Category Archives: Mini-Tutorial
MVVM – It’s Not Kool-Aid*
[ Revised with C# and VB.NET code] Okay, first, understand that I’m in the position of running through the streets yelling at folks “c’mere! ya’ gotta see this!” and what I’m pointing to is the incredible new invention of… a … Continue reading
Screen Scraping – When All You Have Is A Hammer…
I had decided to create a list of what videos were already available on the Learning Pages of Silverlight.net. When I clicked on the page for the entire list, however, I was quite daunted by the sheer number. I opened … Continue reading
An Annotated Line of Business Application
The Silverlight HyperVideo Player has met with strong support and interest. This mini-tutorial is the first in a series that will walk through the design and delivery of this project. This series will pretend that the design existed before we … Continue reading
Persisting the Configuration (Updated)
[Updated and expanded on March 5] For this week’s release of the Silverlight HyperVideo Platform we are committed to having configuration information retrieved from a database. To accomplish this we need (want?) Smooth-streaming videos that we can use to illustrate … Continue reading
Answering A C# Question
I often receive questions about topics covered in one or another of my books, and I respond, most often, privately. Every once in a while, however, a question comes along that may be of more general interest. This question, though … Continue reading
Test Driven Silverlight Body Snatchers
This posting is part of the Silverlight HyperVideo Platform documentation and a Silverlight Mini-tutorial. The information in this posting, however, should be of interest to anyone writing meaningful Line of Business applications with Silverlight. The premise of the classic 1956 … Continue reading
Configuration & Decoupled Modules
Two architectural demands for the Silverlight HVP, which are common to many larger applications, came together this week and crystallized into a design that looks to solve a couple other, unanticipated requirements. Specifically, we knew that (1) we wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in HyperVideo Player, Mini-Tutorial
Tagged BestPractices, HVP
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Extending the SLHVP Player to be a Platform
This post is part of the Silverlight HyperVideo Platform documentation [Updated 1/5 10:50 GMT-5] Everything Flows, Nothing Stands Still – Plato Nothing Endures, But Change – Diogenes The past few days have seen quite a flurry of design activity, and … Continue reading
Posted in HyperVideo Player, Mini-Tutorial
Tagged XML
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Configuration Files for Silverlight HVP
This mini-tutorial is part of the Silverlight HyperVideo Project documentation. Taking Risks One of the great pleasures, and total terrors of documenting this open-source application is that occasionally I have to offer up some half-baked ideas that risk displaying how … Continue reading
Posted in HyperVideo Player, Mini-Tutorial, Patterns & Skills
Tagged Data, HVP, XML
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Project Turing: Beginning RIA Services
Reposted with VB.Net code From Database to DataGrid The next step in Project Turing is to create a first iteration of the Silverlight application that will retrieve data from our database. Using our technology of choice: the Data Entity Framework … Continue reading
Designer v Xaml v Code
This is the second in my new series on Getting Started With Silverlight (please see the first article for information on the series and where to get the software you need). [updated11/8] Don’t Start with Xaml… Until recently, just about … Continue reading
RIA: Data Source Control
Turing Project Page: [Novice: 11 | Advanced: 8 ] FAQ | Table of Contents | Definitions What is this and where do I start? Part 3 of 3 This is the last of a three part sub-series on using Entity … Continue reading