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Windows Phone 7 RTM charting using the Silverlight Control Toolkit

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 01:41:55 GMT

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.

It's not a Baby Boom, It's a Microsoft Product Boom!

Tue, 12 Oct 2010 06:45:52 GMT

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.

Day #6: Application Bar

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:50:33 GMT

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

Day #5: System Theming

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 22:46:50 GMT

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

How to workaround Visual Studio 2010 Publish Web Site via FTP Bug

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:46:06 GMT

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

Day #4: Device Orientation on Windows Phone 7

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:05:22 GMT

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

Day #3: The Back Button Paradigm in Windows Phone 7

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 11:03:41 GMT

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

How to Generate machineKey for your web.config in .NET : The CodeGain

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:59:44 GMT

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

Ten Caching mistakes that break your app

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 03:00:52 GMT

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.

Day #2: Page Navigation In Windows Phone

Sat, 02 Oct 2010 14:47:28 GMT

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.

31 Days of Windows Phone | Day #1: Project Template

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:37:13 GMT

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.

Day #1: The Windows Phone Project Template

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:16:47 GMT

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.

Toughest Developer Puzzle Ever 2

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:30:52 GMT

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!

New Year's Resolutions for Software Developers

Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:45:03 GMT

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

Silverlight Is For Breakfast Now!

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:41:31 GMT

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!

Make Your Technology Investment Count

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:09:14 GMT

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.

2009 Columbus Give Camp recap

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:52:43 GMT

The goal of a Give Camp is to unite non-profits that need technical assistance, be it a new web site, help with a CRM or making changes to an existing line of business application with passionate geeks in the area who are willing to give a weekend to help these non-profits accomplish their goals.

Silverlight AutoComplete TextBox

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:49:58 GMT

On this 16th day of Jeff Blankenburg's 31 Days of Silverlight series, we learn how to work with an AutoComplete TextBox in Silverlight through a fairly simple example of a textbox that autocompletes city names, similar to search boxes that give you suggestions based on what you type in them.

Custom Fonts in Silverlight

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:28:22 GMT

If you're tired of using the same boring fonts that come standard with Silverlight, know that you're not tied down to just those fonts. On the 8th day of 31 Days of Silverlight, Jeff Blankenburg walks us through how to embed more exciting fonts in our Silverlight apps. Note: Comic Sans MS does *not* make an appearance in this article.

Using Keystrokes in Silverlight

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:24:42 GMT

Have you ever wondered how to capture keystrokes in a Silverlight app? Check out this article, the 9th day of Jeff Blankenburg's 31 Days of Silverlight series.

Styling Silverlight Controls

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:15:04 GMT

On the 10th day of 31 Days of Silverlight, Jeff Blankenburg takes us through how to style controls in Silverlight.

Animating Your Silverlight Application

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:19:29 GMT

On this 11th day of Jeff Blankenburg's 31 Days of Silverlight series, we get to take a trip in a car past happy little trees and see how to do animation in Silverlight. using Expression Blend.

Binding Elements in Silverlight 3

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:54:36 GMT

On the 13th day of his 31 Days of Silverlight series, Jeff Blankenburg explains to us how we can bind elements together much easier in Silverlight 3 (compared to Silverlight 2).

Perspective 3D in Silverlight 3

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:50:46 GMT

If you've ever wanted to see how easy it is to do a 3D animation in Silverlight 3, check out this post, the 14th post in Jeff Blankenburg's 31 Days of Silverlight series.

Silverlight Charting

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:46:48 GMT

On the 15th day of his 31 days of Silverlight series, Jeff Blankenburg shows us how simple it is to create charts in Silverlight.