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Silverlight 4 Fluid UI
Friday, November 20, 2009 11:06 AM

This is the first of many mini-tutorials on Silverlight 4 features. An enhancement has been made that allows you to add animation when items are added ,or removed from, the list box.  Silverlight 4 adds a new StateGroup to the ListBoxItem class:... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: animation, Mini-Tutorial, Silverlight 4

The Silverlight HVP Spec
Sunday, November 15, 2009 12:43 AM

The Silverlight HyperVideo Player: A Community Project The Silverlight HVP Elevator Pitch : The Silverlight  H yper V ideo P layer (HVP) will do for Silverlight How Do I Videos what Hypertext did for the Internet: it will provide simple, fast, and... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Data, Data Binding, Cool Stuff, Community, Building Apps, Hypervideo, HyperVideoProject, Mini-Tutorial

Designer v Xaml v Code
Friday, November 06, 2009 2:28 PM

  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...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Getting Started, Building Apps, Mini-Tutorial, XAML

Silverlight From Zero
Monday, November 02, 2009 9:44 AM

    This is the first of a series of blog posts directed at folks who are new to Silverlight and/or want to brush up on the fundamentals.  It will consist of mini-tutorials on topics I think need more coverage, and links to existing mini... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Getting Started, Building Apps, Mini-Tutorial

RIA Svcs Data Source Control
Friday, September 25, 2009 6:42 PM

Turing Project Page : [Novice: 11 | Advanced: 8 ] FAQ | Table of Contents | Definitions What is this and where do I start ? Part 3 of 3 This is the last of a three part sub-series on using Entity Frameworks and RIA Data Services to move data from our... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Data Binding, Building Apps, Mini-Tutorial, Project Turing, RIA Services

Project Turing: Beginning RIA Svcs
Thursday, September 24, 2009 4:48 PM

Turing Project Page : [Novice: 9 | Advanced: 6 ] FAQ | Table of Contents | Definitions What is this and where do I start ? From Database to DataGrid The next step in Project Turing is to create a first iteration of the Silverlight application that will... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Data, Data Binding, Building Apps, Mini-Tutorial, Project Turing, RIA Services

Project Turing: Beginning RIA Services
Sunday, September 06, 2009 6:25 PM

Turing Project Page : [Novice: 9 | Advanced: 6 ]    FAQ | Table of Contents | Definitions What is this and where do I start ?       From Database to DataGrid The next step in Project Turing is to create a first iteration... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Data, Data Binding, Building Apps, Mini-Tutorial, Project Turing, RIA Services, LINQ

LinqToSQL A Detailed Review
Sunday, August 16, 2009 10:48 AM

  Turing Project Page : [Novice: 8 | Advanced: 5 ]    FAQ Table of Contents What is this and where do I start ?       In a previous post I discussed the advantage of separating the Data Access Layer (retrieving data... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Data, Building Apps, Mini-Tutorial, Project Turing, LINQ

From DB to DataGrid – So Many Choices!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:39 PM

    Turing Project Page : [Novice: 6, Advanced: 4]    FAQ     Table of Contents   What is this and where do I start ?         In the previous entry , we created the design for the database... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Data, Building Apps, Mini-Tutorial, Project Turing

DataBase Design & Creation
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 7:02 PM

(click on the image to see other Mini-tutorials ) Turing Page [Novice: 5, Advanced: 3]  FAQ Table of Contents         This project will explore, among other things, getting data into and out of a SQL Database. In fact, we’ll explore... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Data, Mini-Tutorial, Project Turing

Creating A Form – Level 100
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 4:26 PM

(click on the image to see other Mini-tutorials ) TURING Entry [100:4] [ What are these numbers? ] In Entry [ 100:3 ] we were about to create a form and then go on to data validation. Here is the form we’ll create: Layout Is Easiest In Expression Blend... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Getting Started, Building Apps, Mini-Tutorial, Project Turing, silverlight 3, XAML

Project Turing – Data Entry (a mini-tutorial)
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:38 AM

  (click on the image to see other Mini-tutorials ) TURING Entry [100:3] [300:3] [400:3] [ What are these numbers? ] Corpus omne perseverare in statu suo quiescendi       The Turing Project design calls for a four component system... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Building Apps, Mini-Tutorial, Project Turing, silverlight 3

Mini-Tutorial – Element Binding
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 12:54 AM

What It Is With element binding, it is now possible to bind the value of one object in your UI directly to a second object, without recourse to binding to a data object or handling events. How You Do It The canonical example (for me) is binding a TextBlock... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Data Binding, Building Apps, Mini-Tutorial, silverlight 3

Silverlight Validation in Detail
Friday, June 05, 2009 12:21 AM

  In a previous pos t I mentioned that Silverlight 3 has enhanced support for data entry validation. In this first of two mini-tutorials on the topic,  I will take you through the process of implementing validation in some detail. The key to... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Data Binding, Mini-Tutorial, silverlight 3, XAML

Validation. Hey! You’re Done!
Monday, May 04, 2009 12:39 AM

Towards the end of my “ What’s New In Silverlight 3 ” presentation for Tech Ed,   I discuss the (much anticipated) enhanced Data Validation in SL3.  Now, anyone who has been around the block a few times knows that there are a lot of different... Read More...

by Jesse Liberty - Silverlight Geek

Filed under: Data Binding, Blend For Programmers, Building Apps, Mini-Tutorial, Coding, silverlight 3, XAML

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