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- Silverlight 2.0 offers paradigm shift from predecessor
- Most Web developers know better than judging a Microsoft product by its first iteration. For this reason, I was intrigued by the recent beta release of Silverlight 2.0. Silverlight provides a platform for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) to build dynamic user interfaces that are platform and browser...
- Tags: User Interface, Microsoft Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation Windows Presentation Foundation, .Net, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Can presentation layer abstraction ever replace desktop and Web apps?
- Persistent "Holy Grails" in the world of computing are the various methods of abstracting the presentation layer of applications. The current incarnation of this tendency has the HTTP network protocol as the common theme. Let's take a look at this history and see what the chances are that the current...
- Tags: Java Application, Desktop, Web, Application, HTML, Microsoft Silverlight, HTTP, Applet, ActiveX, Channel Management, Programming Languages, Java, Middleware, Marketing, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Justin James
- Blog posts 2008-05-03
- MSDN Webcast: A Lap Around SilverLight (Level 300)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn how to take advantage of Microsoft Silverlight inside the new and existing applications. This webcast explores the managed platform exposed to Microsoft .NET developers, and demonstrates how one can leverage the Microsoft Visual C# and Visual Basic skills to build rich Web sites...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Digital Media, C#, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts
- Web Wednesday: Introduction to Silverlight
- The presenter of this webcast explains how to Light Up the Web with the new web-based UI, Silverlight. Silverlight combines the flexibility and tool support of the XAML file format with the ubiquity of the web. This webcast will cover what Silverlight is and what its key components are for...
- Tags: Web, Microsoft Silverlight, Channel Management, Marketing
- Webcasts
- MSDN Webcast: Silverlight 1.0 Overview (Level 200)
- This webcast presents an overview of Microsoft Silverlight 1.0. It discusses everything from how to set up development and JavaScript programming environments to the relationship between Silverlight 1.0 and Microsoft ASP.NET AJAX.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., AJAX, Digital Media, Internet, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Web 2.0, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- MSDN Webcast: Silverlight Overview (Level 100)
- This webcast provides an overview of Microsoft Silverlight, including a discussion of Silverlight XAML, Microsoft Expression Blend 2, animations, media, and programmability. The presenter of this webcast also discusses features included in versions 1.0 and 1.1 of Silverlight.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts
- Does Microsoft have what it takes to bring you into its mesh?
- Microsoft wants you and everyone you know to join its cloud, or the mesh network it aims to create for all of your devices to communicate with applications and to each other. At the Mix '08 confab, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said, Just imagine the possibilities of...
- Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Andy Moon
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- MSDN geekSpeak Webcast: Building Silverlight Gadgets With Al Alper (Level 100)
- The presenters share their knowledge and experience around a particular developer technology, and are ready to answer the questions real-time during the webcast. The attendee of this webcast will learn about industry trends, new technology, real-world experiences, and more. In this webcast Al Alper shows how to build Microsoft Silverlight...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Microsoft Corp.
- Webcasts 2008-02-27
- Live From Redmond: Building a Dynamic Silverlight Application Using a Web Service, the Downloader and CreateFromXAML
- Creating a Silverlight application on the fly by downloading XAML from a web-service, instantiating XAML using CreateFromXaml and building up the Silverlight application based on the material returned from the web service.
- Tags: XAML, Web, Microsoft Silverlight, Web Service, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2008-02-06
- MSDN Webcast: Performing a File Upload With Silverlight (Level 100)
- The attendee will learn how to use Microsoft Silverlight 1.1 with the Microsoft .NET Framework to upload files to Web server using a Web service with the HTTP POST method.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Web Servers, .Net, Internet, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Webcasts 2008-01-28
- MSDN Webcast: Create Your Own Media Player and Skin With Silverlight 2.0 (Level 100)
- Why write the code when one can have it generated? The attendee of this webcast will learn how to make the most of templates with the Microsoft Expression Encoder and create very own video player with Microsoft Silverlight version 1.1.
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Media Player, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Media Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2008-01-28
- Live From Redmond: Silverlight for Total Novices
- The presenter provides a step by step guidance on getting started, building the first application, XAML, Javascript, the interaction among HTML, JS, and XAML, creating a useful application.
- Tags: XAML, Microsoft Silverlight
- Webcasts 2008-01-30
- MSDN Webcast: Using a Proxy Server to Call an ASP.NET Web Service From a Silverlight Web Site (Level 100)
- This webcast shows how to use a proxy to call a Microsoft ASP.NET Web service. This will be an ASP.NET AJAX Web service that uses the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), which is useful when one needs applications to exchange or store structured information, such as text.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Microsoft ASP.NET, Web Service, Server, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, ASP.NET Web Service, Proxy Server, .Net, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Webcasts 2008-01-28
- Why traditionalists should take Web developers seriously
- There used to be a sharp distinction between application developers and Web developers. This made sense when technologies such as Perl/CGI, classic ASP, standard JSP, and PHP ruled the Web development roost. But this distinction is becoming less relevant with the demise of Perl/CGI, the replacement of ASP with ASP.NET,...
- Tags: Web Developer, Web, Microsoft Silverlight, Web Application, Channel Management, Marketing, Justin James
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- MSDN Webcast: Developer Series (Part 3 of 5): Silverlight 1.1 Events and APIs (Level 200)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn to code events and to work with Microsoft Silverlight version 1.1 client APIs in the third installment of this developer series.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, API, Microsoft Corp., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-12-12
- MSDN Webcast: Developer Series (Part 1 of 5) - Introduction to Silverlight 1.1 Using Visual Studio 2008 (Level 200)
- This webcast is dedicated to getting developers acquainted with building Microsoft Silverlight version 1.1 applications using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. This webcast cover creating first Silverlight application, debugging a Silverlight application, and also showing how to debug JavaScript using Visual Studio 2008.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Development Tools, Digital Media, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-12-10
- MSDN Webcast: Developer Series (Part 2 of 5) - Silverlight XAML and Dynamic Code (Level 200)
- This webcast in introduce the developer to Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML). Everything that a designer can create using Microsoft Expression Blend, a developer can create with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. It also explains how to dynamically create XAML.
- Tags: XAML, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Microsoft Corp.
- Webcasts 2007-12-11
- MSDN Webcast: An Introduction to Silverlight (Level 100)
- This webcast is a quick introduction to Microsoft Silverlight. This webcast explains what Silverlight is, describe how it works, and explore what it is used for. It also gives an overview of the designer and developer workflow in Silverlight.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-11-30
- MSDN Webcast: Designer Series (Part 1 of 5): Getting Started With Silverlight for Designers (Level 200)
- This webcast discusses the basics of Microsoft Silverlight and how it can be useful to designer. It illustrates the workflow of a Silverlight designer working alongside a developer. Get a jump start with Microsoft Expression Blend project, and then follow up with building demonstration page.
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-11-30
- MSDN Webcast: Designer Series (Part 3 of 5) - Introducing Events in Expression Blend to a Silverlight Designer (Level 200)
- The attendee of this webcast will learn how to create events with Microsoft Expression Blend for developers to use. This webcast shows how to create basic animations in Microsoft Expression Blend, and how the information is converted into XAML. The webcast also shows how to work with the object tree...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Silverlight, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-12-05
