Windows Phone 7 RTM charting using the Silverlight Control Toolkit(silverlighthack.com)

submitted by bartczernicki(503) 1 year, 7 months ago

This article will show you the steps to surface charting data visualizations using the Silverlight Control Toolkit on the Windows Phone 7. I will also cover the reasoning behind these steps and the gotchas/errors you may encounter. Source code is included with a sample Windows Phone 7 project. read more...

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It’s not a Baby Boom, It’s a Microsoft Product Boom!(www.ironshay.com)

submitted by shayfriedman(1411) 1 year, 7 months ago

The last few months were a bit hectic if you stayed tuned to announcements coming from Microsoft regarding new products. 10 new releases in 6 months! This posts provides a short introduction to each new release along with links for further reading. read more...

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Day #6: Application Bar(bit.ly)

submitted by sadukie(505) 1 year, 7 months ago

Learn how to work with those circled icons at the bottom of a Windows Phone 7 application. read more...

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Day #5: System Theming(bit.ly)

submitted by sadukie(505) 1 year, 7 months ago

A great tutorial on how to work with system themes in a Windows Phone 7 application. read more...

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How to workaround Visual Studio 2010 Publish Web Site via FTP Bug(www.apijunkie.com)

submitted by APIJunkie(539) 1 year, 7 months ago

VS 2010 Publish Web via FTP worked well the first couple of times until we started receiving errors on the staging server. read more...

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Day #4: Device Orientation on Windows Phone 7(bit.ly)

submitted by jblankenburg(1264) 1 year, 7 months ago

A great tutorial on how to manage device orientation in a Windows Phone 7 application. read more...

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Day #3: The Back Button Paradigm in Windows Phone 7(bit.ly)

submitted by jblankenburg(1264) 1 year, 7 months ago

A great discussion about overriding the back button on Windows Phone 7, and how and when you should do it. read more...

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How to Generate machineKey for your web.config in .NET : The CodeGain(www.codegain.com)

submitted by codegain(2794) 1 year, 7 months ago

We were implementing Single Sign-On for our enterprise ASP.NET applications, I have been asked: How can we generate our own machine keys in our asp.net web.config read more...

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Ten Caching mistakes that break your app(omaralzabir.com)

submitted by oazabir(1805) 1 year, 7 months ago

Caching frequently used objects, that are expensive to fetch from the source, makes application perform faster under high load. It helps scale an application under concurrent requests. But some hard to notice mistakes can lead the application to suffer under high load, let alone making it perform better, especially when you are using distributed caching where there’s separate cache server or cache application that stores the items. Moreover, code that works fine using in-memory cache can fail when the cache is made out-of-process. Here I will show you some common distributed caching mistakes that will help you make better decision when to cache and when not to cache. read more...

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Day #2: Page Navigation In Windows Phone(bit.ly)

submitted by jblankenburg(1264) 1 year, 7 months ago

In Day #2 of the 31 Days of Windows Phone, Jeff Blankenburg gives a deep overview of how to leverage the NavigationService in the WP7 operating system. read more...

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31 Days of Windows Phone | Day #1: Project Template(www.jeffblankenburg.com)

submitted by sadukie(505) 1 year, 7 months ago

Check out the 1st day of Jeff Blankenburg's "31 Days of Windows Phone", where Jeff takes us through the layout of a new Windows Phone 7 project. read more...

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Day #1: The Windows Phone Project Template(bit.ly)

submitted by jblankenburg(1264) 1 year, 7 months ago

Jeff Blankenburg has started another "31 Days" blog series, this time covering Windows Phone development with Silverlight. This post for the first day covers the default project template, and what each piece of it is used for. read more...

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Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever 2(toughestdeveloperpuzzleever.com)

submitted by jblankenburg(1264) 1 year, 11 months ago

You may recall giving the "Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever" a try last year, and they created a new one for this year. There's 100 levels, and they've got prizes for the first 100 people to finish it! read more...

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New Year's Resolutions for Software Developers(jeffblankenburg.com)

submitted by jblankenburg(1264) 2 years, 4 months ago

A great list of ways to challenge yourself in 2010. I especially like "I will be an agent of change in my organization." read more...

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Silverlight Is For Breakfast Now!(jeffblankenburg.com)

submitted by sadukie(505) 2 years, 9 months ago

Join Microsoft Developer Evangelist Jeff Blankenburg and Microsoft Gold Partner HMB at the Columbus Microsoft Office and learn the positive effects of using Silverlight in your company's applications. Read on for more details! read more...

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Make Your Technology Investment Count(jamescbender.com)

submitted by JamesCBender(749) 2 years, 9 months ago

I recently had a conversation with a friend and fellow developer who was very excited. His company recently welcomed a new CIO to the organization, who had some, comparatively, progressive idea. One of his first actions was to increase IT development spending by several million dollars to tackle some projects that had had to be put off over the past few years, including renovating several applications that we’re quite performing up to expectations. Unfortunately, while the CIO’s spirit was in the right place it became clear that his money was not. read more...

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