The Official Microsoft Silverlight Site

http://silverlight.net/riaservices/ is Live!

Brad Abrams : Silverlight — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:03:03 GMT

We have been working for a while to get a community site together where we can aggregate all the great buzz, resources and discussions about .NET RIA Services. We hope you enjoy the content we already have up there and help us get more good Read More......(read more)

http://silverlight.net/riaservices/ is Live!

Microsoft Weblogs — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:03:03 GMT

MVVM Light Toolkit Logo by P. Schutz

Community Blogs — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:03:54 GMT

I met Philippe Schutz at the TechDays in Geneva early this year, and have been following him on Facebook since then. He does amazing work with logos and icons, and it is only natural that I have thought of him when I decided to get a new logo and icons...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 07, 2009 -- #726

Community Blogs — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:40:10 GMT

In this Issue: XamlNinja , Zoltan Arvai , Alan Mendelevich , Dimitris - Ilias Gkanatsios , Chris Klug , Pete Brown , Fons Sonnemans , Tim Heuer , Jeff Prosise , and Mark Miller Shoutouts: Corey Miller posted a User Experience Review post that's a good...( read more )...(read more)

Commitments

Microsoft Weblogs — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:14:44 GMT

I’ve received a number of messages along the lines of, “Seems like things have really slowed down on your blog” or even “Hey, where’s the signal? Too much noise.” Fair enough ; though this is a common effect of the run up to a major “show” such...( read more )...(read more)

Subscribe to 62 Silverlight Twitter’ers.

Microsoft Weblogs — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:06:41 GMT

I’ve created a list that currently follows 62 top-notch Silverlight Twitter participants. The list will grow (and be culled) over time, but you can easily sign up to receive tweets from everyone on the list just by clicking on this link and subscribing...( read more )...(read more)

Designer v Xaml v Code

Microsoft Weblogs — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:28:20 GMT

This is the second in my new series on Getting Started With Silverlight (please see the first article for information on the series and where to get the software you need). Don’t Start with Xaml… Until recently, just about every introduction to...( read more )...(read more)

The XXI Olympic Winter Games on NBCOlympics.com: Brought to you in Full HD With Silverlight and Smooth Streaming

Microsoft Weblogs — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:17:00 GMT

In August 2008 we were proud to be part of sports history and deliver a Summer Olympics online experience for fans everywhere. In partnership with NBC, the Silverlight and MSN teams are once again delivering on our commitment to providing the highest...( read more )...(read more)

MVVM Light Toolkit V3 Alpha 2: EventToCommand behavior

Community Blogs — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:57:43 GMT

Here is another early release of the MVVM Light Toolkit V3 (Alpha 2). I decided to release gradually and early as soon as a new part of this new version is ready, to allow advanced users to install, test and give feedback about the new features. If you...( read more )...(read more)

Building N-Tier business applications with .NET RIA Services – Part I

Community Blogs — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:17:00 GMT

Introduction In this series of articles we will talk about building N-Tier Silverlight business application, why we want to use multiple tiers, what problems we have to face and how .NET RIA Services can help us solve our issues. Going N-Tier If you develop...( read more )...(read more)

The Silverlight Toolkit – now in the Microsoft Web Platform Installer

Microsoft Weblogs — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:18:04 GMT

It’s now even easier to get started with the Silverlight Toolkit, an excellent complement to your Silverlight development environment. The latest Silverlight 3 release of the Silverlight Toolkit is now available on the Web PI. It is now the recommended...( read more )...(read more)

Top 20 Resources to Get Started with Silverlight and Blend

Microsoft Weblogs — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:04:59 GMT

I know I know - I deserve a tomato (or two) in my face for not posting since Kawasaki’s talk in SxSW early this year. Man, blame Twitter! that little thing got me to feel I didn’t need to blog anymore as kind of satisfied my need to reach...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 04, 2009 -- #725

Community Blogs — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:33:57 GMT

In this Issue: Michael Palermo , Rishi , Microsoft Expression Blog , Jeremy Likness , David Burela , and Ward Bell . Shoutout: Adam Kinney has a Photosynth linked that you won't believe: A Photosynth of Neil Gaiman’s Library From SilverlightCream.com...( read more )...(read more)

LiveLabs Thumbtack back from the dead

Community Blogs — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:26:38 GMT

I don't know by what magic this happened, but not only is Thumbtack back online, but everything appears to be intact. As my young dev friend Brian would say: WOOT! Since I didn't get any warm and fuzzies from anyone I tried to contact about this, I have...( read more )...(read more)

Creating Custom Easing Functions in WPF 4 (and Silverlight)

Community Blogs — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:59:00 GMT

In a previous post and video, I went through how to use the stock easing functions in your WPF 4 applications. Now, let’s look at how to create your own easing functions. Once you know the formula you want to use, the mechanics of creating custom...( read more )...(read more)

The Underground at PDC

Microsoft Weblogs — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:49:34 GMT

PDC is coming…it’s only a few weeks away. Are you going? I am and I couldn’t be more excited. I’m coming in Sunday and helping with a workshop on Monday . Then the rest of the week will likely be a blur. If you are going (and even if you aren’t), there...( read more )...(read more)

Grouping data in a Silverlight DataGrid

Microsoft Weblogs — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:33:25 GMT

I previously wrote about DataGrid grouping using the declarative model of adding GroupDescriptors. Unfortunately that feature (the declarative part) never made it to the release of Silverlight 3. It was pointed out to me that I should update that post...( read more )...(read more)

A Photosynth of Neil Gaiman’s Library

Microsoft Weblogs — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:52:48 GMT

A well composed Photosynth can offer an interesting way to explore 3D space. Even better when the content is as interesting as the method of exploration. Above is a distorted view captured from the Neil Gaiman’s Library Photosynth which allows you to...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 03, 2009 - 2 -- #724

Community Blogs — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:31:04 GMT

In this Issue: Damian Schenkelman , Jonathan van de Veen , Stephen Forte , Laurent Duveau ( 2 ), Alan Mendelevich , and nmarun . From SilverlightCream.com : Why Silverlight 3 Navigation cannot be fully leveraged when loading modules remotely with Prism...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight and Internet Download Manager

Community Blogs — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:58:20 GMT

I am a big fan of the Internet Download Manager (IDM). It has drastically reduced my download times. A typical installation will “hijack” the download process from any installed browser. Usually I don’t mind. However, my Silverlight...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Tour Quebec in December

Community Blogs — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:51:19 GMT

The Silverlight Tour is visiting Québec city (Qc) again, so get ready to enlighten your RIA app with this top Silverlight 3 training!! When: December 14-16 Where: Québec, Qc Registration (Fr): http://www.runatserver.com/SilverlightTraining.aspx...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 03, 2009 -- #723

Community Blogs — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:33:28 GMT

In this Issue: Mark Miller , SmartyP ( 2 ), Goncalo Chaves ( 2 ), and David Anson . Shoutouts: Walt Ritscher announced October 2009 version of Composite WPF(Prism) released and has some highlights from the release Damian Schenkelman posted a similar announcement...( read more )...(read more)

Connecting to the SqlMembership model through Silverlight and WCF

Community Blogs — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:06:00 GMT

Introduction So what is this about? To those of you who are not familiar with the SqlMembership model, this is basically a Microsoft's default implementation of an authentication and authorization model, in this case storing its information in Sql Server...( read more )...(read more)

Silverlight Cream for November 02, 2009 -- #722

Community Blogs — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:46:56 GMT

In this Issue: Bob Thomson/Storm Ideas , Danijel Stulic , René Schulte , Jesse Liberty , Windows Client.NET , Sergey Barskity , Jeff Prosise , Vikram Pendse , Frank La Vigne , and Tim Greenfield . Shoutout: Damian Schenkelman posted that Prism 2.1 (Composite...( read more )...(read more)

Update Out Of Browser (OOB) Silverlight apps

Community Blogs — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:36:11 GMT

Once your Silverlight application installed on the local computer what happens if there is an update ? The local application is not updated automatically but you can check that in your code. The CheckAndDownloadUpdateAsync() method downloads the updated...( read more )...(read more)