Category Archives: Patterns & Skills
Yet Another Podcast #13–Corey Schuman
Talking with Corey Schuman about Windows Phone, Blend and more. Listen | Return to Yet Another Podcast Call in comments: 1-347-YAP-CAST
The Full Stack–Part 3 Building a Repository with TDD
Part 3 in the Full Stack series in which Jon and I are building an entire application from conception to delivery that includes MVC 3 ASP.NET, Silverlight and Windows Phone. Also available on Channel 9
Windows Phone From Scratch #6 – Data Binding (Really)
Whoa! Insurrection on this series! Fair enough, it is based on the quite legitimate complaint that the mini-tutorials were too mini and not enough tutorial. To make up for this deficiency, this mini-tutorial will cover steps 2 and 3 described … Continue reading
Windows Phone From Scratch #5 – Data Binding
Databinding is a somewhat advanced topic, typically covered in the second or even the final third of most Silverlight books. We’re going to tackle it in the next couple mini-tutorials because It isn’t difficult to understand It isn’t difficult to … Continue reading
Windows Phone From Scratch #4 – First Xaml
In the previous mini-tutorial in this series you created a form in which you placed a prompt and text box for the first name using Expression Blend and drag and drop. It was probably not obvious that as you created … Continue reading
Best Silverlight 4 Books
This review is very tough to write. First because I’ve not read every Silverlight 4 book that is out there (and many are not yet released) and second, because the one I keep finding answers to my questions in was … Continue reading
The Full Stack – Part 2 – Starting the Windows Phone Client
Part 2 of the full stack video series with Jon Galloway
Yet Another Podcast Show #10 – Live From PDC Windows Phone Workshop – SPECIAL
Talking with developers at the PDC Windows Phone Workshop – A Special Podcast Listen | Return to Yet Another Podcast Call in comments: 1-347-YAP-CAST
Windows Phone From Scratch #3 – First Project
Open Expression Blend (which you downloaded in mini-tutorial #1) and select New Project. In the New Project dialog box, select Windows Phone in the left pane, Windows Phone Databound Application in the upper right, and name the application WPFS3. The … Continue reading
The Full Stack – Part 1 – Building the admin site with ASP.NET MVC3, NUPack & EF Code First
I’m incredibly pleased and proud to launch The Full Stack with Jon Galloway.
Great Resource For Getting Started With Silverlight
I was just at the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tool’s Launch event in Boston (listen to my live podcast from the event) and one question I received many times from folks new both to the phone and to Silverlight was … Continue reading
Yet Another Podcast Show #4 – iPhone to Windows Phone 7 Development
Talking with folks from Firefly Logic about programming for Windows Phone 7 vs. iPhone programming. Chris McPherson Partner and Senior Software Engineer Bryan Hunter Partner and Senior Software Engineer Daniel Norton Senior Software Engineer Shawn Lacroix Senior Software Engineer Listen … Continue reading





































