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Opening Adobe Illustrator (AI) files when you don't have Adobe Illustrator
You've been waiting for the design firm to send final artwork. The e-mail finally arrives...
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What's been announced about Silverlight 2? See ScottGu's "First Look" post
I've had a lot of people ask me for hints about what's in Silverlight 2. My general strategy is to tell them to read Scott Guthrie's blog, then fake a seizure. That strategy will work even better starting today, since Scott just posted a First Look at Silverlight 2, along with an eight part tutorial on building a Silverlight Digg client.
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Using Windowless Silverlight Controls To Blend HTML and Silverlight Elements
Silverlight 1.0 has no intrinsic controls. Forget about dropdowns and sliders, Silverlight 1.0 doesn't have textboxes or buttons. That doesn't mean you can't build and deploy advanced Silverlight 1.0 applications today, though. [Sheesh, that sounded like marketing-speak - sorry about that.]
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Video.Show 1.0 - A Ready To Run Solution For Hosting Video On The Web
I'm really excited to announce that Video.Show has officially been released. It's been available on CodePlex (under the liberal MsPL license) since our beta release back in November, but today it's officially been blessed as a 1.0 release. While we were really proud of our beta release, we've been really busy moving this project from a sample to something that's easier to extend and maintain. And when I say "we", I mean Mike Moser, because I moved off the project soon after we hit the beta release.
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Getting JavaScript and ASP.NET talking (outside of AJAX)
A lot of effort has gone into simplifying the AJAX pattern, in which your JavaScript code calls methods on the server without requiring a full page post. You don't hear much about the synchronous case (SJAX?), though - how does your server-side code set values in JavaScript, and how do you set values in JavaScript and pass them back to the server when the page is submitted? In the diagram below - we've got AJAX covered pretty well, but what about the Rendered JavaScript case?
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No, you're crazy! (or, the problem with assuming that computer programmers have all that much in common)
Jeff Atwood recently linked Steve Yegge's post on Five Essential Phone-Screen Questions. My first impression was that it was horrible advice. For reference, here's the five areas which Steve considers essential in eliminating poor job candidates:
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January 2008 Recap