In this episode, John talks with Jeff Handley about how the community’s feedback really helped shape some features in WCF RIA Services. Jeff is very active in the community and has a wealth of knowledge about WCF RIA Services.
Relevant links:
- Silverlight Training Course on Channel 9
- John’s Blog and John on Twitter
- Jeff’s Blog and Jeff on Twitter
- WCF RIA Services
- ContosoSales sample application shown in the episode
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NOTE: We recorded this before MIX and the “next release” Jeff was referring to was our MIX Release Candidate.
In February, while up on campus for the MVP summit, I snuck over to the Expression side of building 41 and met with Pete Blois.
In February I popped on over to building 42 and met with my friend, Jeff Handley, who works on the WCF RIA Services team. Jeff talked about what it’s like to work on RIA Services, sharing with the community, and openness at Microsoft. Then we chatted a bit about framework development vs. application development and what it means to put something out to the public in released bits.
Glenn Block, Program Manager working on MEF and self professed “MEF Maniac,” makes a return visit to Silverlight TV. Glenn dives right into the code and shows how to use MEF to load and unload XAP files on demand. This is a great way to solve the problem of how to handle large applications in Silverlight with large XAP files. 
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.