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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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Learning Silverlight and Blend with .toolbox (Silverlight TV #29)

May 27, 10 //
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In this episode, Arturo Toledo demonstrates all of the new content he and his colleagues have created to teach you to design and develop with Expression Blend and Silverlight. He shows off some really cool samples, all of which you can download and do yourself through hands on-labs. Arturo walks through the .toolbox site and shows the numerous learning materials, videos, demos, and hands-on labs. If you have been looking for a comprehensive set of self-paced learning materials focused on designing  with Expression Blend, you should definitely watch this video and check out .toolbox.
 

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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 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010 Launch: New Designer Capabilities (Silverlight TV 27)

May 17, 10 //
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Mark Wilson-Thomas joins John to announce the launch of the Silverlight 4 Tools for Visual Studio 2010! Mark shows off several impressive, new features in the Visual Studio 2010 designer that work for both Silverlight and WPF development. Some key new features that are covered include:

  • New interactive design surface
  • Working with Styles and Resources
  • Go To Value Definition lets you directly locate nested styles
  • Using the new “Data Can” to pinpoint data hookups
  • Moving stuff around in complex Grid panels using the new right click “goodies” 

You can learn more about the new features from the Cider Designer blog, too.

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Silverlight TV 26: Exposing SOAP, OData, and JSON Endpoints for RIA Services

May 13, 10 //
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In this video, John meets with Deepesh Mohnani from the WCF RIA Services team. Deepesh demonstrates how to expose various endpoints from WCF RIA Services. This is a great explanation and walk through of how to open RIA Services domain services to clients, including:

  • Silverlight clients (of course)
  • Creating an OData endpoint and showing how Excel can use it
  • Creating a SOAP endpoint to a domain service and using it from a Windows Phone 7 application
  • Creating a JSON endpoint and having an AJAX application talk to it

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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

Silverlight TV 22: Tim Heuer on Extending the Silverlight Media Framework

April 29, 10 //
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Tim Heuer demonstrates how to use the Silverlight Media Framework (SMF) to create a nice media experience akin to what has been demonstrated through the 2010 Winter Olympics and Sunday Night Football players. He also demonstrates how to encode smooth streaming video using Expression Encoder and play the video using SMF. 

Tim also shows how he extended the SMF implementation and created a player to suit his specific needs (including not using DVR, among other features). He cracks the code open and shows how he extended the SMF to add custom features so the video does not start until it has a chance to buffer (about 3 seconds). Tim also added the ability to pass a parameter to the SMF player to indicate if it should automatically load the video or if the video should use smooth streaming.

 

Lastly, Tim gives us a glimpse into some of the features that the team is looking at adding for SMF v2.
 

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Silverlight TV 21: Silverlight 4 – Customer Perspectives

April 22, 10 //
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Live from the official launch event for Silverlight 4, John talks with a panel of guests that build applications using Silverlight. Franck Jeannin of Ormetis, Ward Bell of IdeaBlade, and Dave Wolf of Cynergy Systems discuss what they showed in the keynote at DevConnections and their experiences with Silverlight. This is a great discussion of their perspectives on Silverlight, Flash, and HTML 5 for their respective companies.

All three of these guests presented alongside Scott Guthrie during the Silverlight 4 launch keynote.
 

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