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Silverlight.FX project page

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:57:05 GMT

Silverlight.FX is a light-weight application framework for building Rich Internet Applications with Silverlight 2.

DomainDataSource Server Control: LINQ + Code Generation

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:42:41 GMT

A prototype data source server control that provides the combined goodness of ObjectDataSource and LINQ... source code included. What do you think of this model? And for server-control developers, a behind-the-scenes look at dynamic code-generation.

Composing animations with Silverlight.FX

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 21:26:50 GMT

Shows how to use Nikhil Kothari's Silverlight.FX with a fluent interface to build composable animations like jQuery.

More Fun with C# 4.0 - Dynamic REST Service Calls

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:02:49 GMT

Turning dynamic method calls into HTTP requests... the dynamic programming angle itself should make for a fun debate...

C# 4.0, Dynamic Programming and JSON

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:17:55 GMT

C# 4.0 will introduce dynamic programming and late-bound code in the midst of otherwise statically compiled code... in an extensible way. Heres one scenario enhanced with dynamic capabilities - working with JSON data.

Silverlight Controls with Effects and Transitions

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:24:43 GMT

An update to Silverlight.FX and a writeup on using and creating controls that support effects and transitions out of the box...

FxCop for Ajax Code

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:31:03 GMT

FxCop is a great tool to help ensure consistency of .NET code and to help push quality upstream in the development process by reinforcing design guidelines and flagging some potential issues that can be detected through static analysis of your assemblies

Effects and Transitions for Silverlight

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:01:09 GMT

Pre-packaged, declarative effects and transitions for Silverlight apps

Themes for Silverlight Applications

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:57:32 GMT

A theming system for Silverlight 2 apps... this post steps you through creating a set of theme assets, adding customizability of themes (colors and fonts in the sample), and using them in an application, including selecting a theme dynamically... complete with source code.

ViewModel Pattern in Silverlight using Behaviors

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:35:36 GMT

This post describes the ViewModel aka M-V-VM pattern, and presents a prototype Silverlight 2 framework for implementing this pattern using Action Behaviors (which provide the equivalent of commands).

AutoComplete for Silverlight TextBoxes

Sat, 10 May 2008 03:16:02 GMT

An implementation of AutoComplete functionality that you can add to your TextBoxes in XAML... ala Google Suggest and the ASP.NET AutoComplete control extender (built on top of the behavior framework).

Silverlight Behaviors

Mon, 05 May 2008 22:45:55 GMT

A framework for creating reusable and attachable behaviors in Silverlight, and a sample behavior that demonstrates using and building them... along with all the code.

Ajax Templates

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:35:40 GMT

A prototype for an Ajax templating solution, combined with an Ajax-friendly server-side solution based on asp.net server controls.

Ajax vs. Silverlight and .NET

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:01:16 GMT

Thoughts on questions along the lines of Ajax vs. Silverlight

Compile C# to Javascript!

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:01:03 GMT

Script# enables more productive Ajax application development by allowing you to compile your C# source code into JavaScript. It allows you to use standard .NET tools like msbuild projects, Visual Studio and IDE intellisense, reflector, refactoring tools, amongst various others.

ExtJs for ASP.NET

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:01:06 GMT

Working with ASP.NET does not mean that you are not going to use an amazing javascript library like ExtJs

HTML 5, the Dialog Tag, and Microformats

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:37:21 GMT

More HTML 5 thoughts, and how microformats might apply here in expressing semantics without new tags.

Nikhil Kothari's Weblog : Script and LINQ?

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:19:06 GMT

LINQ concepts implemented for use in script code

Linq To SimpleDB - Home

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:31:21 GMT

Sounds super interesting... something to check out!

More about Amazon SimpleDB APIs

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:53:49 GMT

Includes a .NET implementation of SimpleDB... interesting for mocking the service.

Intro to Amazon SimpleDB

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:51:02 GMT

Intro to the SimpleDB model...

Facebook.NET Update

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:01:02 GMT

A quick update on the release of Facebook.NET 0.3 with support for new and changing Facebook APIs...

ASP.NET MVC Design Philosophy

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 17:31:02 GMT

A great post from Eilon about the philosophy and approach to MVC in ASP.NET...

Is MVC right for you?

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:31:02 GMT

Interesting question... and interesting writeup ... asking if MVC is right for you. Will be an interesting discussion to follow no doubt.

ASP.NET MVC Framework (Part 4): Handling Form Edit and Post Scenarios

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:16:02 GMT

ScottGu never sleeps, and write the 4th part of his guide to MVC.NET: this time he addresses handling form postbacks