Great news!  The Windows 8 Camp in a Box is now available for download.  It includes all of the presentations, code samples, and hands on labs I showed off during the Windows 8 Camps and NYC Windows 8 Developer Event.  The content is available in both XAML/C# and HTML/JavaScript versions.  

If you have been looking for an opportunity to develop an application step by step this it!  Full source code and instructions are provided in both html and docx formats.  So print them out, pull up a chair, and code up the Contoso Cookbook sample at your own pace.

The Windows 8 Camps are still ongoing (across the globe!) too so if you haven’t attended one yet be sure to sign up or register for the upcoming MSDN Webcast Windows 8 Development series.  Once you are settled into coding your next masterpiece let me know about it so I can help you get a Windows Store token.

The first Dev2Dev Video is now live!

Sharepoint Development - Making Sense of it All.

The video covers:

- Sharepoint Overview
- The different types of Sharepoint Development
- Changing Sharepoint with Sharepoint itself
- Sharepoint Designer
- How to setup a Sharepoint Dev Environment
- Coding in the VPC
- Webpart creation and deployment
- Adding NextWeb content to Webparts - a working Silverlight Webpart.
- Some Blend coding and debugging. =)

Grab Part 1 here

Grab Part 2 here

If you are on Facebook (or thinking about joining), be sure to check out the Dev2Dev group today!

Developer to Developer is a place filled with tips, tricks, and stories of battle from your fellow coders.  Some of the best stuff you can pick up in your career doesn't come from a book or a presentation. It comes from your fellow developer and his experiences. A quick hallway conversation, 15 mins at someone's desk after a "Hey come check this out!".. these are the things that can make a difference! 

It's a great way to network with fellow Microsoft folks in your area as well as people from the community.

Check it out here!

This is a list of Silverlight resources I have been compiling.  It is in no way definitive but figured you might find it useful.  Good reading material for the Holiday break.  Enjoy.  =)

Sites

·          Official Microsoft Site. 

·          Community site (Best site to get training, quickstart guides, videos, samples and a strong community presence)

·          Mix conference

Experiences & demos

·          Getting started with Silverlight  

·          "How Do I?" with Silverlight 1.0

·          "How Do I?" with Silverlight 1.1

·          Using Blend with Silverlight 1.0

·          Community Gallery

Blogs

·          Scott Guthrie – amazing blog, lots of tutorials on many .net technologies

·          Tim Sneath – chief Client Evangelist

·          Jim Hugunin - chief architect of the DLR

·          Mike Harsh – Silverlight team

·          Lutz Roeder – Expression Blend team

·          Shawn Wildermuth - Silverlight guru

·          Delay  of silverlight airlines demo

·          Ironpython

Tech talks/Videos

·          All recorded mix07 sessions

·          ScottGu’s mix keynote and great overview

·          ScottGu’s Channel9 interview

·          Building Rich Web Experiences using Silverlight and Javascript for Developers

·          Deep Dive on Silverlight Media Integration

·          Developing ASP.NET AJAX Controls with Silverlight

·          Creating and Delivering Rich Media and Video on the Web with Silverlight, Expression Studio, and Windows Server

·          Building Silverlight Applications using .NET (Part 1)

·          Building Silverlight Applications using .NET (Part 2)

·          Extending the Browser Programming Model with Silverlight

·          Just Glue It! Ruby and the DLR in Silverlight

Papers

·          Getting started whitepaper

·          Silverlight Architecture Overview

·          Silverlight Enterprise Deployment Guide

Books

·          Adam Nathan's Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed

For my fellow Halo addicts our there... Check out the short films by Neil Blomkamp here.  He has done an amazing job of bringing it to life.  Gives me hope for the movie, I was blown away! Yes there are Warthogs, Pelican Dropships and even Covenant Brutes.  Watch closely and you can see the Brutes firing off the Needle Gun!

Oh, and it is also done in Silverlight (1.0 RC1). =) Hence you will get the nice HD quality stream, bookmark navigation, and also fullscreen. Be sure to View Source to check out some of the JavaScript they are using to control playback.  After all what better way to learn some Silverlight than by turning the tide for the UNSC!

Enjoy!