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Using Behaviors in Blend 4 (Silverlight TV 30)

June 1, 10 //
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In this episode, Adam Kinney demonstrates how to take advantage of behaviors in Expression Blend 4. He creates several demonstrations using the new DataStore and conditional behavior features in concert with several new behaviors including ChangePropertyAction, ControlStoryBoardAction, SetDataStoreValueAction, and the custom Mouse3DBehavior. Adam also shows how to create a custom behavior using code. Don’t miss this episode as Adam discusses how behaviors can make the UI developer’s job much easier.
 

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WCF RIA Services v1.0 Launch! (Silverlight TV 28)

May 17, 10 //
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Nikhil Kothari and Dinesh Kulkarni join John to announce the official release of WCF RIA Services v1.0! They discuss the road their teams took to create RIA Services, some of the decision points that helped shape the product, and the high level of community involvement in the product’s evolution. They also demonstrate some of the features of RIA Services and give a glimpse at what the future may have in store for it. Dinesh and Nikhil have worked on RIA Services from its beginnings and have seen it evolve through several names (4 by my rough count). Don’t miss this episode with 2 key leaders of RIA Services!

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Silverlight TV 25: No More Boxes! Exploring the PathListBox

May 11, 10 //
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In this video, Adam Kinney explains what the PathListBox is and why it is so compelling. Then, he demonstrates several ways of using it in creative examples. The PathListBox is one of the newest features available in Expression Blend, Silverlight 4 and WPF 4. It redefines how users look at lists of data as it breaks the mold of a list “box” and opens the possibilities to use any shape or path. Don’t miss this episode and be sure to download Adam’s sample code.
 

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Don’t miss the next episode on Thursday May 13th…Exposing SOAP, JSON, and OData Endpoints to RIA Services.

Silverlight TV 24: eBay’s Silverlight 4 Simple Lister Application

May 6, 10 //
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John grabs a few minutes with Dave Wolf of Cynergy to talk about the eBay Simple Lister application, one of the first publicly available Silverlight 4 out of browser applications. Dave discusses the process of how designing and developing the Silverlight 4 application was simplified using SketchFlow, Blend, and Visual Studio tools. The application is pretty slick, and you can check it out now via the link below!
 

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Don’t miss the next episode on Tuesday May 11th … Creating a PathListBox

Silverlight TV 23: MVP Q&A with Wildermuth, Wahlin, and Bell

May 4, 10 //
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John interviews a panel of three well known Silverlight leaders (Shawn Wildermuth, Dan Wahlin, and Ward Bell) at the Silverlight 4 launch event. The guest panel answers questions sent in from Twitter about the features in Silverlight 4, thoughts on MVVM, and the panel members’ experiences developing Silverlight. This is a great chance to hear from some of the leading Silverlight luminaries.

Note: This show was recorded on Channel 9 Live on April 13th.

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Don’t miss the next episode on Thursday May 6th … Silverlight TV 24: eBay’s Silverlight 4 Simple Lister Application

Jon Takes Five with Brad Wilson on MVC 2 Templating & Validation

April 15, 10 //
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In this video, Jon talks to ASP.NET team member Brad Wilson about new Templating and Validation features in ASP.NET MVC 2.

Brad shows off templating, strongly typed helpers, model validation, and client-side validation, building an edit form at lightning speed. Don’t blink!

GDC 2010: XNA Game Studio 4.0

March 12, 10 //
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I wrap up GDC 2010 with an interview with Shawn Hargreaves about XNA Game Studio 4.0.  I think Microsoft picked a perfect event to show off XNA Game Studio 4.0.  With XNA 3.1 developers were able build games that ran on the Zune, Xbox 360 and Windows PC’s, but 4.0 is going to include the Windows Phone 7 series.  Here is some info below on some of our other GDC 2010 content.  Don’t forget to watch Channel 9 during MIX10 to get all of your Windows Phone 7 information. 

Power Gig:  Rise of the Six String
Alpha Protocol, Mass Effect 2, Lego Harry Potter
Microsoft Phone 7 with Xbox Live

endpoint.tv – The Total Noob’s Guide to WF4 – Hello Workflow

February 19, 10 //
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Are you a WF4 Noob?  Don’t feel bad…everybody has to start somewhere.  In this introduction, we start at “Hello World” and move through expressions, variables, arguments, and composition, all in less than 9 minutes.

For more info be sure to check out my blog

PhizzPop Develop & Design Challenge

February 9, 10 //
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The unique nature of The Phizzpop Design Challenge is that it pits agency Davids and Goliaths against one another to show the most innovative integration of Microsoft technologies to achieve the website redesign goals of BGCA. Don’t miss your opportunity to show off your skills to an elite panel of judges, advance BGCA’s mission, and land $50k in the process. Download the brief and get started today!

C9 Lectures: Dr. Don Syme – Introduction to F#, 1 of 3

February 4, 10 //
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F# is Microsoft’s first functional programming language to be included as one of Visual Studio’s official set of languages. F# is a succinct, efficient, expressive functional/object-oriented programming language under joint development by Microsoft Developer Division and Microsoft Research. During the course of Erik Meijer’s fantastic lecture series on functional programming fundamentals several of you asked for examples of specific topics in F#. Well, we listened.

Dr. Don Syme is a principal researcher in MSR Cambridge. He has a rich history in programming language research, design, and implementation (C# generics being one of his most recognized implementations), and is the principle creator of F#. Who better to lecture on the topic than Don? This three part series will serve as an introduction to F#, including insights into the rationale behind the history and creation of Microsoft’s newest language.

Get the slides for this lecture here.

Watch Part 1.

Read Don’s Blog.

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