Nic Fillingham joins @anyware and @ritzy this week to talk about Channel 9 Live at MIX10. A few months ago at the PDC event, the Channel 9 team made history, broadcasting live from the show floor for almost the entire event, and they’ll do it again at MIX. But you don’t have to wait until March to get in on the action. You can dialogue with the team now as they plan out their speaker lineup, and you can make requests about what and from whom you want to hear. Follow @ch9live on Twitter, or email them at ch9live@microsoft.com, and tell them what you want to see as they, like us, serve at the pleasure of the Channel 9 community.
Glenn Block, Program Manager working on MEF and self professed “MEF Maniac,” makes his first visit to Silverlight TV. Glenn and John set aside the code for this episode, taking a step back to discuss and explain some of the top scenarios where using MEF adds value. If you are considering using MEF and want to know where and when it makes sense, this is an ideal episode for you to watch.
Paul decided to take a little vacation so our good friend Adam stepped in to bring us the hottest stories on Microsoft Campus. Some are….
Silverlight MVP John Stockton of Ascentium appears on the show to explain how to create a custom pre-loader (sometimes called a splash screen) for Silverlight applications. He demonstrates how to create a custom preloading animation and progress indicator while a Silverlight application loads. He also discusses what you can and cannot do when creating a pre-loader since the pre-loader runs using script and XAML prior to the Silverlight application being fully loaded. Lots of code in this episode!
Hamilton Verissimo, Program Manager working on MEF, makes a return visit to Silverlight TV to follow up his discussion of MEF. This time Hamilton discusses different ways metadata can be used with MEF and suggests some pros and cons for each. As usual, he dives right into the code samples and gives some great guidance on MEF.
