'07 Summer Tour

Hello,

June is going to be an exciting and busy month. I'm going to be presenting at a wide variety of events and if you're in the midwest geography, feel free to stop in and say "hey!".

Date	Location	Event	Topic
05.22.07	Indianapolis	DevCares	Visual Studio "Orcas" and LINQ
06.01.07	--	Internal	Silverlight
06.08.07	Louisville	DevCares	Microsoft Expression
06.14.07	Indianapolis	Indy .NET Assoc.	A Bit of Fun with Microsoft Silverlight
06.26.07	Indianapolis	DevCares	Microsoft Expression

It's going to be a busy month :)

Silverlight and SharePoint Integration Contest

Michael Gannotti has posted a contest on Silverlight and SharePoint Integration.

Definately check it out, first prize is pretty impressive. Thanks goes to Corne Van Dyk for pointing this out.

Silverlight - Book

Greetings,

I am currently working on a book aimed at Silverlight 1.1. I am seeking comments from you regarding any of the following:

• What are somethings you really like in your technical books?
• What are somethings you really dislike in your technical books?
• Are there any items you would really like to see in this book?

I will be posting a variety of code samples, thoughts, and other mumblings throughout this authoring endeavor.

Thanks!
Chad

Silverlight and Halo 3

If you are excited about the Halo 3 beta and would like to discuss Silverlight, I have some exciting news. I would like to party up on Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. EST to play Halo 3 and discuss Silverlight while the games are loading. If you have an interest, please post a comment with your XBox Live gamertag and e-mail address. All comments on this blog are moderated, so I will NOT post the comment that contains your gamertag and e-mail address. I will then e-mail you giving you my XBox Live gamertag.

Silverlight - Upgrading from WPF/E

Hello!

I was in the process of working on a project when I noticed some fairly significant changes from what I was used to. All-in-all, I like the changes. However, I only liked them once I found some documentation explaining the changes :)

If you have been working with the CTPs prior to the 1.0 beta release of Silverlight, I would really recommend reading the following articles prior to your development endeavor.

• What's New in Silverlight (1.0 Beta and 1.1 Alpha)?
• Bryant Likes has listed additional items.

Both of these are very valuable reads! Enjoy.

Silverlight - Samples updated from WPF/E

Hey Readers!

I have completed updating all of the samples that have been on this blog from WPF/E to be compliant with Silverlight 1.0 Beta. Here is a list of the updated samples

• Enter the Matrix (a popular one amongst the kids)
• Movie Slider Puzzle
• An ASP.NET User Control using Silverlight
• MIX 07 Bling

The GeoPhoto control is being converted from user control to something more valuable. I hope to have it completed very soon. Please watch this blog for more information.

Additionally, if you are interested in ASP.NET user controls using Silverlight, I have written an article for Developer.com that walks through the process of a creating a very basic user control.

Silverlight - Enter the Matrix

This example is an updated version of an earlier post. For information regarding this item, please review my previous post.

Project Information
Source Code:	here
Developed For:	Silverlight 1.0 Beta

Silverlight - Movie Slider Puzzle

This is example is an updated version of an earlier post. For information regarding this item, please review my previous post.

Project Information
Source Code:	here
Developed For:	Silverlight 1.0 Beta

Silverlight - A Basic Silverlight User Control

I recently wrote an article on creating a basic ASP.NET User control using Silverlight. The article has been published on Developer.com and is available here.

However, this example is an updated version of an earlier post. For information regarding this control, I would recommend reviewing my article.

Project Information
Source Code:	here
Developed For:	Silverlight 1.0 Beta

Silverlight - MIX Bling

This example is an updated version of an earlier post. For information regarding this control, please review my previous post.

Project Information
Source Code:	here
Developed For:	Silverlight 1.0 Beta

Silverlight - How to Dynamically Load a XAML File

This example is an updated version of an earlier post. With the release of the 1.0 Beta of Silverlight, dynamically loading a XAML file is easier. Now you only have to set the "Source" property of a SilverlightControl object. For information on how it used to be done, please review my previous post.

Here is a sample that dynamically loads XAML files based upon the selected shape.

Project Information
Source Code:	here
Developed For:	Silverlight 1.0 Beta