Archived News

12 New Silverlight Showcase Entries

christinemckinnon — Tue, 13 May 2008 23:50:00 GMT

This week catch some waves at the Quiksilver Pro Australia surfing site, reserve your seat at the Western Stampede Rodeo, check out the Brazilian rock band CriticosloucoS, share your videos online with Qmusic4u, and more!

Six New Silverlight 2 Beta 1 and Silverlight 1.0 Videos

christinemckinnon — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:12:00 GMT

Ronnie Saurenmann concludes his two-part LINQ to SQL series. Jesse Liberty demonstrates how to capture key down events and Todd Miranda shows how to animate paths, communicate between plug-ins on the same page, and implement multi-language support in Silverlight 1.0.

Dynamic Languages in Silverlight?

christinemckinnon — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:30:00 GMT

Learn how the Silverlight Dynamic Languages SDK enables developers to use dynamic languages to build Silverlight applications. Get the bits, view samples, walkthroughs, talks, and more.

16 New Silverlight Community Gallery Entries

christinemckinnon — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:29:00 GMT

The community gallery has expanded with six new Silverlight 1.0 and 10 new Silverlight 2 Beta 1 entries. Check out the games, media players, photo galleries, animated charts, and more!

Get the Final Release of Expression Studio 2

jamesshaw — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:32:00 GMT

The newest release of the suite of tools for creative professionals includes revolutionary capabilities such as Silverlight functionality, PHP support and Adobe Photoshop import capabilities.

11 New Silverlight Videos!

christinemckinnon — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:32:00 GMT

This week our Silverlight 1.0 video selection has grown to include the Fire Starter video series, which offers tools and information on how to start writing your own Silverlight applications. In addition, check out the three new Silverlight 2 Beta 1 videos which demonstrate how to use HTTP Communication, StandardGrid, and Dynamic Controls.

11 New Silverlight Showcase Entries

christinemckinnon — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:21:00 GMT

This week the Silverlight Showcase lets you take a walk on the wild side at the Sorocaba Zoo website, indulge your senses at Concique, an Executive Leisure company, browse interesting travel destinations at Glata Tours, and more!

New Silverlight 1.0 Video

christinemckinnon — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:09:00 GMT

In this video, Michael Palermo will demonstrate a simple, minimalistic way to approach Silverlight. This video will stress just the necessary requirements and steps to get started with Silverlight.

12 New Silverlight Gallery Entries

christinemckinnon — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:55:00 GMT

Visit our community gallery to see the new Silverlight 2 Beta 1 and Silverlight 1.0 entries. Play Tic-Tac-Toe, test your duck hunting skills with the Silverlight Bird Hunt game, and see two examples of clocks written in IronPython and IronRuby, and more!

User Controls in Silverlight

christinemckinnon — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:37:00 GMT

This tutorial demonstrates how to create UserControls in Silverlight. A UserControl is simply an empty control that can be used to create other controls. Fill them with XAML, code, or a mixture thereof and reuse them throughout your application.

New Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Eight-Part Video Series

christinemckinnon — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT

In this eight-part video series, Dan Wahlin focuses on building Silverlight 2 Beta 1 applications. Learn how to use Layout Management, Style Elements, the List Box, User Controls, Templates and more!

Four New Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Videos and One New Silverlight 1.0 Video

christinemckinnon — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:46:00 GMT

Tim Heuer shows how to consume WCF and ASP.NET web services in Silverlight. He also describes how to use cross-domain policy files when accessing third party web services. Jesse Liberty shows how to bind Silverlight Controls to an Application's Business Logic Layer. Ronnie Saurenmann shows how to use LINQ to SQL with Silverlight, and Michael Palermo wraps up his two-part series on creating a simple video game in Silverlight 1.0.

12 New Showcase Entries

christinemckinnon — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:32:00 GMT

The Silverlight Showcase is expanding with games, retirement planning calculators, automotive programs and more! See what our community members have been busy creating!

Over 20 New Silverlight Gallery Entries

christinemckinnon — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:34:00 GMT

Experience 17 new Silverlight 2 and four new Silverlight 1.0 gallery entries submitted by our community members: Visit Russia with Russian Silverlight Airlines, listen to a Silverlight Podcast Player, see the Deep Zoom Collections, test your typing speed and more!

Introduction to Deep Zoom Silverlight Application

christinemckinnon — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:00:00 GMT

In this introductory video, Dan Waters will show you how to build a deep zoom Silverlight 2 application in a short amount of time.