C# for Designers
Published November 25th, 2009 Under General, Silverlight | Leave a Comment
Having some programming knowledge as an interactive professional can set you apart from the rest. Come learn the essentials of C# for creating interactivity in Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation in this session, and add another weapon to your design arsenal.
Out and About: XAML and being a Software Startup with Richard Godfrey
Published August 20th, 2009 Under General, Silverlight | Leave a Comment
An interview with UK based startup IPrinciples who specialise in rich UI using XAML. We discuss the need for designers, the importance of Expression Design and why they favour WPF over Silverlight before talking about how useful Microsoft BizSpark is for startups.
Data-driven applications in WPF and Silverlight
Published August 11th, 2009 Under General, Silverlight | Leave a Comment
Come delve into Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Microsoft’s latest frameworks for building rich internet experiences and desktop applications. Topics covered include: data binding and tips for writing data-driven applications; using styles and templates to customize the appearance of standard controls; and getting the best performance from your data bound application. This presentation assumes you’re already familiar with the XAML markup language and the basics of the object model shared by Silverlight and WPF.
Building maintainable enterprise WPF applications using Composite Application Guidance
Published July 24th, 2009 Under General | Leave a Comment
Are you building complex enterprise applications with WPF? Once you get past the initial twilight period of amazement at WPF’s power, you’ll quick arrive a set of real problems that the WPF books might not answer. How can you partition that application into separately evolving pieces that can be developed and tested by separate teams. How can you introduce new components in the UI without breaking the entire system? How can you support complex interactions and transactions across the different UI components without having the code become a tangled un-maintainable mess? How can you build the system in a unit-testable manner? If any of these questions apply to you, come to this session and find out about the new Composite Application Guidance that we recently shipped in patterns & practices. We’ll look at core aspects of the guidance and the types of systems you’ll build using it. We’ll also explore how you can incrementally adopt the capabilities that make sense for you rather than being forced to “take the whole kitchen sink.”
Setting Up Visual Studio for WPF and Silverlight Development
Published June 10th, 2009 Under General, Silverlight | Leave a Comment
This video will enable you to be successful in discovering the toolset and setting up Visual Studio 2010 for WPF and Silverlight development. Additionally, this video covers the designer features that are common to both the WPF and Silverlight designer.