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Windows Client Developer Roundup for 3/1/2010
Monday, March 01, 2010 1:00 AM

This is Windows Client Developer roundup #13. The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF , Surface, Windows 7, XNA, Windows Forms , Silverlight and Windows Phone. If you have something...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, .NET, Surface, WindowsClient, WindowsClientRoundup, Windows Phone

Windows Client Developer Roundup for 2/22/2010
Monday, February 22, 2010 1:00 AM

This is Windows Client Developer roundup #12. I’ve just returned from the MVP summit and some meetings with the product teams, and all I can say is “wow”. We have some seriously cool stuff coming, and I can’t wait to talk about it. The Windows Client...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, .NET, Surface, WindowsClient, WindowsClientRoundup, Windows Phone

Getting Started with WPF : Button Control Part 2 – Basic Styling
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 5:00 AM

In my previous post about buttons and content controls , I explained how to do quite a bit of customization using just the content property of a button. That gets you pretty far, but you’re barely tapping into what WPF (and Silverlight) can do. In this...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, .NET, WindowsClient

Windows Client Developer Roundup for 2/15/2010
Monday, February 15, 2010 1:00 AM

This is Windows Client Developer roundup #11. The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF , Surface, Windows 7, XNA, Windows Forms , and some Silverlight . If you have something interesting...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, .NET, WindowsClient, WindowsClientRoundup

Announcing: touch.codeplex.com - Multi-touch for Silverlight 3/4 and WPF 3.5sp1
Friday, February 12, 2010 10:29 PM

Marc Schweigert in public sector just announced the availability of touch.codeplex.com , a set of multi-touch behaviors for WPF 3.5sp1, Silverlight 3 and Silverlight 4. Project Overview The APIs in WPF4 plus the Surface Toolkit for Windows Touch make...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, .NET, User Experience (UX), Marc Schweigert, WindowsClient, win7

24 Hour 50% off Deal on my Upcoming Manning Book: Silverlight in Action, Revised Edition
Tuesday, February 09, 2010 3:25 PM

On Wednesday February 10, 2010 my book is on sale at Manning for 50% off.That’s print, MEAP, e-book or any combination of the bunch. This is a special thanks for blog subscribers and twitter followers. To get the discount, visit my book page on...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, Silverlight in Action, WindowsClient

Windows Client Developer Roundup for 2/8/2010
Monday, February 08, 2010 1:00 AM

This is Windows Client Developer roundup #10. The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF , Surface, Windows 7, XNA, Windows Forms , and some Silverlight . If you have something interesting...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, .NET, XNA, Surface, WindowsClient, WindowsClientRoundup

Creating Customized UserControls (Deriving from ContentControl) in WPF 4
Friday, February 05, 2010 4:26 PM

Another twitter question. As usual, I’m targeting WPF 4 here, but just about everything here works with Silverlight 4 as well. (read from bottom up) Let’s say you want to create a standardized “gadget” for your application, from which anyone can derive...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, .NET, WindowsClient

Getting Started with WPF 4: Button Controls Part 1 – The Button is a Content Control
Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:56 PM

I have an ongoing twitter search for topics of interest to me and my position at Microsoft, so anything with words like “windows forms”, wpf , windowsclient.net etc. all show up in my search. Thought that, I often find folks who are struggling with how...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, .NET, WindowsClient

Back from Best of Tech-Ed/Convergence Reykjavik, Iceland
Monday, February 01, 2010 2:00 AM

Last week I had the real pleasure of speaking at the Best of Tech-Ed and Convergence in Reykjavik, Iceland. I was absolutely amazed by the size of the developer and IT community in Iceland, and the turnout at this conference. For an island of about 300...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, .NET, WindowsClient, win7

Windows Client Developer Roundup for 2/1/2010
Monday, February 01, 2010 1:00 AM

This is Windows Client Developer roundup #9. I’ve returned from a great time in Iceland. Awesome community and incredible place to visit. One item of note: If you want to see the WCF RIA Services source code shipped with the product, be sure to vote in...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, .NET, Windows Forms, WindowsClient, WindowsClientRoundup

Windows Client Developer Roundup for 1/25/2010
Monday, January 25, 2010 1:00 AM

This is Windows Client Developer roundup #8. I’m off in Reykjavik Iceland this week, speaking about Silverlight and WPF, but put this together ahead of time to ensure we have some great links for this week. By now, you’ve probably heard that Visual Studio...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, .NET, Surface, WindowsClient, win7, WindowsClientRoundup

It’s an awesome time to be a Developer
Saturday, January 23, 2010 6:36 PM

I code for fun. When I was quite a bit younger, it was pretty early in the era of personal computers, pre-PC revolution. I’ve been pretty clear about how much I loved my Commodore, so I won’t drone on and on about that here (you may breathe...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, Zune, XNA, Web Development, WindowsClient, win7, Fun, Gadgets

Applications and Other Things I’ve Written Professionally over the Years
Friday, January 22, 2010 1:10 AM

Prior to joining Microsoft, I worked at a consulting company for a bit over 13 years. Prior to that, I started the IT department at a medical billing company and worked there for 4 years while completing my Computer Science degree. Seeing Scott’s post...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, ASP.NET, WPF, .NET, RIA, Expression Blend, AIS, Facebook, SketchFlow, Web Development, Windows Forms, CPP, WindowsClient, geek, Retro

Windows Client Developer Roundup for 1/18/2010
Monday, January 18, 2010 1:00 AM

This is Windows Client Developer roundup #7. The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF , Surface, Windows 7, XNA, Windows Forms , and some Silverlight . If you have something interesting...( read more ) Read More...

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Filed under: Silverlight, WPF, .NET, Patterns, WindowsClient, WindowsClientRoundup, ViewModel

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