August 2008 - Posts

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Silverlight 2.0: Beyond the Basics by craigshoemaker

Listen to the Show! Jesse Liberty , the "Silverlight Geek", wants to help you dive deeper into Silverlight 2.0. Tackling practices like working with multi-page applications and clever ways to handle Silverlight payload, Jesse helps take you beyond the...
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ASP.NET Caching and Performance by craigshoemaker

Listen to the Show! Steve Smith , owner of ASP Alliance and Lake Quincy Media joins us today to teach us about some hidden gems in ASP.NET caching and performance. Steve’s expertise in this area comes from first-hand experience as Lake Quincy’s ad system...
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4 Elements of Professional WPF Applications by craigshoemaker

Listen to the Show! Composite Application Guidance for WPF: Prism Goes Prime Time The WPF answer to CAB is the Composite Application Guidance for WPF , formerly codename Prism . NOTE: Since the full name is too formal, too long and I can’t with a straight...
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New ASP.NET Generated Image Control by craigshoemaker

The ASP.NET team released a new generated image control on to Codeplex today. You can download the bits here and read a very simple explanation of the control here . The concept is simple: a handler that takes in a few parameters will render out an image...
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The Best 10 Years by craigshoemaker

Today I get to spend the day with my best friend to celebrate our first decade of marriage together. My hope is that you get a chance to spend your life with someone as amazing as my wife!
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Hide Your Corporate Underpants - Using Personas in UX Design by craigshoemaker

Listen to the Show! Tamara Adlin is a customer experience expert and President of Adlin, Inc. Tamara is formerly a Senior Usability Specialist for Amazon.com and is currently a blogger, author, trainer and speaker specializing in using personas in user...
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Installing .NET 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 - My Gotchas by craigshoemaker

I just finished installing SP1 for .NET 3.5 and VS2008 . I thought I would share the hoops I had to jump through in the event it saves you some time. Actually the process wasn't too painful. Be careful to remain patient during the install process though...
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Learning to Build on Rich UI Platforms by craigshoemaker

Listen to the Show! Famed developer, speaker and author Billy Hollis joins the show today to discuss why developers need to avoid stagnation and keep pressing forward. Billy also shares some pragmatic wisdom of how to approach building on a rich UI platform...
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