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Tool Shed Tooltip #27 - Expression Blend 3 – Behaviors published

rfustino — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:38:42 GMT

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http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/toolshed/Tool-Shed-Tooltip-27-Expression-Blend-3-Behaviors/

Are you tired of writing wire up code, based on events in WPF or Silverlight, like storyboard1.Begin() on a mouse click event? Join Bill Reiss, Microsoft Silverlight MVP as he dazzles you in the new drag and drop functionality of Silverlight behaviors in Expression Blend 3. This should save quite a bit of time and provide a great re-usable model for event handlers in WPF or Silverlight development.
What is it? Behaviors allow you to attach functionality to visual elements to make them behave a certain way, such as drag and drop or physics.

Download Site: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/try-it/

Example Problem(s) it solves
adds extra functionality to xaml elements
easily attach behaviors to elements with no code
Installation Notes: Behaviors require free Blend 3 SDK for Silverlight and WPF, installed with Blend 3, is available separately.

Usage Notes: Expression Community Home: http://expression.microsoft.com

This is the sixth and final of Tool Shed Tooltips clips released from Episode 4 of the TV Show Russ Tool Shed presents... "It's All About The Tools" hosted by Russ Fustino and Co-Host Stan Schultes. Download code, ppt and demo script from http://code.msdn.com/toolshed for all episodes. Also, use the links on http://channel9.msdn.com/toolshed to download tools. Finally, check out some more great videos on the Developer Evangelist East site: http://channel9.msdn.com/dpeeast

Episode #4 – It’s All About The Tools TV Show published

rfustino — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 10:46:02 GMT

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http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/toolshed/Show-Episode-4-Its-All-About-The-Tools-TV-Show/

All right... I'll just come right out and say it... This Episode 4 is truly a great episode! Expression Encoder 3, Live Writer, Mobility programming, Windows Mobile Marketplace, and Expression Blend 3 Behaviors and a star studded cast including, 4 MVPs! This show is smoking!!!!

Try something different tonight and take a 75 minute break from coding. You know you deserve it. Grab your favorite beverage and pizza and enjoy this entertaining, enlightening and educational Episode 4. If not, you can wait for the Tool Shed Tooltips of clips from the show over the next few weeks. Either way ... tune in. All content is on cutting edge technology. It will feel like you are at a live event, but in the comfort of your home or office.

In this video, you will find tools to help solve these common developer challenges…

· I've got an HD WMV file, but it does not play properly when streamed over the internet.

· My browser-based blog posting tools are clunky and difficult to use - there's got to be an easier way!

· I don’t physically have test devices, how do I develop for so many different screen sizes on mobile devices?

· Are you tired of writing wire up code, based on events in WPF or Silverlight, like storyboard1.Begin() on a mouse click event?

Show line up...

· Tool Shed Theme Song and Introduction of speakers and content

· Demo 1 - Expression Encoder 3 (Part 1) - Overview and Screen capture. By Microsoft Developer Evangelist Russ Fustino

· Demo 2 - Expression Encoder 3 (Part 2) - Editing, Silverlight 3 Templates, and Presets. By Microsoft Developer Evangelist Russ Fustino

· Demo 3 - Live Writer - Not just for blogging anymore! By Microsoft MVP Stan Schultes

· Demo 4 - Mobility Programming - Windows Mobile Marketplace, SDK's and more!
By Microsoft MVP Nikita Polyakov

· Demo 5 - Expression Blend 3 Behaviors, Apply event handler functionality with no code! By Microsoft MVP, Bill Reiss

· Developer Community Update by Microsoft MVP, Keith Kabza
. Credits are followed with a behind the scenes photo story of the night.

You will love our guest speakers, Microsoft MVPs, Nikita Polyakov, Bill Reiss, and Keith Kabza. Nikita amazes us on developing apps on Windows Mobile 6.1 and 6.5 for devices that are not even on the market yet. Speaking of a the market, he unveils the new Windows Mobility Marketplace and provides information on new and potentially lucrative opportunities for developers on over 30 Million

Technorati Tags: Expression Blend 3,Expression Encoder 3,Scrren Capture,mobility,live writer,mobile marketplace

Windows Mobile devices. Bill Reiss dazzles us on using Behaviors in Expression Blend 3. Designers and developers alike will love this! Check out his upcoming book 'Hello Silverlight 3' Finally Keith shows us his site on Unified Communications and does and incredible job with the latest happenings in Developer Community.

Check out all of the Tool Shed Tooltips and Episode 1, Episode 2 , and Episode 3 for more great tool demos! Feel free to comment or email Russ Fustino on what tools you use and love and would like to see on future episodes.

Don’t for get to drop a comment on the channel 9 site at :

http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/toolshed/Show-Episode-4-Its-All-About-The-Tools-TV-Show/

Win 7 and Expression Blend 3 - Tiki Hut Rolls again!

rfustino — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:16:18 GMT

MSDN Events Presents: The Tiki Hut Tour, Fall 2009

After a long summer, you’re probably angling for more tools and techniques to reel in your development efforts. Join Developer Evangelists Russ Fustino and Joe Healy as they present demo-heavy sessions diving into Windows 7 Development, Expression Blend 3.0 and Silverlight. Reservations are required, so register today for a seat at these free and relaxed technology events. Don’t forget to wear your favorite tropical shirt! Click below for registration links … all events are 1-5PM:

9/15/09 Tiki Ft. Lauderdale

09/17/09 Tiki Tampa

9/23/09 Tiki Pensacola

9/29/09 Tiki Jacksonville

Session 1: Opening the Tacklebox on Windows 7 Development

We'll riffle through the Win7 tackle box and teach you to rig up your Windows 7 development techniques. We'll explore the codepack APIs, sensor kit and APIs, the new desktop widget metaphors, multi-touch, virtualization strategies, and more. Expect a ton of short code snippets illustrating key points. This session will go long, and you’ll be able to reel in all the extras online.

Session 2: Expression Blend 3.0 … The game has changed.

The Expression Blend 3.0 SketchFlow feature changes the game when it comes to both developers and designers becoming integrated on the development and design process. You’ll learn how to prototype WPF and Silverlight Applications with amazing speed, and provide review, feedback and documentation with ease. In addition to SketchFlow, you’ll be able to attach behaviors to visual elements in Expression Blend 3 to make them behave a certain way, such as drag and drop or physics. Did you know you can do a direct import of Photoshop and Illustrator? The answer is… yes you can! Learn how to import your Photoshop or Illustrator assets and preserve layer information as all is converted to XAML. You can then take a piece of imported XAML and easily convert it to a button or other element. You don’t want to miss this session.

18 Videos posted in last 18 days.

rfustino — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:03:23 GMT

The Russ’ Tool Shed team has been busy lately and has published 18 videos, over the last 18 day period on Channel9. We have created clips from the TV Show It’s All About The Tools from Episode 1 , Episode 2 and Episode 3 along with co-host of the TV show, Microsoft MVP, Stan Schultes.

Each clip is about ten minutes. Some may just want to know about one of the tools, so it is more discoverable when searching. It’s the same great content, just sliced up a little differently into Russ’ Tool Shed Tooltips.

Visit http://channel9.msdn.com/toolshed every week for content to come which includes: Live ID Services, IE 8 Dev Tools and SSIS Data Profiling, Episode 4 and more!

Sample code, ppt and demo scripts are at: http://code.msdn.com/toolshed and tool download links are at http://channel9.msdn.com/toolshed

Here are the 18 Tool Shed Videos… Phew!

· Tool Shed Tooltip #1: Expression Encoder Plug-in to Silverlight Live, from Episode 1

posted: 6/12/2009 12:31:00 PM

In this clip, see how you can publish directly form Expression Encoder to Silverlight Live with this plug-in. This clip is Russ' Tool Shed Tooltip #1, the first of the clips from Episode One of the TV…

Russ' Tool Shed - Russ Fustino : Expression Blend 3

Tool Shed Tooltip #27 - Expression Blend 3 – Behaviors published

Episode #4 – It’s All About The Tools TV Show published

Win 7 and Expression Blend 3 - Tiki Hut Rolls again!

18 Videos posted in last 18 days.

Tool Shed Tooltip #5: Windows Live SkyDrive from Episode 1

Tool Shed Tooltip #7: VSTO from Episode 1

Toolshed Tooltip #8 - Developer Community Update from Episode 2

Toolshed Tooltip #9 - VSTS DB Pro from Episode 2

Toolshed Tooltip #10 - SQL Reporting Services from Episode 2

Toolshed Tooltip #11 - DotNetNuke and Web Installer from Episode 2

Toolshed Tooltip #12 - Virtual PC from Episode 2

Toolshed Tooltip #13 - MSBuild talks to Twitter from Episode 2

Show: Episode #3 It's All About The Tools TV Show

Toolshed Tooltip #14 - Developer Community Update by MVP Don (XML) Demsak from Episode 3

Toolshed Tooltip #15 - Intro from Episode 3, meet MVP's Stan Schultes, Don Demsak and Jessica Moss.

Toolshed Tooltip #16 - Expression Blend 2 Video, Animation and VS Integration Intro

Toolshed Tooltip #17 - Expression Blend 3 SketchFlow - The game has changed