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.
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 in the previous mini-tutorial: creating the form and basic data binding.
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 implement
- It is critical both to most applications and to the principal design pattern used with Windows Phone: MVVM
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Yet Another Podcast Show #12–Buying My Phone (a 2-minute special)
A two minute special podcast recording the purchase of my new Windows Phone. 
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6 Steps To Presentations That Don’t Suck
1 Your Slides
Do not read your slides aloud- Use few transitions and keep them simple
- Do Not give out your slides in advance.
Key: Everything on your slide must be there for a reason. That includes animation, colors, gradients, text, fonts, etc. If you can’t say clearly why you added it, take it out.
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 columns and rows and as you dragged controls onto the form, Blend was creating Xaml code for you that represented your design.
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 written by my boss: Pete Brown. That said, the three books reviewed here are so truly tremendously excellent, I can’t not write about them.
Yet Another Podcast #11: Charlie Kindel and Windows Phone Best Practices
Talking with Charlie Kindel about Best Practices for Windows Phone Design
(Part 1 of a 2 part discussion)
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The Full Stack – Part 2 – Starting the Windows Phone Client
Part 2 of the full stack video series with Jon Galloway
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Silverlight: Alive and Well!
Following PDC10 last week there has been much speculation in the press and online about Microsoft’s commitment to the Silverlight platform.
So let’s set the record straight: Silverlight is not dead, in fact Silverlight is more important and strategic to Microsoft than ever.
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Yet Another Podcast Show #10 – Live From PDC Windows Phone Workshop – SPECIAL
Talking with developers at the PDC Windows Phone Workshop – A Special Podcast
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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 art board should display the outline of a simplified phone, with the default names for the application, the page and a number of two line items. To see what this looks like in the phone emulator, press F5 (that is, run this project before we even begin work on it).
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