Silverlight 5 Released: Myth vs. Fact
It is very exciting to see the release of Silverlight 5 today, despite all of the rumors flying around the Web. Read the original release announcement from the Silverlight Team […]
Data Contracts and Behaviors over the Wire
One feature I employ often in Silverlight projects is the ability to share a model between the client and the server. When you expose a model using a WCF service, […]
Silverlight 5 RC – Using the Task Parallel Library (TPL)
One enhancement that quietly slipped into the Silverlight 5 RC is the inclusion of Tasks. This is not the full-blown Task Parallel Library (TPL) to my knowledge (as it lacks […]
Silverlight 5 RC Released – Using PInvoke
It’s exciting to see the progress of Silverlight 5 toward the final release that has been slated towards the end of the year. Today, the Silverlight Team announced the release […]
Using Attribute Validation in Silverlight with WCF RIA Services Example
I’m not a big fan of attribute-based validation because I find there are often complex requirements that involve asynchronous operations that often break the attribute model. I prefer more fluent […]
Where’s my DataContext?
Every now and then a question comes up concerning a missing DataContext. The questions usually center around a ViewModel being set to a View properly, but then developer can not […]
Creating Custom Ringtones in Windows Phone Mango
Now that I have upgraded my phone to the Windows Phone 7.1 Developers’ Preview, one of the features I’ve been anxious to try out is Custom Ringtones – the default […]
Presentation: Silverlight 5 for Line of Business Applications
This is my presentation on Silverlight 5 for Line of Business Applications recorded at CodeStock in 2011.
CT Code Camp 4 Presentation Materials
I have uploaded the content from my talk at the Connecticut .Net Developers’ Group Code Camp 4 from today (6/18/2011). The code and content from my “What’s New in Windows Phone […]