Category Archives: z Silverlight Archives

Today I had the great enjoyment to make two presentations to the Microsoft Health and Life Sciences Conference here in Atlantic City. While showing DataBinding, I became interested in demonstrating the effects of INotifyPropertyChanged, The basic mechanism is this; you … Continue reading →

A couple readers of my blog and folks eager to learn more about Silverlight 2 have written to me asking for 2 things: 1. Tutorials and Videos on the specific topics of interest to them (great, keep 'em coming) and … Continue reading →

I'm pleased to say that we've posted a new How Do I Video on Binding Data to Silverlight 2 Controls. In the very beginning of this video I say it is about "wiring up events" but I'm confused and befuddled … Continue reading →

  On April 9, I posted a link to my first interview on Sparkling Client. Today I'm happy to post a link to the second and final part of the interview.  Also, be sure to catch their terrific interview with … Continue reading →

A very smart and frequent participant here wrote in today and said (paraphrasing)   …Why do you  organize the Learn section around type (video, quickstart, tutorial) instead of topic/task (data binding, layout, browser integration)? Today I had a Data Binding … Continue reading →

Today's Webcast was intended to be a smooth presentation of a topic I know cold. Not uncharacteristically,  I went off on a tangent from which I never returned and ended up writing all my code spontaneously. The good news was … Continue reading →

As of today, I will attempt to add a brief Tip of the Day to the Silverlight Microblog every day. If you would like to contribute (and I hope you will) please send your tips following the directions listed here. … Continue reading →

First, a quick note that I'm rapidly posting tutorials and videos and as soon as they are through our production process, I'll turn my blog to announcing them and expanding upon them. I do want, however, to mention one of … Continue reading →

One of the reasons I took my job was the amazing people I met during my interview. It turns out, however, that the place is crawling with talent; it doesn't seem likely that an organization that large would not have … Continue reading →

I'm pleased and proud to say that my first Sparkling Client interview is now available for download; and this gives me the opportunity to recommend subscribing to this excellent new podcast. Sparkling Client focuses exclusively on Silverlight and related technologies. … Continue reading →

Don't panic! It's the same blog; I just changed the look to make it easier to use and easier to read. Hope you like it.  Stay tuned for lots of videos and tutorials over the next fortnight.  -j

My 4th tutorial Displaying SQL Database Data in a DataGrid using LINQ and WCF is now available, as is the source code and a version of the tutorial in PDF For the moment, I recommend the PDF version as the … Continue reading →