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.
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 ...
Silverlight 2 is ten times better than Silverlight 1 with tons of improvements. But that does not mean its done, by any means. I have some things I'd like to see in the next version, what do you want to see in Silverlight 3?
After months of writing just about every night, Data Driven Services with Silverlight 2 is now available. I targeted this book to be different than other Silverlight books on the market, focusing more on data, networking, and other features needed to make a RIA application work for data driven situations.
Silverlight 2 has a lot to offer for business applications. All of the pieces are there ... what is needed now is best practice gudiance to put it all together.
The ADO.NET Data Services client library for Silverlight makes calling RESTful services exposed by ADO.NET Data Services easy. It allows request sot be made as either URis over HTTP requests or LINQ queries from Silverlight.
If you have had an opportunity to look at the Adobe Flash Collaboration Service (AFCS) you could see that there is a huge opportunity to do interesting multi-user applications without needing to write all of the server side code. However... Continue Reading
Overview Purpose of this article The goal of this article is to help you gain a better understanding of the Decorator design pattern. The Decorator pattern is used to attach additional responsibilities to an object at run time dynamically. Decorators... Continue Reading
The proliferation of cellular phones has revolutionized the way we communicate with one another and is the foundation for a more mobile lifestyle. Adobe, a long time player in rich internet applications, wanted to, once again, be an active participant.... Continue Reading
Adobe just released public information about AIR 2.0 and added new capabilities that better tie with the operation systems which gives your application more control while increasing performance. The new version will be deployed on Flash player 10 using Flex... Continue Reading
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