Source Code for Creating a Silverlight 2 Data Form Released

I've release the source code from my screencast series on Creating a Silverlight 2 Data Form at the MSDN Code Gallery. On the Downloads tab, you'll find several files for VB and C# projects. The basic source code is the same, but the large downloads include the Northwind database and (even larger) binaries that would be a pain for people who have restricted-bandwidth.

The C# translation is courtesy of José Luis Quintero Méndez (http://www.elquintero.net).

As a reminder, you can find a list of the screencast episodes here:

http://cid-5ba3283f955d0a0f.profile.live.com/Lists/cns!5BA3283F955D0A0F!118/

My personal need to explore Silverlight data handling certainly has resonated with a large audience. Silverlight Streaming reports over 25 thousand hits as I write this! While gratified by the number of hits, the level of feedback is surprisingly low. Don't forget that there's a dedicated discussion newsgroup at http://silverlightdataformserie.groups.live.com/ .

Thanks very much to SilverlightShow for featuring my series and to Silverlight Cream for keeping the community up-to-date. For some reason, Silverlight.NET hasn't given my work a mention, but my friend Beth Massi kindly featured it on MSDN's VB site.

BTW, Episode 9 will be much delayed (no ETA) as I wait for bug reports and throw myself into a new ASP.NET contract starting Monday. The project as it stands does what I set out to accomplish, but there's always more to do.

What I find totally remarkable is that creating the series cost me absolutely nothing - except for my time.  I used a complimentary copy of TechSmith's fabulous Camtasia Studio software to develop the tutorials. Microsoft's Visual Web Developer 2008 Express is free, as is Silverlight Streaming.

Ken

Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]