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PDC09 Day 1 – Sketch Flow
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 11:45 AM

Live blogging… Last session for today – and it is SketchFlow prototyping with Christian Schormann. The session is good, with very nice demos. Chris talking about SketchFlow in a nutshell - dynamic, interactive prototypes. For modern UX the static mockups... Read More...

by DevCorner

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, Blend, DEV, blend 3, PDC09, SDP, Sela

MVVM Study Part 4: Naked WPF
Friday, November 13, 2009 10:47 AM

I’ve blogged previously about the MVVM pattern, but so far I have managed to escape without showing any code ;) Before diving in deeper, I would like to stop and show what it takes to do a very simple implementation of this pattern on top of naked... Read More...

by .NET & Funky Fresh : Silverlight

Filed under: WPF, XAML, Silverlight, .NET 3.5, databinding, MVVM, UI Architecture

Creating Custom Easing Functions in WPF 4 (and Silverlight)
Wednesday, November 04, 2009 4:59 PM

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...

by POKE 53280,0: Pete Brown's Blog : Silverlight

Filed under: WPF, .NET, Silverlight, WindowsClient

WPF’s CollectionViewSource
Saturday, October 31, 2009 3:37 PM

CollectionViewSource has existed for a long time in WPF and was recently introduced in Silverlight 3. My next post will cover CollectionViewSource in the context of Silverlight. But before covering that topic, I’ve decided to provide some background... Read More...

by Bea Stollnitz

Filed under: WPF

Balder gets declarative
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:56 PM

We're getting closer to the BETA mark for Balder, and we're starting to get most of the features we want in for version 1 ready. The latest feature is the ability to declaratively through Xaml get Balder up and running. Current release is versioned... Read More...

by Einar Ingebrigtsen - Silverlight

Filed under: WPF, .NET, Silverlight, c#, 3D, Game Development, Balder

Caliburn v1 RTW for WPF, Silverlight 2.0 and 3.0!
Monday, October 26, 2009 1:06 PM

Hooray!!! I finally released Caliburn v1 to RTW and got the official site launched ! This has been a long time coming and I could not have done it without the generous help and support of the .NET community, family and friends. Many individuals contributed... Read More...

by .NET & Funky Fresh : WPF/e

Filed under: WPF/E, WPF, XAML, Silverlight, RIA, .NET 3.5, Caliburn, databinding, Featured, MVVM, UI Architecture, DSL

How can I set multiple styles in WPF?
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:43 AM

WPF and Silverlight both offer the ability to derive a Style from another Style through the “BasedOn” property. This feature enables developers to organize their styles using a hierarchy similar to class inheritance. Consider the following... Read More...

by Bea Stollnitz

Filed under: WPF

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 and updated Silverlight Toolkit available
Monday, October 19, 2009 4:52 PM

Lot of news this week! Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 is now available for download here. The new Silverlight Toolkit October 2009 Release is also available on Codeplex featuring Visual Studio 2010 support and various improvements on existing... Read More...

by DavideZordan.net

Filed under: WPF, .NET, XAML, Visual Studio, c#, Silverlight 3, Rich Internet Applications, .NET Programming, Programming, F#

Design pricing: It’s never just about the price
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:22 PM

Setting proper pricing for your UX design work is crucial. It goes hand in hand with setting your customer's expectations. Set the price too low and you will gain reputation of the same kind. Set it high – you will also set high expectations. If you can... Read More...

by UX Passion - Things about user experience, usability, IA, SEO, tutorials, blogging and Microsoft » silverlight

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, Design, UX, User Experience, UX / usability tutorials, biz, business, pricing

UX ROI: User Experience Return on Investment
Saturday, October 10, 2009 3:58 PM

Calculating and even trying to understand what all adds up to the UX ROI is difficult task. When we are faced with clients and investors – ROI is something they often ask for. How to even start thinking about return on investment in the field of user... Read More...

by UX Passion - Things about user experience, usability, IA, SEO, tutorials, blogging and Microsoft » silverlight

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, UX, User Experience, UX / usability tutorials, roi, biz, return on investment, business, usability

Expression Blend tutorial: Brushes, gradients, fills and strokes (webcast)
Tuesday, October 06, 2009 10:48 AM

This Expression Blend 3 tutorial introduces you to brushes and how to change the appearance of the specific object. You will learn how to use different types of brushes, and the special emphasis is given to gradient tools. How to create and modify gradients... Read More...

by UX Passion - Things about user experience, usability, IA, SEO, tutorials, blogging and Microsoft » silverlight

Filed under: WPF, Video, Silverlight, webcast, Blend, Design, Tutorial, Screencast, brushes, Expression Blend tutorials

How can I improve on existing WPF data virtualization solutions?
Monday, October 05, 2009 12:25 PM

In a previous post, I compared two data virtualization techniques implemented by Paul McClean and Vincent Van Den Berghe for WPF. In this post, I describe a solution that combines some of the best features of both. I started with Paul’s solution... Read More...

by Bea Stollnitz

Filed under: WPF

MVVM, design time data, and Blendability
Friday, October 02, 2009 4:44 AM

With the introduction of design time data support in Blend I thought that I would try and take advantage of using design time data and MVVM. For a while now I have been using Ninject, with a Service Locator Pattern to provide the ability to build WPF... Read More...

by xaml ninja

Filed under: WPF, XAML, Silverlight, Blend, MVVM, Ninject

WPF Quick Tip: How to get WPF Window client area size
Sunday, September 20, 2009 12:18 AM

This time my quick tip will be not about the Silverlight, but about WPF. When you have WPF window, the runtime size of it could be discovered by ActualWidth/ActualHeight properties. In most cases this is enough. But what about the case, when you need... Read More...

by DevCorner

Filed under: WPF, .NET 3.0, .NET, c#, .NET 3.5, DEV, Csharp, Size, Win32 API, .NET 4.0, Windows

Now with more forehead! (or, a happy shade of blue)
Saturday, September 19, 2009 1:01 AM

Over the past 13 1/2 years, I’ve had the pleasure of working with some really talented developers, architects and designers in what I and many others consider to be one of the very best .NET consulting companies on the east coast: Applied Information... Read More...

by POKE 53280,0: Pete Brown's Blog : Silverlight

Filed under: WPF, .NET, Silverlight, Microsoft, Silverlight in Action, Windows Forms

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