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Using AgFx with OAuth
New Release First, if you wander on over to the AgFx CodePlex site, you'll see that there is a new...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 04/26/2011
AgFx now on CodePlex
Today, the CodePlex AgFx site went live, with a new updated release. Quite a few folks are now...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 04/01/2011
My Visual Studio snippets
One of the great features of Visual Studio, that’s been around for a while is snippets....
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 03/29/2011
Tutorial: Building a connected phone app with AgFx
Earlier this week I wrote a post detailing the application framework that I’ve been working...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 03/17/2011
Build great Windows Phone applications the easy way!
Introducing AgFx One of the things we’ve spent a fair amount of time on is working with...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 03/11/2011
Using ObservableCollection with the Portable Library Tools CTP
One of the main goals of the Portable Library Tools is to be able to implement your ViewModel in the...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 02/03/2011
3-Screen Coding Is Here: Portable Library Tools allow you to target multiple .NET platforms with one binary!
Earlier this week, we released the Portable Library Tools CTP. You’ll need to install the VS...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 01/22/2011
iPhone SDK vs. Windows Phone 7 Series SDK Challenge, Part 2: MoveMe
In this series, I will be taking sample applications from the iPhone SDK and implementing them on...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 03/26/2010
iPhone SDK vs Windows Phone 7 Series SDK Challenge, Part 1: Hello World!
In this series, I will be taking sample applications from the iPhone SDK and implementing them on...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 03/23/2010
Silverlight Toolkit March 2009 Release
This week we released an updated Silverlight Toolkit - the Silverlight Toolkit March 2009...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 03/20/2009
A Veritable Cornucopia of Silverlight Toolkit Resources
The Silverlight Toolkit is off to a great start and lots of people have been spending time writing...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 11/07/2008
Having problems opening the Silverlight Toolkit Help file?
Today at lunch, Jeff mentioned to me that the default security policy on Windows Vista was causing...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 11/03/2008
PDC "Silverlight Controls Roadmap" talk and materials
Just arrived back home from a great few days down at PDC in LA. What a fun show to be at - even for...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 10/30/2008
Silverlight Toolkit Now Available For Download
On the heels of Scott Guthtrie's PDC keynote this morning, I'm very pleased to announce the launch...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 10/28/2008
MEF 'n IoC
If you understood the title of this post, then you'll understand the question that's been in my head...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 10/03/2008
Unit testing with Silverlight
One of the things I was most excited about when we shipped the Silverlight 2 Beta 1 controls was the...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 09/30/2008
Updated ExpandoHeaderControl sample for RC0
Here is the updated control sample for RC0. Just a few changes from Beta 2 - RCO: generic.xaml needs...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 09/28/2008
Updated Silverlight Control Tutorial for Silverlight 2 Beta 2
I've finally gotten the Silverlight Control tutorial sample updated for Silverlight 2 Beta 2. There...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 07/09/2008
Building a Storefront using ASP.NET MVC
If you're interested in what's going on with the new ASP.NET MVC project, Rob Conery has just...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 04/09/2008
Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Controls Available, including Source and Unit Tests
Get Silverlight 2 Beta 1 If you were watching the Keynote from MIX08, you know that Silverlight 2...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 03/05/2008
MIX08 in Vegas this week
I'll be headed down to Las Vegas this week to attend the MIX08 show. This is the third year of MIX...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 03/03/2008
Updated AJAX Control Toolkit release
As you know, the team has been very busy working on controls for the upcoming Silverlight 2 Beta 1...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 02/29/2008
Getting to know Silverlight 2 Beta 1
What we've been up to in DevDiv... Today, Scott put up a mammoth post introducing the upcoming...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 02/22/2008
.NET Framework Source & Symbols available for Windows Server 2008 & Windows Vista SP1
The build of the .NET Framework that we recently released source for was 2.0.50727.1433, which was...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 02/15/2008
You can't domisticate a server!
Someone just pointed me at this "Stay At Home Servers" website. Y'all know I'm a big Windows Home...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 01/29/2008
How to disable optimizations when debugging Reference Source
When you debug code in the .NET Framework using the newly available Reference Source functionality...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 01/29/2008
Configuring Visual Studio to Debug .NET Framework Source Code
It's finally here - the launch of the .NET Reference Source project. This post (hopefully!) contains...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 01/16/2008
VS2008/.NET 3.5 Ships...sooooo...where's the source?
By now I'm sure you've heard that Visual Studio 2008 & the .NET Framework 3.5 shipped on...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 11/20/2007
Growing the family
It's a boy! No, no, no not that. If you're a SubSonic fan, you may have seen Rob Conery's blog today...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 10/26/2007
OSI Approves Microsoft Shared Source Licenses
On Friday, the OSI approved two of Microsoft's Shared Source licenses, saying that these licenses...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 10/17/2007
Channel 9 Video, more details on Reference Source
Yesterday afternoon I did a Channel 9 video talking about the Reference Source program we announced...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 10/04/2007
Making .NET Framework Source Available to Developers
For any of you that have been following my blog, you may remember that I made a splash with a post...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 10/03/2007
AJAX Control Toolkit 10920 Released!
I know, I know, we were a whole week late from our original date. What kind of show are we running...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 09/21/2007
Yes, my blog's been quiet for a while
But I have a good reason. Well, a couple of good reasons, actually, but one in particular. I should...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 09/07/2007
Are you using the Toolkit on your website?
We're working on making the Toolkit home page better, and one of the things we're going to add is a...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 09/07/2007
Toolkit refresh release
We releases a Toolkit Refresh (10618) on Monday to address some issues we missed with the 10606...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 06/20/2007
Flashback: Windows Forms Parking Window
I've been doing some research around component models for Silverlight. Since Silverlight brings us...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 06/20/2007
Toolkit 101: How the Toolkit project works
The AJAX Control Toolkit has been out there for over a year now, and we've picked up a lot of new...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 06/15/2007
How To: Make Tab control panels load "on-demand"
Several people have asked about how to make the contents of their tabs load when the user first...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 06/13/2007
Interview posted on howsoftwareisbuilt.com
The website is called How Software Is Built, and it's an investigation of the similarities and...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 06/12/2007
Apple releases Safari for Windows
Huh, interesting. Seems like I heard some rumors about this, but I didn't see that one coming....
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 06/11/2007
Updated Toolkit Release Now Available
We had a bit of a haitus from Toolkit releases when we were focused on MIX. Since the show, though,...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 06/06/2007
MIX Keynote Demo "Silverlight Airlines" app source posted
A little more than 24 hours after ScottGu did his keynote, David has the bits posted for download....
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 05/01/2007
Slides and Demos for MIX Toolkit Talk
Had a great time at my MIX talk today - I think it went well! Here's the slides & demos!...
Author: Shawn Burke - MSFT Date: 05/01/2007