ScottGu: First Look at Using Expression Blend with Silverlight 2

published 9 months, 3 days ago, submitted by Jemm 9 months, 3 days ago

weblogs.asp.net — In this first set of Silverlight tutorials I didn't use a visual design tool to build the UI, and instead focused on showing the underlying XAML UI markup (which I think helps to explain the core programming concepts better). Now that we've finished covering the basics - let's explore some of the tools we can use to be even more productive. read more...

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Welcome from DotNetKicks

submitted by justinbezanson 9 months, 4 days ago

geekdaily.net — I just wanted to say a hello to the users coming over from dot net kicks. It is always good to talk with fellow .Net coders. This is the first time I have made it to the front page (original post) and wanted to mention a thank you to dot net kicks for the great content that it pumps out. I always find good stuff each day that helps me become a better developer. I hope that this is just the first of many articles that I can contribute to a great community. If you liek this blog please consider signing up for the RSS feed. read more...

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Visual Studio Gallery launches

published 9 months, 4 days ago, submitted by Jemm 9 months, 4 days ago

visualstudiogallery.com — To add another resource to enhance your development experience, today we’re launching the Visual Studio Gallery. This site provides a catalog that showcases free and commercial products that complement or extend Visual Studio. read more...

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Quick and Dirty Memory Utility Methods

vonsharp.net — Ever curious how much memory that suspect object is hogging on the heap? Find out quickly and easily with a few lines of code. read more...

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Silverlight 2.0 (beta 1) Controls Screenshot

published 9 months, 5 days ago, submitted by DannyDouglass 9 months, 5 days ago

dannydouglass.com — SilverlightShow has a nice post up detailing the controls that will be available in the Silverlight 2.0 beta 1 release. The news was originally posted on Shawn Burke's blog, but it appears that the he was forced to take down the screen shot. Thanks to SilverlightShow that graphic is still visible and is also now posted on my blog. Exciting stuff! read more...

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Google Lets You “Chatback” With Your Visitors

published 9 months, 4 days ago, submitted by zigamorph 9 months, 6 days ago

coderjournal.com — I love Google Talk. I love it because of its light foot print both on my hard drive and when running in memory. I love the integration with all my Google services. And I love the flexibility that it provides. However the Google Talk team just gave me another reason to love Google Talk. It now allows me to have direct conversations with my visitors with a simple click of the mouse on the chat bubble you see to your left. read more...

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PhizzPop Design Challenge Final

dotnet.org.za — A review of the teams in the final of the PhizzPop Design challenge read more...

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Using Yahoo! Pipes to convert any XML-feed to JSON-feed

submitted by Jemm 9 months, 28 days ago

weblogs.asp.net — Recently I've discovered a fantastic free service provided by Yahoo! which makes it possible to convert any XML data feed into a JSON data feed. http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ It is easy to create a pipe that provides a JSON data feed with a callback function for web services that don't actually implement that functionality in their API. read more...

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