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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...
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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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...
XamlFest DC (March 4 and 5)
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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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Don’t miss the Designer Dinner next week
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Target Silverlight and WPF using a common codebase
How do I build an application that targets both WPF and Silverlight? This question comes up quite a bit as I talk to people about both WPF and Silverlight.  Whenever I am asked this question, I always respond by letting people know that v2 of the Read More...
Posted 09 December 08 01:30 by marcsc | 0 Comments   
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MUST HAVE: XAML Power Toys
Depending on how many blogs you read, you’ll be seeing a barrage of “Silverlight 2 released” posts today.  If you haven’t seen it already, make sure you check Scott Guthrie’s post about the release at http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/10/14/silverlight-2-released.aspx Read More...
FOLLOW UP: RIA Dinner (Reston, VA)
Thanks to everyone who attended the RIA dinner on June 17th.  I promised to publish the deck and code James used as well as some follow up links.  Here they are: Presentation - deck , code Expression on microsoft.com - http://www.microsoft.com/expression/ Read More...
Posted 23 June 08 08:22 by marcsc | 0 Comments   
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FOLLOW UP: Public Sector Developer Conference (Nashville, TN)
Thanks to everyone who attended.  Sorry about the overflow into the hallways.  There was much less dropoff between registration and attendance than we normally see.  Some of the content isn't published yet.  Once it is, we'll make Read More...
Silverlight 2, Accessibility, Section 508, etc.
During my recent Silverlight 2 talks, I have had a handful of questions around building Section 508 compliant applications with Silverlight 2.  I've mentioned that the accessibility features are not in the current beta, but they are coming.  Read More...
Posted 01 April 08 03:48 by marcsc | 2 Comments   
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WEBCAST: Building WPF Applications in Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend
NOTE: Even thought this is a WPF session, the focus is on tooling (i.e. VS2008 & Blend).  Silverlight 2 developers who want to understand the future tooling experience for Silverlight should attend this session.  In fact, the UI I created Read More...
Want a sneak peek at Silverlight 2 before MIX?
Scott Guthrie posted an update on Silverlight 2 plus an eight part walkthrough of building a Silverlight 2 application.  In the final part, he turns the Silverlight 2 application into a WPF application reusing the Silverlight 2 xaml and code.  Read More...

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