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• 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

• 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

• Converting it to VB

  Just to tie the previous two blog posts together, I copied the C# into Instant VB and here is what it spit out (line break added to fit) Private Sub AnyPropertyCheckBox_Click( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs) Dim isVisible As Nullable... Posted May 18 2008, 09:15 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Digging Deeper, Managed Code

• Expression Blend for Programmers

  I have set out on an integrated set of videos, tutorials and blog posts on the subject of using Expression Blend from the point of view of Silverlight 2 Programmers.  To get things going, I created a 3 part video series based on ScottGu's extended... Posted May 16 2008, 09:17 AM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Blend For Programmers

• The Silverlight Tutorials & Book & More

  In what may be a first (at least for me) I've secured agreement with the very generous folks I work for here and at O'Reilly  to loosely join the tutorials and the chapters of our forthcoming book Programming Silverlight (co-authored by Tim... Posted May 07 2008, 11:12 AM by Blogs Filed under: Tools, silverlight 2.0, Recommended Resources, Tutorials

• Creating Controls in Code

  In my new video I demonstrate how you can create controls dynamically at run time. The technique is very straight forward, everything you can create declaratively in XAML you can also create dynamically in C#. xaml <Button x:Name="Button1"... Posted May 05 2008, 03:53 PM by Blogs Filed under: Learning Silverlight, Tools, silverlight 2.0, How Do I Videos

• 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

• 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

• Infragistics and Silverlight

  In a great blog listing   today, Tim Sneath discusses Infragistics just released NetAdvantage control set for WPF. In his excellent write up, Tim links to this incredible screenshot from Infragistics of an app that they "very quickly" build... Posted Jan 30 2008, 11:02 AM by Blogs Filed under: Tools, silverlight 2.0, Recommended Resources

• Did You Know That... you can create Silverlight objects programmatically?

  In both Silverlight 1.0 and Silverlight 2.0 it is possible to create . objects programmatically, in the former using JavaScript and in the latter using, for example, C#. Creating objects programmatically in Silverlight 1.0 is nontrivial, as demonstrated... Posted Jan 07 2008, 10:00 AM by Blogs Filed under: Silverlight Features, Tools, silverlight 2.0, Silverlight 1.0, Tip of the Day