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• On Learning New Technology – Controls Toolkit & Examples

  I had a great PDC.  I arrived with a schedule filled with sessions I intended to go to, and (shhhhh!) I skipped them all (except, ScottGu’s keynote and Scott Hanselman’s BabySmash both of which were (predictably) great).  The reason I... Posted Nov 01 2008, 02:34 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: Controls, XAML, Tools, Recommended Resources, Digging Deeper, Files, Control Toolkit

• Template Browser – an indispensible tool

  One way that many developers like to create styles and templates for controls is to modify the existing styles and templates. An unusual feature of Silverlight is that every control in the toolbox is lookless – its appearance is determined by its own... Posted Oct 03 2008, 12:46 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Recommended Resources, Digging Deeper, Templates, Custom Controls, RC0

• One of the most unusual books I’ve ever written

  I’m pleased to announce the release of what may be one of the most unusual books I’ve ever written, Programming .NET 3.5 Briefly, it was our theory; generated long before I started work at Microsoft, that while there was good reason to write what I call... Posted Jul 30 2008, 07:33 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Tools, Recommended Resources

• Xaml vs XAML

  I received an email from Ian Griffiths who informed me that the "Xaml spec refers to Xaml as Xaml , and not XAML ." because Rob Relyea didn't like the "shouty caps" look of all upper case. After some back and forth, I contacted... Posted May 28 2008, 09:54 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: XAML, Learning Silverlight, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Recommended Resources, Random Ramblings