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Ian Smith

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• One Month On... Why Silverlight Development Can Be Painful

  Posted: 20 Jun 2009 at 10:46 by Ian

  What happened to the daily link dumps?It's over a month since I posted my last set of daily link dumps. Not through choice! Google decided that a blog with lots of links indicates spam, and it took more than 3 weeks to get this blog unblocked. Needless to say I'm now looking at moving my blog to somewhere that gives me more control (and responsibility :-( ) as part of migrating my embarrasingly

• Ian's Link Dump 14th May 2009

  Posted: 14 May 2009 at 22:20 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightMVVM with Slider that Chooses Which Model to Display (Ed Tanguay)MVVM Approach: Big Smart ViewModels, Dumb Views and Any Model (Ed Tanguay)So What is XAMLFest?First Virtual Silverlight Developer and Designer Network MeetingFlash vs Silverlight on Smashing MagazinenRoute and MVVM - A Match Made in C#15 Excellent and Useful Silverlight Tutorials and ResourcesNew York Times

• Ian's Link Dump 13th May 2009

  Posted: 13 May 2009 at 22:49 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightHow to Show the High Score of a Silverlight Game on a Web Site from a Different ServerSilverlight ClipToBounds - Can I Clip It? Yes You Can!Silverlight ValidateXAML ErrorSilverlight Using WCF with Windows AuthenticationSQL Server Value Tool Written in SilverlightNew York Times Switches from WPF/Silverlight to Flash and AIR for Reader 2Silverlight Unit Testing, RhinoMocks, Unity and

• Ian's Link Dump 12th May 2009

  Posted: 12 May 2009 at 22:57 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightSilverlight Cairngorm (Adobe M-V-VM ported to .NET).NET RIA Services May 2009 Preview ReleasedProject Starlight: Multicast plug-in for Silverlight (Ben Waggoner)Absolutely the Simplest Data Binding to an Object (Ed Tanguay)How to Cascase XAML Styles with BasedOnSimple Object Binding that works in Expression Blend Design ModeSilverlight Enterprise Deployment Guidance (Updated) (Tim

• Ian's Link Dump 11th May 2009

  Posted: 11 May 2009 at 23:03 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightFix for Visual Studio 2008 with XAML FilesRefactoring Silverlight ChildWindow for Non-Modal UseRIA Services and ResharperEditing Model and Default Initialiser for Silverlight ControlsSilverlight DomainUpDown ControlCustomising Rich Data Forms in Silverlight 3: CustomisationA Bit of Physics for an Inertial ScrollViewerMulticast comes to SilverlightJason Dollinger on

• Ian's Link Dump 10th May 2009

  Posted: 10 May 2009 at 22:41 by Ian

  WPF/Silverlight'Odin' Unit Test Runners for the Silverlight Unit Test FrameworkDocument Toolkit for Silverlight 2 and Silverlight 3Silverlight Toolkit Overview Part 3: ThemingCreating Circular Rotating Text in Expression Blend (Silverzine)Silverlight Slider that Snaps to Rounded Value When DraggedUser-Initiated Actions in Silverlight'Great video about using Silverlight GraphicsProgramming

• Ian's Link Dump 9th May 2009

  Posted: 10 May 2009 at 09:00 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightNew Training Resources on SilverlightDebugging Silverlight in IE8 (on Windows 7)How to Define the Stule of the Selected Item in a XAML ListBox or ListViewExpression Blend 3: Trying a Drag-and-Drop Behavior (Part 1) (Mike Taulty)Flash vs Silverlight: What Suits Your Needs Best?Beat Box Application Part 3: Playing Media ElementsOther MicrosoftSysInternals on the WebUpdate Live

• Ian's Link Dump 8th May 2009

  Posted: 08 May 2009 at 23:50 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightCreate a Fire Button with Expression Design and Blend (Silverzine)How to have Expression Blend Design Mode See Test Data From Your ModelNotes on Video Tutorial: Expression Blend: Data SourcesGetting Started with Expression Blend (lynda.com)Expression Blend Training ResourcesNew Animation API for Silverlight 3 Easing FunctionsRAD Controls for Silverlight in ASP.NET (Video webcast

• Ian's Link Dump 7th May 2009

  Posted: 07 May 2009 at 23:33 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightSilverlight ComboBox Number of Items Shown RefreshAdd Extra Items to a Silverlight 2 ComboBoxSample Silverlight 3 BehavioursMVVM Base Application that can be Edited with Blend and Visual StudioPatterns and Practices in the Component Application Library: Part 3Customising the Look of a Radio Button in Expression Blend (Microsoft Expression video)Switching Pages and Passing

• Ian's Link Dump 6th May 2009

  Posted: 06 May 2009 at 22:41 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightThe New York Times Silverlight KitThinking outside the XAP - Blend 3 and Support for Web SitesWPF Design Surface Improvements in Visual Studio 2010How to Format Strings in a DataTemplate in XAML with MultiBindingHow to Structure a WPF Application with DataBindings so You Can Enhance it in Expression BlendDownload WPF M-V-VM Project Tempalte/ToolkitCustom Membership, Role and

• Ian's Link Dump 5th May 2009

  Posted: 05 May 2009 at 22:53 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightBe Careful When You Are Naming the Silverlight Class LibraryRadial Layout in SilverlightGoing 'Extreme' with Silverlight 3 (Sharing the Source for a Real-World Sample ApplicationSilverlight 3 Video Player with Source CodeHow to Create a User Control in WPF (video)Customising the Look of a Radio Button in Expression Blend (video)XCeed WPF DataGrid - Part 1WPF M-V-VM Toolkit 0.1 (

• Ian's Link Dump 5th May 2009

  Posted: 04 May 2009 at 23:32 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightA Quick Note on Namespaces in Silverlight/WPF'Convert Brush to Resource' button in Blend 3Getting the Most out of the Vector Tools in Expression DesignUsing Vector Graphics from Office Clip Art in Silverlight/WPF AppsUsing Wikipedia as Clip Art Source for Silverlight/WPF AppsASP.NET Membership and Roles in Silverlight 3Notes on Blend and Expression Video TutorialsXPath (barely) in

• Ian's Link Dump 3rd May 2009

  Posted: 04 May 2009 at 00:13 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightRooler Utilities for Measuring and Analysing On-Screen Graphics (Peter Blois)First Smooth Streaming User-Generated ContentSilverlight Error Codes ExplainedSilverlight Beat Box Application Part 2: Custom Panel Hit TestingMIX09: Sharing Skills and Code with Silverlight and WPF.NETProblem with the Azure Training Kit's IntroAccessControl Hands-On-LabMicrosoft Source Analysis aka

• Ian's Link Dump 2nd May 2009

  Posted: 02 May 2009 at 22:22 by Ian

  WPF/Silverlight15 Excellent and Useful Silverlight Tutorials and ResourcesExtending Silverlight's Mouse EventsSilverlightContrib Star Selector Control UpdatedIntegrating Silverlight 3 Polling Duplex with Unity ContainerSilverlight UK User Group #7 Meeting Agenda PostedSilverlight Smooth Streaming Showcase Site (720p movie trailers)Star Wars Crawler in Silverlight 3.NETDotnetBlogEngine (Open

• Ian's Link Dump 1st May 2009

  Posted: 02 May 2009 at 00:29 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightModel-View-ViewModel Toolkit v0.1 ReleasedSwitching Pages and Passing Parameters in SilverlightRegister Silverlight Controls with Visual Studio and BlendWEB09 - Silverlight and Blend in Auckland, New Zealand (Tim Heuer)Expression for Art's Sake: Silverlight and Blend in Wellington, New Zealand (Tim Heuer)How to Use App.Config in WPF ApplicationsHow to Make a Frameless WPF

• Ian's Link Dump 30th April 2009

  Posted: 30 Apr 2009 at 23:57 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightTextBlock vs LabelBeginning a Silverlight Animation FrameworkPast your REST API as Strong Types in Visual Studio (Tim Heuer)Silverlight Quick Tip: Lambda Expressions for Async Web Service CallsAnimated Visual State Transitions with the Transitioning Content Control (Jesse Liberty)Reviewing my Favourite Silverlight BooksDeepZoomPix: Experience Your Photos Like Never Before (

• Ian's Link Dump 29th April 2009

  Posted: 29 Apr 2009 at 23:13 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightSilverlight 2 DataGrid Demo Application with Formatting of DataBeat Box Silverlight Application - Part 1 - OverviewSilverlight Navigation Part 3Introducing HTML Utilities for SilverlightWPF Application Quality Guide v0.5 ReleasedGenerate WPF and Silverlight Dependency Properties using T4 templatesPerenthia World Builder in SilverlightGreat Silverlight Charting ResourcesSwitching

• Ian's Link Dump 28th April 2009

  Posted: 28 Apr 2009 at 22:45 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightPaging with the Silverlight RIA Services DomainDataSourceMicrosoft Previews Great WPF and Silverlight Apps with Facebook OpenStreams APIUse SketchFlow to Build Skateboarding PenguinsThe Connection Between DataContext and ItemsSourceHow to Evaluate Data in XAML Using DataTriggers and IValueConverterMSDev.Com (Got XAML?)Silverlight CountDown Control - Your Days Are CountedAnnouncing

• Ian's Link Dump 27th April 2009

  Posted: 27 Apr 2009 at 23:21 by Ian

  WPF/Silverlight12th Annual Webby Awards Powered by SilverlightSilverlight 3 Hidden Features: TextBox.CaretBrushUsing Blend 3 for SilverlightSlide Show using DomainUpDown and TransitionContentControlA Silverlight Database Application with Image UploadA Collection of Silverlight and WPF Charting ResourcesBitmap Effects Generic PixelShader Helper ClassScott Guthrie MIX Keynote Coding Demo PostedRead

• Ian's Link Dump 26th April 2009

  Posted: 26 Apr 2009 at 23:59 by Ian

  WPF/SilverlightOrchestrating Animated Transitions Between View and ViewModelA Cool trick for Passing Data to A Silverlight ApplicationOpen in Expression Blend - Switch Between 2 and 3How to Programmatically Detect Silverlight VersionOptimising Sending XML to a ServiceReaction-Diffusion Models (Silverlight 2 Application)British MPs Expenses Data Visualisation via Virtual Earth CTP (Silverlight 2