I’ve been writing a lot of Silverlight applications as of late that make extensive use of the new .NET RIA Services framework. A common pattern that I’ve ran into is the initial loading of data when a new page in the application has been navigated to...

I've been OOF on vacation (Hawaii, where it's warm!). But I'm back now and here's a few new sample applications that I've come across recently as I've been surfing around looking at various things that folks are doing. End to End Data Centric App ...

One of my co-workers, Krzysztof Cwalina has been working on a tool that makes detecting the changes between two versions of an assembly a lot easier.  It's easy to use interface lets you: List the APIs exposed on your public surface area Compares...

A few astute readers have already found a couple issues and sent in a few ideas. I've updated the calculator sample, both the live version and the code download . Included in the update: A few bug fixes Larger toolbar buttons (some folks didn...

OK so I finally found some time to start playing around with SL2 B1 in earnest this last weekend. The results? A Silverlight Calculator. I don’t know why but a calculator has always been my HelloWorld, every new programming language or UI stack I learn...

I've slowly been working my way through watching all of the recorded Mix sessions. They are all great and informative, but most folks (myself included unfortunately) don't usually have 100+ hours to sit and watch them all. So I thought I'd keep a list...

Looks like it’s time to finally jump into the blog pool. I’ve been thinking for some time now about what I wanted in a blog and how I could contribute value to the .NET blogging community. Recently a couple big changes have happened that have provided...