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Reducing Code by Using jQuery Templates
Nearly every language out there uses templates in some shape or form to minimize the amount of code that has to be written in an application. By using templates you can define a template structure once and use it to generate code, HTML or other formats. If you’ve created ASP.NET applications then you’re aware of how powerful and productive templates are when it comes to generating HTML output. However, what if you want to use templates on the client-side to generate HTML rather than writing a lot of JavaScript to manipulate the DOM?
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Migrating a Silverlight Application to Windows Phone 7
I’m amazed at how quickly Windows Phone 7 applications can be developed. It’s really nice to leverage existing skills and apply them directly to phone development. In my previous post I provided a high-level look at what Windows Phone 7 has to offer and showed a few code samples to help get started. In this post I’m going to walk through the process of migrating an existing Silverlight application from Silverlight to Windows Phone 7. It’s an app that I built back in the WPF/e days (the very first app I tried out on the alpha framework actually) and something that I thought would be fun to convert to Windows Phone 7.
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Getting Started with Windows Phone 7 Development
Mobile phone development has exploded over the past few years and with the release of Windows Phone 7 there's a new mobile platform available that offers an extremely productive way to build applications and games. With Windows Phone 7 you can build Silverlight or XNA applications and take advantage of languages and tools you already know. In fact, if you're already familiar with Silverlight then you can instantly be productive building Windows Phone 7 applications since the same overall concepts apply.
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Getting the IE9 Beta to Play Well with Visual Studio 2010
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Code and Slides from DevConnections Las Vegas Talks
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Code From My Silverlight Workshop at DevConnections Las Vegas