Category Archives: Tools and Utilities
Visual State Manager A-Z
This is the first of a multipart series on the Visual State Manager which will cover Styles Resources Templates Custom Controls Customizing data validation
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PivotViewer Released!
Run, do not walk to Pete Brown’s blog and read about the new PivotViewer control. This is a very cool control just released by LiveLabs and that is fully supported in the new PivotViewer learning section on Silverlight.net. The home … Continue reading
Why Developers Should, Must, Do Care About The New Expression Blend
Okay, tough love: if you are serious about Silverlight development, the days of using one Integrated Development Environment for all you work are…. over. The benefits of adding Expression Blend to your toolkit, and getting serious about learning how to … Continue reading
Code Rush Vs. ReSharper
Its funny how sometimes there are pairs of products that contend for “best” and yet seem to be so evenly matched that the decision is often arbitrary, a pick made based on what your friends use, what you used first, … Continue reading
Green Eggs and Blend
I’m pleased to say that the accident of not recording my first (new series) Webcast led to the opportunity to reformulate it as a video, which is now available for viewing or download. This is a brief, somewhat tongue in … Continue reading
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Cider vs. Blend
I think there are a lot of developers who work alone or in very small teams who do not have access to professional designers and who might, at least for a while, be a bit intimidated by Blend. We can … Continue reading
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