Light Up SharePoint With Silverlight 2 Web PartsThis article is based on a prerelease version of Silverlight 2. All information is subject to change.This article discusses: Creating a Silverlight media player Creating the Web Part Deploying to a SharePoint site Troubleshooting the app This article uses the following technologies: Silverlight 2, SharePointIn the world of [...]
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RIA: Light Up SharePoint With Silverlight 2 Web Parts
Posted by james on October 12, 2011
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Wicked Code: Silverlight Tips, Tricks, and Best Practices
Posted by james on September 30, 2011
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Silverlight Tips, Tricks, and Best PracticesCode download available at: WickedCode2008_Launch.exe (33860 KB) Browse the Code Online Unless you’ve been stuck on a desert island for the past several months, you’ve undoubtedly heard about Silverlight™, the new cross-browser, cross-platform solution from Microsoft that helps you build rich Internet applications and rich, immersive media experiences in the [...]
UI Frontiers: Lissajous Animations in Silverlight
Posted by james on September 13, 2011
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We commonly think of software as more flexible and versatile than hardware. It’s certainly true in many cases, because hardware is often stuck in one configuration while software can be reprogrammed to perform completely different tasks.Yet some rather prosaic pieces of hardware are actually quite versatile. Consider the common—or these days, not so common—cathode ray [...]
Data Points: Building An Out-of-Browser Client With Silverlight 3
Posted by james on September 10, 2011
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Building An Out-of-Browser Client With Silverlight 3This article is based on prerelease versions of Silverlight 3 and Expression Blend.Silverlight 3 applications are no longer restricted to running in a browser. They can be run in a browser or it they can be detached from the browser and run from the desktop. These out-of-browser applications allow [...]
CLR Inside Out: Dynamic Languages and Silverlight
Posted by james on September 3, 2011
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Dynamic Languages and SilverlightChildren learn through creative playing. From LEGO to GI Joe and Barbie (they were my sister’s, I swear), children tend to pick up toys and intuitively do something with them; they don’t pick up the manual and read it, at least not for the purpose of understanding the toy! It’s human nature [...]
Wicked Code: Silverlight Page Turning Made Simple
Posted by james on August 27, 2011
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Silverlight Page Turning Made SimpleCode download available at: WickedCode2008_05.exe (1110 KB) Browse the Code Online Two years ago, I was cruising down a hallway in Redmond when a friend stopped me. “I have something you need to see,” he said. He popped open his laptop and showed me a demo that changed my life. That [...]
Silverlight Online: Silverlight in an Occasionally Connected World
Posted by james on August 11, 2011
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People live in an online world—or at least some of us do, some of the time. At some point in the future, there may be pervasive, always-on connectivity with more bandwidth than necessary, but not today. In reality, we are occasionally connected, occasionally with enough bandwidth. Rarely do we know which state we are in [...]
Write On!: Create Web Apps You Can Draw On with Silverlight 2
Posted by james on July 31, 2011
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Create Web Apps You Can Draw On with Silverlight 2This article discusses: Silverlight InkPresenter control Ink in a Web application Handwriting recognition Creating transparent and image backgrounds This article uses the following technologies: Silverlight 2, Expression Blend, Visual Studio 2008This article is based on prerelease versions of Visual Studio 2008 SP1, Silverlight 2, and Expression [...]
Silverlight: Building Advanced 3D Animations with Silverlight 2.0
Posted by james on July 29, 2011
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Building Advanced 3D Animations with Silverlight 2.0This article discusses: XAML basics Building elements in XAML How to fold a polyhedron Emulating DirectX math This article uses the following technologies: SilverlightIf, by some incredible mischance, all the publicity in the past few months about SilverlightTM has passed you by, let me bring you up to date: [...]
Wicked Code: 3 Important Tips For Silverlight Development
Posted by james on July 24, 2011
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3 Important Tips For Silverlight DevelopmentAs I write this, Silverlight 2 is hot off the presses and developers are getting a first look at what many believe represents the future of Web programming. Whether you’re a Silverlight proponent or find more allure in competing technologies such as Adobe Flex, it’s exciting to see alternatives to [...]