Category Archives: z Silverlight Archives

    I have completed the four part video series Creating Skinnable Customer Controls and I’m pleased to say they are rolling out onto the site. Part 2 is now available (click on the image). Parts 3 and 4 should … Continue reading →

Very pleased to announce that my tutorial on Multi-page applications is now available in both C# and VB and in both HTML and in PDF format.     Set Theory It is my hope that this approach to multi-page applications will … Continue reading →

  The Silverlight Toolkit includes a wrap panel that allows you to add elements to it and will automatically wrap those elements either horizontally or vertically as required to fit them within the size of the panel. All you need … Continue reading →

[Updated 16:00 GMT-5 to include working version and link to code:  Expander.zip ]   The new Silverlight Toolkit includes a Expander control that, in its simplest form, is incredibly easy to add to your program,     [Composite image]   To … Continue reading →

Every once in a while you see something so promising you just have to pass it along.  The folks at divElements are developing SandDock for Silverlight; a floating windows management toolkit that looks very sweet indeed. I can’t say I’ve … Continue reading →

I’ve noticed that there is a bit of (understandable) confusion about what we publish in C# and what we publish in VB, and I thought I’d write a brief not to try to sort it out. I believe Tim and … Continue reading →

Happy to return to my monthly interview on the Sparkling Client podcast; this month discussing the fundamentals of data- binding. This podcast is supported by the following links Data binding tutorial Data binding video Data binding margin notes Data conversion … Continue reading →

I’ve posted on multi-page Silverlight applications, and in fact have two videos (here and here) that show an approach that works quite well and that I was happy to steal at the time. I recently received email from Lucas Stark … Continue reading →

I received a wonderful and very kind email from saleh alabbas who asked this canonical question: “imagine you have good knowledge in C#, what plan you would draw for yourself to become an expert in developing web and Silverlight applications?” … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I wrote the first of a series of posts on skills related to effective Silverlight programming; specifically an introduction to LINQ. Today, with that material fresh, I’d like to take a giant leap forward and consider a number of … Continue reading →