Windows Dev News for May 24, 2012 - #0089
Friday, May 25, 2012 2:08 AM

Windows Dev News for May 24, 2012 - #0089 [SC1265] In This Issue: Andrew Duthie , Loek van den Ouweland , Jalpesh P. Vadgama ( -2- ), Dave Isbitski ( -2- ), Roy Dallal , Igor Ralic , Paul Sheriff , and Keith Patton . Above The Fold: VS2010: "Default...

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May 25, 2012 - Phoenix, AZ - A Day of "Dev Camps"
Friday, May 25, 2012 12:53 AM

May 25, 2012 - Phoenix, AZ - A Day of "Dev Camps" I don't know if this is filled or not, but I'll give the link in case there are some openings. If you're looking for me tomorrow, you're going to have to look here: There are 3 sessions taught concurrently...

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SilverlightShow Top 5 for May 14 - 20, 2012
Friday, May 25, 2012 12:53 AM

SilverlightShow Top 5 for May 14 - 20, 2012 Check out the Top Five most popular news at SilverlightShow for May 14 - 20, 2012. Using LINQ to Indexed DB Windows 8 Release Preview: Bundled Apps Update Create simple 3d game with physics in Windows Phone...

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Windows Dev News for May 23, 2012 - #0088
Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:30 AM

Windows Dev News for May 23, 2012 - #0088 [SC1264] In This Issue: Michael Crump , David Catuhe , Pete Brown , Paul Sheriff , Jesse Liberty , and Mike Ormond . Above The Fold: Silverlight 5: "Using async and await in Silverlight 5 and .NET 4 in Visual...

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Windows Dev News for May 22, 2012 - #0087
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:26 AM

Windows Dev News for May 22, 2012 - #0087 [SC1263] In This Issue: Andrea Boschin , Senthil Kumar B , Sumit Dutta , Dan Wahlin , Pete Brown , and Justin Cooperman . Above The Fold: Windows 8: "Windows 8 Metro: Something about application life-cycle"...

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Using async and await in Silverlight 5 and .NET 4 in Visual Studio 11 with the async targeting pack
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 5:13 PM

Last September, I introduced the idea of Tasks in Silverlight . One of the things I really like about .NET 4.5, and the C# compiler that comes with it, is the ability to simplify asynchronous code by using the async modifier and await operator. Just yesterday...

by Pete Brown's Blog (POKE 53280,0) for tag Silverlight

My new role at Microsoft
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 2:27 PM

This past Monday (May 14th), I officially started a new role at Microsoft. I like to be as transparent as possible, so I thought I'd share with you all the details of this role as well as where I was before I moved to it. TL;DR: XAML. Windows. Developers...

by Pete Brown's Blog (POKE 53280,0) for tag Silverlight

The correct AdventureWorks database to use for Silverlight 5 in Action (and Silverlight 4 in Action) book examples
Monday, May 21, 2012 9:33 PM

A reader tipped me off that the AdventureWorks schema has changed since I (and my tech reviewers) last downloaded a copy. Some of the schema changes make the database unworkable with the in-book examples for Silverlight 4 in Action and Silverlight 5 in...

by Pete Brown's Blog (POKE 53280,0) for tag Silverlight

Windows Dev News for May 19, 2012 - #0086
Sunday, May 20, 2012 10:28 PM

Windows Dev News for May 19, 2012 - #0086 [SC1262] In This Issue: Jose Fajardo , Tim Heuer , and Dhananjay Kumar . Above The Fold: SQLight/Metro: "Using SQLite in a Metro style app" Tim Heuer Shoutouts: Michael Palermo 's latest Desert Mountain...

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Windows 8 Metro: Something about application life-cycle
Sunday, May 20, 2012 9:46 PM

Also if currently you are probably running Windows 8 on a virtual machine or luckily on a computer, there is not any doubt that this new operating system and especially the metro-style interface is dedicated to touch enabled devices like tablets. The...

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Mimic the Game Hub Application Bar with a Behavior on the BindableApplicationBar
Sunday, May 20, 2012 8:40 AM

A couple of days ago Sébastien Lachance wrote an excellent article about mimicking the application bar of the game hub . Really interesting for one of my applications which makes use of a minimal applicationbar that’s also transparant. However quite often...

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Filed under: .NET, Patterns, Silverlight, Technology, Wp7, WPDev

Book review: Microsoft Silverlight 5 and Windows Azure Enterprise Integration
Sunday, May 20, 2012 4:23 AM

As promised here , here is overview of the book I just finished to read. First of all – my congratulations to author of the book, David Burela, as the book written very clear and describes both, basics and advanced concepts, I very practical and professional...

by DevCorner

Filed under: Book, DEV, Review, Silverlight, Silverlight 4, Silverlight 5, Windows Azure

Radial gradients + Mini-path geometry sprites + infinite-scrolling inertial canvas = :)
Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:07 PM

I’m slowly building up some very cool controls around XAML & SharpDx and I want to share 3 of them with you today..   Radial Gradients in XAML So I’ve said it a couple of times before, WinRT XAML does … Continue reading → Read More...

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Filed under: DirectX, Metro App, SharpDx, Blend, XAML

Windows Dev News for May 18, 2012 - #0085
Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:58 PM

Windows Dev News for May 18, 2012 - #0085 [SC1261] In This Issue: Dave Isbitski , Senthil Kumar B , Sumit Dutta , Arturo Toledo , Kunal Chowdhury , Andrea Boschin , and Jeremy Likness . Above The Fold: Windows 8 Dev: "How to get the Windows 8 Camp...

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SilverlightShow Top 5 for May 7-13, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012 1:33 PM

SilverlightShow Top 5 for May 7-13, 2012 Check out the Top Five most popular news at SilverlightShow for May 7-13, 2012. Security Update for Microsoft Silverlight (KB2636927) Ubuntu 12.04 vs. Windows 8: Five points of comparison Upcoming SilverlightShow...

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