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Amazon.com AlbumViewer Application for Silverlight 2 Released
Back in the early days when Silverlight still had the WPF/e code name I put together a sample application that showed how to access album data from Amazon.com to display a 3D carousel. When Silverlight 1 was released I upgraded it which was straightforward since JavaScript was used for just about everything anyway. I’ve had a Silverlight 2 version available for a few months now but had to wait until the official release to make it available (and had some other priorities :-)). The upgrade was quite a bit more involved this time around since I had to convert all of the JavaScript to C#. It still went really smoothly although I’m certain that many improvements can be made.
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Silverlight Toolkit Overview and Samples
Controls are where it’s at these days in the programming world. By using them you maximize re-use, enhance productivity and avoid building custom functionality. Plus, when you need a control to do something different you can always extend it rather than writing everything from scratch.
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New .NET Logo
I just came across the new .NET logo and have to say that I like it since it’s cleaner than the old logo and more professional looking. The original logo was 8 years old so it was time for something new anyway. Here it is if you haven’t seen it yet:
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Adding Style to Silverlight 2 Controls
Silverlight 2 provides a nice set of controls that can be used to capture and display data. While control properties can be set directly on the control in a XAML file using attributes, some properties will be duplicated between controls causing maintenance headaches. The following example demonstrates this problem:
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Speaking on Silverlight 2 at the Hawaii .NET User Group
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Silverlight 2 Released Today
Silverlight 2 was released today! Read more about the big announcement at Scott Guthrie’s blog. If you’ve been waiting to get into Silverlight 2 until it was officially released check out the following articles. Spike Xavier and I also put together a little song about Silverlight 2 awhile back which can be heard here.
