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Mouse Events in Silverlight

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:25:56 GMT

In this 1st post of his 31 Days of Silverlight series, Jeff Blankenburg explains how to work with the different mouse events (MouseEnter, MouseLeave, MouseLeftButtonDown, MouseLeftButtonUp, and MouseMove) in Silverlight.

The Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:45:00 GMT

What happens when you get a few web developers who like puzzles together? Check out Jeff Blankenburg's post on the Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever, and rise to the challenge!

Thirty-One Days of Silverlight

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:47:16 GMT

Each day in the month of July, I am going to publish an article on a Silverlight topic. The topics will range from 100-level to 300-level in difficulty, but all of them will be written so that a beginner could start from scratch to create them. I will covering Drag & Drop, Event Handling, and even Collision Detection. This is an extensive list of tutorials, and I hope that it will help you see how useful and powerful these technologies can be. If there are topics you are specifically interested in seeing covered, please leave a comment, and I will do my best to accomodate your request.

How To Create A SetTimeout Function In Silverlight

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:57:28 GMT

This is a great tutorial on how to create a method in C# and Silverlight that acts like the setTimeout function we used all of the time in Javascript.

TUTORIAL: Creating an Accelerator for Internet Explorer 8

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:24:13 GMT

A quick tutorial on creating an accelerator for Internet Explorer 8. It will allow you to highlight text on a web page, and immediately post it to Twitter.

Stir Trek (no, that's not a typo)

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:00:12 GMT

There's a conference coming up in May that Silverlight developers won't want to miss. Jeff Blankenburg announced Stir Trek, a conference meant to recap Microsoft's Mix 09 conference, as well as get you a private screening of the new Star Trek movie (on the day it opens). If you live near Ohio, this is a "must attend" for web developers and designers.

Browser Wars? Turf Wars? Why?

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:55:58 GMT

Sarah has a brief but passionate discussion about the state of the browser wars, and specifically why anyone cares that Microsoft Windows ships with Internet Explorer.

10 Things I Want From The Next Windows Phone OS

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:21:02 GMT

Got a Windows Mobile device? Want to see some changes in the next OS? What features have you seen in other phones that you want in your Windows Mobile phone? Jeff Blankenburg blogs about some features he would like to see in the next Windows Phone.

Tag! You're It! (A New App For Your Phone)

Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:45:41 GMT

Oh the things you can do with your cell phone! Microsoft has taken barcoding to the next level with this colorful technology called Tag. Check out Jeff Blankenburg's post on various ways that Microsoft Tag could be used and be inspired to come up with ways to use it yourself!

Using The DataList Control with XML and SQL

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:39:10 GMT

This post covers how to use the DataList Control in ASP.NET for displaying data from a SQL database and from an XML file. It also demonstrates how simple it is to switch from one to the other.

Creating A Navigation In Silverlight

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:31:02 GMT

A navigation is always a tricky project for every application. It seems to be in a constant state of flux, up until the minute the site goes live. With Silverlight, some of that becomes easier. This post will show you how to create a simple navigation in Silverlight.

Keeping Your Head In The Cloud

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:03:52 GMT

This is a story about a t-shirt company, and how Windows Azure solved their website struggles.. Very well written!

20 People .NET Developers Should Follow on Twitter

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:31:04 GMT

If you are to follow some .NET people on Twitter... here are the top 20 that you should follow!

Running a PowerPoint Slideshow From Your Windows Mobile Phone

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:59:25 GMT

During the recent .NET University, I had my first iPhone envy. Leon Gersing was giving a presentation on the basics of OOP (which was excellent), and I noticed that he was carrying around his iPhone while he talked. On closer inspection, he was actually using his iPhone as his presentation clicker. He was able to move forward and backward in his presentation, and his phone was actually displaying his speaker notes in his hand! How cool is that? Frustrated, I was convinced that there must be a way to do this on a Windows Mobile phone. THERE IS.

Enbedding Fonts In Silverlight 2

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:24:15 GMT

Many times when I am creating a Silverlight application, I'm not happy using the default 10 fonts that are part of Silverlight. I've got hundreds of other fonts on my machine that make more sense, but then I need that font on every user's machine that visits my site. Thankfully, Silverlight makes that easy for me.

Architecture of RIA from JAOO

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:16:03 GMT

In this amazing blog post, Josh describes the meaning of RIA, design patterns to consider when architecting RIA, as well as the top 10 best and worst practices. There are so many nuggets of information in this article that make it a _very_ important read for the beginner and seasoned RIA architect/developer.

nPlus1.org is on line

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:01:55 GMT

nPlus1 is a great resource for Software Architects or aspiring architects who are looking to take their skills to the next level (hence the plus 1). Our goal is to have original articles that are relevant to software architects regardless of platform, with a few from time to time that are specific to one technology or another. We also plan on posting links to other sites and articles from sources that our staff feel are good resources to our readers.

7 Steps To Shameless (Successful) Self Promotion

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:46:13 GMT

How do you get yourself known in the community and in the industry? Jeff offers 7 steps on how to get yourself out there.

WPF Election App Contest

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:03:16 GMT

With the election of the next United States president looming before us, Jeff Blankenburg is having a contest to see who can predict the correct outcome. See the post for the official rules on winning a Zune 8, Vista Ultimate, or Visual Studio 2008.

Creating an AutoComplete Textbox With AJAX and ASMX Services

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:00:31 GMT

There's this incredible resource in the AJAX Control Toolkit, and it's about time we started using it. Jeff Blankenburg talks about the AutoComplete Extender, and how simple it is to rig up to an existing ASMX web service. The source code is provided in both C# and VB.

5 Reasons To Use Live Mesh

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 03:21:39 GMT

This is a great list of tips for using Live Mesh for file sharing. There's definitely some "out of the box" thinking here.

6 Tips For Making Website Registration User-Friendly

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:28:18 GMT

Registering on a website presents a different challenge at every single domain. Here's a list of recommendations for website developers on what you should have in mind for your users during registration. This list focuses on making things easier for the user to use, not for the developer to build.

Downloading Videos From YouTube

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:32:19 GMT

I've finally figured out a reliable way to download videos from YouTube. It involves one website and Microsoft's Expression Video Encoder. Now I can get anything I want to put on my Zune or iPod.

Visual Studio Code Highlighting To HTML

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:59:22 GMT

Many times when I'm writing a blog post, I want to include some of the source code from the project I am talking about. For most people, seeing the syntax highlighted the way it is in Visual Studio makes it the most readable. I've tried it manually, and it's very hard to do. (At least to do quickly.) Finally, I've found the perfect solution to this problem.

TUTORIAL: Calling Javascript From Silverlight 2

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:26:24 GMT

In this post, I want to show you how incredibly simple it is to call a Javascript function from the managed code of your Silverlight application. We'll also be able to retrieve a value from that function, and return it to Silverlight. If you're just hunting for the syntax, just jump to step #6. This post covers creating everything from scratch, in both VB and C#.