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Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:17 PM

Linq For Silverlight Developers

Turing Project Page : [Novice: 7] FAQ Table of Contents What is this and where do I start ? Special Note: This posting introduces a new element in the series: definitions for terms that may not be familiar. Clicking on the link will bring you to the definition...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:58 PM

OMG, where do I start?

A lot of email comes my way beginning with the sentiment: “I’m not sure who to ask, and you’re the Silverlight Geek, so….” Which is great. I often refer them elsewhere, but it gives me a sense of what is on people’s minds, and also how well we’re doing...
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Sunday, March 01, 2009 9:37 PM

Dispatcher, Cross-Thread Property Setting & Lambda Expressions

I am finishing up my tutorial on Hyper-video and in the more advanced section I discuss the idea of displaying a button when the video's marker is hit, and then removing the button after a short time has passed. To make this work, I instantiate an object...
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:19 AM

Better Navigation

I was pretty happy with the threading navigation I had introduced…   Just to double check, I asked my buddy David Platt , author of the absolutely essential Why Software Sucks , to take a look. He was quite gentle in ripping my guts out. He pointed...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009 10:21 AM

Extension Methods Part 2 – Lambda Expressions in Linq

In my previous entry on this topic I demonstrated how you can use Extension methods to add what appear to be new methods to existing classes. In this entry I will demonstrate how Extension methods enhance Linq by adding “method queries” using lambda expressions...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008 8:56 AM

Sorting a List<t> (What was I thinking??)

This entry updated after a night's sleep and the return of my cerebral cortex. In one of my earlier entries you'll find something approximating this bit of nonsense… public string DoSort(List<string> words) { List<string> temp = words.Sort...
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Saturday, November 29, 2008 6:11 PM

On C# and VB

I've noticed that there is a bit of (understandable) confusion about what we publish in C# and what we publish in VB, and I thought I'd write a brief not to try to sort it out. I believe Tim and I are in agreement that: Our blog samples will be in whichever...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 6:00 AM

Silverlight Related Skills – Post 2

Yesterday , I wrote the first of a series of posts on skills related to effective Silverlight programming; specifically an introduction to LINQ. Today, with that material fresh, I'd like to take a giant leap forward and consider a number of advanced techniques...
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Monday, November 17, 2008 6:00 AM

Silverlight Related Skills – Post 1

Recently I wrote that there are a number of readers who are running into difficulty with skills needed for intermediate or advanced Silverlight development that are not strictly part of Silverlight. This is the first of an occasional series that will...
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