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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!

What is Unit Testing?

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:45:02 GMT

good introductory article explaining what unit tests are (and are not) and why you should use them

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.

20 Most Interesting Silverlight Tutorials

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:45:00 GMT

In this article we presents a collection of best Silverlight tutorials.

Columbus GiveCamp - July 17, 18, 19

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:07:49 GMT

Jeff Blankenburg, a Microsoft developer evangelist, explains the idea of GiveCamp and why you should be at one of the two (Columbus, OH and Ann Arbor, MI) over the weekend of July 17-19.

Columbus Give Camp

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:33:03 GMT

The Columbus Give Camp is a way for developers to give back to the local community.

Stir Trek

Tue, 12 May 2009 07:42:50 GMT

Steve Smith recaps his experience at the recent ReMIX event called Stir Trek (http://www.stirtrek.com).

Creating a Simple Silverlight Countdown Blog Badge

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:56:39 GMT

Check out this blog post as Josh Holmes walks us through how to create a countdown blog badge in Silverlight!

Kalamazoo X Conference

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:58:53 GMT

The Kalamazoo X Conference is a technical conference unlike any other...

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.

Three Essential Expression Blend Add-ins

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:01:19 GMT

There are a handful of essential add-ins for Expression Blend that you should be using. This article talks about how you get the add-ins working in the first place and then dives into a few of the add-ins that are available.

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.

Why Twitter Is More Than Just Tweeting

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:03:29 GMT

Jeff Blankenburg covers some sites that he uses to make his Twitter experience more insightful.

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.

The Next 20 People .NET Developers Should Follow on Twitter

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:16:02 GMT

Here is another setup of top 20 .NET Developers on Twitter that you should consider following... This is the second installation from his previous post of top 20 .NET Developers on Twitter... These two posts equal 40 people you might want to 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.

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.