January 2009 - Posts

Professional Silverlight 2 for ASP.NET Developers Released by Dan Wahlin's WebLog

My latest co-author effort titled Professional Silverlight 2 for ASP.NET Developers is now out…just received my copies today.  I had the opportunity to collaborate with 3 really cool guys from Microsoft UK (Jonathan Swift, Chris Barker and Salvador...

ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Release Candidate Now Available by ScottGu's Blog

Today we shipped the ASP.NET MVC 1.0 Release Candidate (RC).  Click here to download it (note: the link just went live so if it isn’t working wait a few minutes for the server you are hitting to refresh).  It works with both Visual Studio 2008...

Free Webinar – Increase Productivity with .NET and LINQ by Dan Wahlin's WebLog

I’ll be giving a free Webinar titled “Increase Productivity with .NET and Language Integrated Query (LINQ)” next week so if you have 40 minutes and are interested in learning more about LINQ feel free to sign-up and attend.  Here are more details...

Tips for Being More Productive by Dan Wahlin's WebLog

Ever noticed how some people always act busy but get little “real” work done?  There’s a big difference between being busy and being productive.  I won’t claim to be a time management expert, but here are a few things I’ve been doing that have...

Custom ASP.NET Server Controls and Language Localization by Dan Wahlin's WebLog

One of the products my company sells is an ASP.NET server control called SmartChart that generates OrgCharts from hierarchical data sources.  Up until recently the vast majority of our sales were to companies in the US so we never worried much about...

Silverlight and the 2009 Presidential Inauguration by ScottGu's Blog

Tomorrow’s presidential inauguration of Barack Obama will be a truly historic event. Silverlight is being used as an enabling technology on several sites that will allow those of us who can’t be there in person to share the experience online...

DomainDataSource Server Control: LINQ + Code Generation by Nikhil Kothari's Weblog

We have LinqDataSource in ASP.NET. However, the fact that I have to break up my LINQ statement into individual string properties (as shown below) has bugged me ever since the feature existed. < asp:LinqDataSource id ="ds1" runat ="server"...

Silverlight 2 Runtime and SDK Control Source Code Released by Dan Wahlin's WebLog

Microsoft just released the source code for the Silverlight 2 runtime and SDK controls.  Anyone who says they’re not contributing to the world of code definitely needs to take a closer look since they’ve released a ton of code from .NET, ASP.NET...

SoThink Quicker for Silverlight! by Silverlight SDK

SoThink Quicker is a Silverlight Animation tool created by SourceTec Software Co. You can use SoThink Quicker to create animations that can be played on the Silverlight platform, import the elements of SWF, such as image, shape, sound, etc. into Quicker...

Source code for the Silverlight controls? You betcha! by Silverlight SDK

It's a new year here at Microsoft and we've published the source code for the Silverlight runtime and SDK controls that are implemented in managed code. Get the source here . The control list is extensive: ButtonBase Button HyperlinkButton CheckBox...

Accelerating and decelerating animations (silverlight keyspline sample) by Silverlight SDK

You can create more realistic animation effects like acceleration and deceleration in Silverlight using keyframes, however, if you're going to do this by hand (as opposed to using a tool like Blend) you're going to have to use keysplines which...

Reading: Designing for the Social Web by Nikhil Kothari's Weblog

A little bit about Designing for the Social Web - an interesting, insightful and fun read on what to keep in mind when designing social experiences on the web. [ Full post continued here... ] Read More...
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