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<subtitle>InsideRIA.com is an online community developed by O’Reilly and sponsored by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Our goal is to create an invaluable resource for information on the ever-changing state of design and development of rich Internet applications (RIAs).</subtitle>
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<title>Creative Ideas for RIA</title>
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<published>2009-05-15T01:18:16Z</published>
<updated>2009-05-15T01:30:10Z</updated>

<summary>Design can be a huge stumbling block for developers coming to the RIA world. Here are a few tips on how I started tackling this hurdle.</summary>
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<name>John Papa</name>
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Design can be a huge stumbling block for developers coming to the RIA world. Here are a few tips on how I started tackling this hurdle.
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<entry>
<title>Expression Blend Is Sweeeeeeeet</title>
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<published>2009-05-01T12:19:00Z</published>
<updated>2009-05-01T12:33:51Z</updated>

<summary>Expression Blend is a great tool for creating Silverlight applications. VIsual Studio is wonderful for coding, but every Silverlight RIA developer should have Blend open as well. Blend 3 only adds to the productivity enhancements.</summary>
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<name>John Papa</name>
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Expression Blend is a great tool for creating Silverlight applications. VIsual Studio is wonderful for coding, but every Silverlight RIA developer should have Blend open as well. Blend 3 only adds to the productivity enhancements.
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<entry>
<title>Top 3 What&apos;s There and Not There for Silverlight 3 Beta 1</title>
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<published>2009-04-16T13:29:33Z</published>
<updated>2009-04-16T17:36:23Z</updated>

<summary>My top 3 features that are in and not yet in Silverlight. What are yours?</summary>
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My top 3 features that are in and not yet in Silverlight. What are yours?
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<entry>
<title>Scott Barnes&apos; Take on Silverlight 3</title>
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<published>2009-04-09T15:49:12Z</published>
<updated>2009-04-09T23:07:25Z</updated>

<summary>I&apos;ve been knee deep in Silverlight lately, (which is why I have not stuck my head up to blog lately) and its all Microsoft&apos;s fault. Silverlight 3 has so many great features and the roadmap is looking so promising to me that I have been spending a lot of time wading through the features, some more mature than others, some just a glimpse of what is to come. What does SIlverlight 3 bring to the table? Hear it from someone who knows the leading tools from Adobe and Microsoft inside and out. </summary>
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I&apos;ve been knee deep in Silverlight lately, (which is why I have not stuck my head up to blog lately) and its all Microsoft&apos;s fault. Silverlight 3 has so many great features and the roadmap is looking so promising to me that I have been spending a lot of time wading through the features, some more mature than others, some just a glimpse of what is to come. What does SIlverlight 3 bring to the table? Hear it from someone who knows the leading tools from Adobe and Microsoft inside and out. 
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<entry>
<title>Service Communications with Silverlight</title>
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<published>2009-03-01T03:40:29Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-01T03:56:11Z</updated>

<summary>Silverlight can talk to a number of types of web services using REST or SOAP, returning JSON or XML, or even communicating with RSS feeds. Its important to evaluate the type of service you need before developing it.</summary>
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<name>John Papa</name>
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Silverlight can talk to a number of types of web services using REST or SOAP, returning JSON or XML, or even communicating with RSS feeds. Its important to evaluate the type of service you need before developing it.
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<entry>
<title>Silverlight for Business Applications</title>
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<published>2009-03-01T02:11:44Z</published>
<updated>2009-03-01T02:38:56Z</updated>

<summary>Good design is important in any business application. With Silverlight there are tools and techniques that can help improve the design and make an application more testable, modular and scalable.</summary>
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<name>John Papa</name>
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Good design is important in any business application. With Silverlight there are tools and techniques that can help improve the design and make an application more testable, modular and scalable.
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<entry>
<title>Presenting at MIX 09</title>
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<published>2009-02-23T18:44:43Z</published>
<updated>2009-02-23T18:53:12Z</updated>

<summary>MIX09 has a lot of great content for developers and designers alike. This year I will be presenting my session on &quot;When Errors Happen: Debugging Microsoft Silverlight&quot;.</summary>
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<name>John Papa</name>
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MIX09 has a lot of great content for developers and designers alike. This year I will be presenting my session on &quot;When Errors Happen: Debugging Microsoft Silverlight&quot;.
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<entry>
<title>Silverlight Evangelism</title>
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<published>2009-02-13T16:02:46Z</published>
<updated>2009-02-13T21:44:45Z</updated>

<summary>Great points about Silverlight, Flash and the road ahead for them by Jordan Knight.</summary>
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<name>John Papa</name>
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Great points about Silverlight, Flash and the road ahead for them by Jordan Knight.
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<entry>
<title>Adobe Comments on Silverlight</title>
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<published>2009-02-13T02:50:16Z</published>
<updated>2009-02-13T16:15:44Z</updated>

<summary>Silverlight Fizzling? Flash Thriving? The truth lies somewhere in between.</summary>
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Silverlight Fizzling? Flash Thriving? The truth lies somewhere in between.
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<entry>
<title>Can&apos;t wait for Mix 09 and Silverlight vNext</title>
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<published>2009-02-01T03:04:29Z</published>
<updated>2009-02-01T15:32:32Z</updated>

<summary>I am very excited to be in the middle of the next evolution of Silverlight and Flash ... the next few years is likely going to blow the doors off of RIA. I think both of these technologies are going to gain a lot of ground amongst the non-RIA groups and put RIA in the forefront of many people&apos;s minds.</summary>
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<name>John Papa</name>
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I am very excited to be in the middle of the next evolution of Silverlight and Flash ... the next few years is likely going to blow the doors off of RIA. I think both of these technologies are going to gain a lot of ground amongst the non-RIA groups and put RIA in the forefront of many people&apos;s minds.
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<entry>
<title>One of the Keys to Silverlight is XAML</title>
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<published>2009-01-26T19:18:19Z</published>
<updated>2009-01-26T19:36:57Z</updated>

<summary>XAML is at the core of what allows Silverlight to create a visually compelling UX. However XAML also makes data binding in Silverlight applications simple and powerful.</summary>
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<name>John Papa</name>
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XAML is at the core of what allows Silverlight to create a visually compelling UX. However XAML also makes data binding in Silverlight applications simple and powerful.
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<entry>
<title>Live WebCast 1/8/2009 - Silverlight and ADO.NET Data Services</title>
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<published>2009-01-07T16:46:14Z</published>
<updated>2009-01-09T22:04:17Z</updated>

<summary>This Thursday I will be joining the MSDN geekSpeak crew to do a live webcast discussing Silverlight and ADO.NET Data Services. Registration is free ...</summary>
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This Thursday I will be joining the MSDN geekSpeak crew to do a live webcast discussing Silverlight and ADO.NET Data Services. Registration is free ...
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<entry>
<title>Installing Silverlight on Linux</title>
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<published>2009-01-07T14:18:54Z</published>
<updated>2009-01-07T14:27:59Z</updated>

<summary>The SIlverlight install experience on Linux is progressing ...</summary>
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The SIlverlight install experience on Linux is progressing ...
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