Just found a nice Silverlight tool by Ernie Booth to aid in my learning process. A plug in for Reflector that allows you to view Silverlight code (Javascript or Managed). Found via Mike Harsh’s blog . Its easy to use and helps me a lot in finding out about how things are done.

If you place on a web page a ModalPopup and a Silverlight control, you might end up with the ModalPopup hided by the Silverlight control. To avoid this at the time you call Sys.Silverlight.createObjectEx you need to give the following property to true: isWindowless:'true', // Determines whether to display...

I had the opportunity to talk on Silverlight and ASP.NET AJAX integration yesterday at Desert Code Camp which was a lot of fun. For those that attended (or those that are interested) you can find the slides and code at the links that follow: Code Download PowerPoint Slides Download Thanks to Lorin Thwaits...

I'll be giving a talk on September 15th at Desert Code Camp in Phoenix, AZ that discusses how Silverlight 1.0 can be integrated with ASP.NET AJAX and Web Services to enhance how data is displayed to end users. Desert code camp is a free event and there are a lot of great sessions planned. You can sign...

With the release of Microsoft's Silverlight 1.0 I updated the Amazon.com AlbumViewer application that I originally created using WPF/E and ASP.NET AJAX back in December. The updated code can be downloaded here and you can view a live version of the application here .

Over the past month I've been writing articles for a new column in the .NET Insight and Web Design and Development Insight newsletters published by 1105 Media (a parent company for several media groups) that covers ASP.NET AJAX, XML Web Services/WCF, and Silverlight. The articles are designed to be very...

In case you haven't heard, the software plugin formerly known as WPF/E is now officially going to be called SilverLight. More details can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/ including a pretty cool video. If you haven't seen what SilverLight is or what it can do, you can view a...

I'm in Orlando this week speaking at the ASP.NET Connections conference and wanted to get the slides and samples from my talks posted for those that attend and for anyone else who is interested. I'll be speaking on the following topics: ASP.NET AJAX, XML and Web Services How it all Fits Together...

-- 2/25/2007: Added user driven carousel movement to the albums -- Back in December I released a sample application that demonstrated how WPF/E and ASP.NET AJAX could be integrated to view albums returned from an Amazon.com Web Service in a simulated 3D type view. I finally made some time to get the...

-- Updated for ASP.NET AJAX Final Release and for the February WPF/E CTP. Live version now available -- So many technologies and so little time! It's hard to keep up with all of the great new technologies being released but over the holiday break I made some time to play around with the February...