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• Silverlight 2 Unleashed by Laurent Bugnion

  If you’re looking for a great overview of all things Silverlight 2, Laurent Bugnion’s Silverlight 2 Unleashed book is a great introductory book for web developers, designers, and folks new to the Microsoft web/client platform. Amazon delivered... Posted Nov 07 2008, 02:34 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Microsoft, web, web development

• Successful .Xap deployment with your CDN: Set the application/x-silverlight-app MIME type

  If you host XAP files on a CDN or other host (such as Amazon S3), you need to have the server configured with the new Silverlight MIME type. You can find out specifics in the breaking changes reference. When you do not need to configure the MIME type... Posted Nov 01 2008, 07:16 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Microsoft, web, web development, web servers

• Introducing the AutoCompleteBox

  The Silverlight AutoCompleteBox is now available. This guide covers the control’s properties, usage, and demonstrates how to hook it up to a JSON web service. Note: This post contains live Silverlight content that your news reader may not be able... Posted Oct 30 2008, 11:43 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Microsoft, Software Development, web, c#, web development

• Sorry boss, I just released the new Silverlight Controls source code to the world.

  Last night, I signed on to the CodePlex site and checked in the source code to all the Silverlight controls we’ve been working on night-and-day. Like an open source ninja! On just about any other team at Microsoft, I might have some major explaining... Posted Oct 28 2008, 05:28 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Microsoft, Software Development, web, c#, web development

• Awesome controls are coming for the Silverlight platform

  Now that the wait is over and Silverlight 2 is out there in the wild, there’s very little excuse not to be using this awesome Microsoft platform. Easy-to-use controls make fast, easy development possible, and there is a clear roadmap out there now... Posted Oct 23 2008, 04:22 AM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Microsoft, Software Development, web, web development, conferences

• Client-side HTML controls for Silverlight 2

  What if you could use and create ASP.NET-like web controls that are 100% client-side, powered by the Silverlight 2 runtime? What if ViewState was a thing of the past? Would you like to cut your web application’s load on your servers from 50 pageviews... Posted Oct 05 2008, 05:51 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, JavaScript, Software Development, web, c#, web development

• If you can do it in JavaScript, you can do it in managed Silverlight .NET code

  Just because you can do something doesn’t mean that you should do something. Just because you can get Quake to run on your iPhone doesn’t mean that’s the best way to do things. But it’s pretty cool! Now that we’re clear on... Posted Sep 28 2008, 07:23 PM by Microsoft Weblogs Filed under: silverlight, Microsoft, JavaScript, Software Development, web, c#, web development

• 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

• Video.Show 1.0 Released to Web

  After three public preview releases, I'm proud to announce the final version of Video.Show , a ready-to-run solution for hosting video content on the web! You might be interested in Video.Show if: Your company or school wants to distribute e-learning... Posted Feb 11 2008, 05:26 PM by Blogs Filed under: silverlight, sample, RIA, silverlight streaming, web