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Disable XAML Designer in Visual Studio 2010 by brainbox

In visual studio 2010 Silverligh XAML designer is visible by default. For me it is totally useless and only require additional machine resources. Also I think it will never provide functionality close to Blend. So I recommend everybody to turn it off...
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IRepository interface. by brainbox

First of all I'd like to remark that I'm not following PoEA Repository pattern. I just like this name! =) Repository and Dao interfaces still remains hot topic today. While developing my last ASP.NET MVC application I've created my own interface, which...
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Shader effects kill performance of Silverlight popup control. by brainbox

Today I found out why all pop ups in our project works so slowly (As an example you can check datepicker on this page http://househotel74.ru/#/Booking). The source of problem is silverlight shader effects. If you have control with applied shader effect...
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Silverlight came to Opera 10 by brainbox

Today I discovered that Opera 10 supports Silverlight. So now it is possible to say that on windows platform Silverlight is really crossbrowser. Official Opera post .
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Issues of Silverlight style system by brainbox

Perhaps the second annoying problem after incomplete binding support is poor style system of Silverlight. Here is the main two issues. 1. Styles are not compatible with on demand application loading. Imagine you want to share style dictionary among a...
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Silverlight feature request site by brainbox

Today I’ve found a very nice Silverlight feature request site and I’d like to introduce MY MOST WANTED REQUEST . Full (WPF) databinding support: 1. Binding of non-framework elements. (Now you cannot bind properties of Behaviors and Triggers) 2. Binding...
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Silverlight DataForm Auto Generation Horror! by brainbox

Today I was trying to use automatic generation of DataForm from my ViewModels. After an hour of exploring it I recognized that it is nightmare! Look at this method: 1: private static Control GetControlFromType(Type type) 2: { 3: Debug.Assert(type != null...
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New article for SilverlightShow: Deep Dive Into WCF Part 1: TDD by brainbox

I've written new article for SilverlightShow.net. In this article I’ve showed some approaches, which make WCF more TDD friendly. Enjoy!
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Problem with running “Microsoft Press Training Kit exam prep suite” on Vista by brainbox

If you are failed to run ‘Microsoft Press Training Kit exam prep suite” on Vista, try this line in command prompt: regsvr32 C:\Windows\System32\Vsocx6.ocx
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Deep zooming on the fly by brainbox

I’ve just published new article about dynamic deep zooming. With this approach you can make existent high quality site image zoomable without any preparations. Hope you will enjoy it!
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