MSDN geekSpeak : Patterns

Resources for geekSpeak: Composite Application Development with David Kelley

glengordon — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:25:13 GMT

This geekSpeak barely scratched the surface of how Composite Application Development can help you with code reuse. Lot of resources are below. Watch the recording here.

David's Blog
Prism: patterns & practices Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight site
the Simon game project
Portal for the WPF Toolkit and WPF Futures
Hacking Silverlight Library on CodePlex – a set of custom Silverlight controls
Crossfader demo application
Sparkling Client – the Silverlight podcast
MSDN Magazine article on Composite Web Apps with Prism
MVVM light toolkit for Silverlight, via Laurent Bugnion’s blog
An interesting take on how design should be more about solving a problem and not implementing a pattern for the pattern’s sake.

Next geekSpeak – August 19 – Composite Application Development with David Kelley

glengordon — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:53:03 GMT

In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve scaled back the geekSpeak series in recent months, so we can focus on bringing you higher quality experiences in each one.

Our next geekSpeak is August 19th, when we’ll have David Kelley explain Composite Application Development in WPF and Silverlight. David is a prolific Silverlight guru, so this should be an excellent geekSpeak. Bring your questions!

About our guest

David Kelley, Senior Software Architect, IdentityMine

David Kelley is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for Microsoft Silverlight, and he has been building Web-based, distributed applications for more than ten years. He is a Silverlight user experience architect at IdentityMine, and his passion is building user experiences that are elegant and easy to use. David's career highlights include a Silverlight demonstration with Bill Gates at TechEd 2008, and developing the "Entertainment Tonight" Web site for the Silverlight 1 launch and Emmy Awards. In his spare time, David is the executive officer of the Seattle Designer Developer Interaction Group.

Resources for geekSpeak: MVVM Patterns with Christopher Bennage and Rob Eisenberg

glengordon — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:20:31 GMT

Kudos to Christopher and Rob for helping bring our geekSpeak attendees up to speed on the evolution of UI patterns. If you missed this geekSpeak you can catch a recording here.

Below are links/resources mentioned on the show:

WPF Architectural Patterns Examples on CodePlex
Caliburn - an Application Framework for WPF and Silverlight
WPF Model-View-ViewModel Toolkit
ChumChase – a FriendFreed client demonstrating many patterns
Prism – patterns & practices composite application guidance for WPF and Silverlight
WPF Apps wth the Model-View-ViewModel Design Pattern from MSDN Magazine
Martin Fowler's GUI Architectures
Christopher and Rob’s book Sams Teach Yourself WPF in 24 Hours