Presentation Materials for NH Code Camp
Published 06-05-2010 5:30 PM | JohnBowen
Thanks to everyone for coming and the event organizers! Seeing In XAML Slides | Code (VS2010, Silverlight 4)
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Presentation Materials for Boston Code Camp
Published 10-19-2009 8:35 AM | JohnBowen
Thanks to everyone for coming! What’s New in Visual Studio 2010? Slides | Code (compiles in Beta 2 only) Leveraging Blend in the XAML Development Process Slides | Code | Sample layered Photoshop file
Vermont Code Camp Content
Published 09-14-2009 9:00 AM | JohnBowen
Thanks to everyone who attended the presentation! Here’s the final version of the code that we looked at: DesignMe.zip
Presentation Materials for SD.NET ASP.NET SIG
Published 06-18-2009 5:39 PM | JohnBowen
Thanks to everyone for coming and for all the great questions! Slides: IntegratingSilverlight.zip   Original MVC application: ProductManager_Start.zip MVC Application with embedded Silverlight 2: ProductManager.zip Silverlight 3/.NET RIA Services...
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MSDN Unleashed Silverlight 3 Content
Published 05-29-2009 8:00 AM | JohnBowen
You can download the Silverlight 3 and RIA Services tools here but be aware that they cannot be installed along with Silverlight 2 tools ! If you do not have a separate test environment to install into you can still install Blend 3 (which now includes...
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Initial Thoughts on Blend 3 MIX Preview
Published 03-18-2009 5:35 PM | JohnBowen
After trying out the new features in Blend 3 I’m definitely looking forward to the full release. It already seems to be more responsive than Blend 2 SP1 while navigating around files, templates, selected elements, etc, even at this pre-Beta stage...
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Presentation Materials for Code Camp
Published 01-26-2009 9:51 AM | JohnBowen
Thanks to everyone for coming! Intro to Blend for Developers : Slides   Leveraging Blend in the XAML Application Development Process : Sample Code also a more complete implementation of M-V-VM (we didn't look at this in the session)   More...
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Presentation Materials for TechDays '08
Published 11-13-2008 1:11 PM | JohnBowen
Sample Applications: iZooFari Wish^43 Toolbar application only | Toolbar code Slides: Silverlight2.zip Demo Code: SilverlightConcepts.zip When first opening the code there will be a warning due to a custom build step generated by Blend related to font...
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L.A. Code Camp October 2008 Presentation Materials
Published 10-27-2008 11:26 AM | JohnBowen
Shrinking your Code-behind with WPF Data Binding Slides: ShrinkingCodeBehind.zip Demo code including both WPF and Silverlight versions: PositionTracker.zip To switch between the two WPF UIs look in App.xaml for the commented out StartupURI. The sample...
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Setting Up Test Data for Blend
Published 10-15-2008 5:00 PM | JohnBowen
One of the big challenges in using Blend to set up an application that relies heavily on dynamic data is that without realistic data available at design-time, what you see isn't what you get at run-time. Blend includes some basic built in data generation...
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Syntax for Nested Attached Properties
Published 10-08-2008 9:07 AM | JohnBowen
Attached Properties are usually expressed using attribute syntax and take advantage of type conversion. This works well for things that use basic types like Grid.Row, DockPanel.Dock, ScrollViewer.HorizontalScrollBarVisibility, etc. Sometimes you may need...
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Sharing Assemblies Between Silverlight and WPF
Published 09-26-2008 11:20 PM | JohnBowen
One of the significant benefits of Silverlight is the ability to share code with WPF desktop applications. Unfortunately, in practice there are quite a few hurdles to sharing code, due mainly to the restricted set of classes available in Silverlight's...
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Undocumented C# "Feature"
Published 09-01-2008 6:01 PM | JohnBowen
For the most part the access modifiers in C# are pretty straightforward to use. Public, protected, internal, and private each cause behavior that is obvious from the keyword and shouldn't require looking up more than once. The exception is the fifth...
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