A group blog from members of the VB team
April 29, 2011Apr 29, 201104/29/11Hi, all!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted to this blog, and a lot has happened in my world since then. Though I’ve been pretty busy on our engineering systems team, I took a little time off last summer to do some traveling and,
April 27, 2011Apr 27, 201104/27/11Microsoft WebMatrix is an exciting new product that makes the creation of custom ASP.NET Web sites possible without all the complexity of the full Visual Studio environment. WebMatrix supports web site development in both C# and Visual Basic. In this blog post,
April 21, 2011Apr 21, 201104/21/11I am back with details on how to work with Panels, XAML, and Controls in Silverlight. In this walkthrough, we will see how to work with Panels, XAML, and Controls to create a Data-Driven Silverlight Interface.
During this walkthrough we will cover the following topics:
How to use the Visual Studio 2010 Silverlight Designer,
April 19, 2011Apr 19, 201104/19/11In this walkthrough, I will demonstrate how to convert an existing ASP.NET/jQuery application that consumes data from a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service to Silverlight.
Here are some topics that we will cover:
How to use the Visual Studio 2010 Silverlight Designer
XAML and Silverlight control concepts
How WCF services can be integrated into Silverlight applications
Silverlight data binding techniques
How to make asynchronous calls to services
How to work with cross domain services
Similarities between ASP.NET and Silverlight applications
Before you begin you need to download the offline kit from the Firestarter Labs,
April 18, 2011Apr 18, 201104/18/11In this walkthrough, I will demonstrate how to convert an existing Windows Forms application that consumes data from a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service to Silverlight. Also in the process of conversion we will ensure that the existing functionality is preserved.
April 13, 2011Apr 13, 201104/13/11What is asynchronous programming?
Let’s say you send out an email, then wait and do nothing for the two minutes it takes to get a response back. You do nothing while you’re waiting. It’s worth waiting because it’ll be back fast.
