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EventToCommand + DataStateBehavior eases MVVM pain
  MVVM is a pattern.  There are all sorts of MVVM frameworks popping up that help make implementing the pattern easier.  If you select the MVVM tag off of www.codeplex.com , you will find a number of them: http://www.codeplex.com/site/search?TagName=MVVM&ProjectSearchText=%22MVVM%22 Read More...
Silverlight touch just got easier
I’ve been waiting for this to happen!  The Surface team ported their Manipulation and Inertia APIs to Silverlight 3+.  They’ve made them available for download at: http://tinyurl.com/SurfaceManipSilverlight This is a must have set of APIs if Read More...
Another example of Silverlight used in the US Government
Adam Kinney just published a Channel 9  interview about another use of Silverlight in the US Government: U.S. Army using Silverlight for Resourcing Troops “Dan Hickman from ProModel tells the story of converting their Predictive Troop Resourcing Read More...
Posted 02 September 09 07:13 by marcsc | 0 Comments   
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Hidden gems in the gaming starter kit
Yesterday I blogged about the SketchFlow starter kit and how great I thought it was.  Well, last night, I went ahead and tried the Venture into Gaming with Behaviors in Expression Blend 3 starter kit from: http://adamkinney.com/Blog/4-Expression-Studio-3-Starter-Kits-available-for-download Read More...
Posted 27 August 09 02:43 by marcsc | 0 Comments   
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Get up to speed on SketchFlow FAST
SketchFlow is a feature of Expression Blend 3.  If you aren’t familiar with SketchFlow, then you should check out: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/products/SketchFlow_OverView.aspx “SketchFlow revolutionizes how quickly and efficiently you can Read More...
Posted 25 August 09 09:58 by marcsc | 0 Comments   
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Prism Visual Studio Templates (including MVVM)
Prism is: “The Composite Client Application Guidance is designed to help you more easily build modular Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight client applications.” What most people find, once they take the time to dig in to Prism, is that Read More...
SnagL: Visualizing Government Data using Silverlight
My job at Microsoft is to focus on developers building software for the U.S. Government (directly or indirectly).  When talking to folks about Silverlight , I get asked quite often whether it is being used on U.S. Government networks (including classified Read More...
Posted 16 June 09 02:56 by marcsc | 1 Comments   
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ShawnWildermuth: Supporting ScreenReaders in Silverlight
http://wildermuth.com/2009/05/10/Supporting_ScreenReaders_in_Silverlight Nice quick post with a video… Read More...
Posted 11 May 09 01:29 by marcsc | 0 Comments   
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FOLLOW UP: Developer Dinner on Silverlight 3
Thanks to everyone who attended!  Sorry to put you in the tough position of choosing between two MVPs ( Sahil Malik and Pete Brown ).  We try to prevent having our dinners at the same time as other community events in the area.  Thanks Read More...
Posted 30 April 09 05:09 by marcsc | 1 Comments   
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Developer Dinner on Silverlight 3 next week
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Posted 21 April 09 02:58 by marcsc | 1 Comments   
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MIX09: Building Accessible RIAs in Silverlight
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XamlFest DC (March 4 and 5)
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DevDinnerOnDemand: Implementing Modern User Experiences with Expression Blend & Silverlight
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Looking for a list of Silverlight & WPF controls?
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Posted 10 February 09 05:40 by marcsc | 0 Comments   
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Silverlight Unit Test Framework
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Posted 02 February 09 02:16 by marcsc | 0 Comments   
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