problem was the debugger and Periscope telling me it was the editor, and XYWrite telling me it was the compiler and... Posted Mar 09 2008, 10:00 AM by Blogs Filed under: Presentations, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Random Ramblings

• 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

• Tip of the Day: How To Answer: Will This Work In Silverlight 2.0?

  I'm beginning to receive a lot of email about what is coming in Silverlight 2.0. Today's was pretty typical, so I thought I'd post the questions and answers (without revealing anything specific about this writer's application), as a guide... Posted Feb 14 2008, 09:20 AM by Blogs Filed under: Silverlight Features, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources

• 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

• Tip of the Day - Getting Ready for Silverlight 2

  We have announced that Silverlight 2 Beta 1, will be released during the first 3 months of this year (that is, any day now) with a go-live license. It is important to keep in mind that this will be a beta product, and that 1.0 will be a release product... Posted Feb 08 2008, 02:33 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Programmer insanity

• Tip of the Day - Time to move to Generic Collections for Silverlight.

  In Silverlight 1.1 the non-generic collections were marked obsolete. We have announced that the non-generic collections will not be in Silverlight 2.0 at all, so if you're still using non-generic collections like ArrayList it is time to step up to... Posted Feb 07 2008, 02:01 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, silverlight 2.0, Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Shameless Self-promotion

• Silverlight Tip of the Day Gadget Version 2

  Kelly White has updated the Silverlight Tip of the Day Vista Gadget   and added the ability to set the update frequency; so that you are sure to get the Tip of the Day just after it is posted (1 pm GMT -5).  ...( read more ) Posted Feb 05 2008, 11:26 AM by Blogs Filed under: Tip of the Day, Recommended Resources, Shameless Self-promotion