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Visual Studio Orcas Beta 2

Let the downloads begin!!!!  Scott Guthrie says VS 2008 Beta 2 is coming this week!  Not only that, but that it is pretty much feature complete.  That should mean we will have a Go-Live license also as it was mentioned before!

Cool.. Cool... Cool..

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/07/23/first-look-at-ironruby.aspx#3257329

Dr. Dobb's Portal: Silverlight Tutorial

Check this out!  There seems to be a little bug in their game where you mouse goes off the canvas and you loose control, but still not bad.  Lots of information there!

The Silverlight Directory - Launched

http://www.TheSilverlightDirectory.com launched!  The site is in the process of adding content, but appears to be functional now.

If you have a Silverlight product, blog about Silverlight, articles, tutorials, demos or even Websites that are built with Silverlight, add a listing to the Silverlight Directory!

http://www.thesilverlightdirectory.com/AddListing/

Most posts are approved within 24 hours.

Developing Hangman

Wade Wegner has a post detailing the steps he took to setup a development environment for Silverlight he used to get his feet wet in Silverlight pumping out a hangman game in three hours:

http://blog.wadewegner.com/2007/07/23/SettingUpASilverlightDevelopmentEnvironment.aspx

The game Hangman:

http://apps.wadewegner.com/hangman/

Silverlight Annotations - Problem on Macs

Seems that compatiblity is not quite complete yet, but not far away:

http://www.thedatafarm.com/blog/2007/07/15/SilverlightAnnotationInSafariForWindows.aspx

Author of a new Silverlight book asks for help

http://cornucopia30.blogspot.com/2007/07/silverlight-11-in-action-book.html

Microsoft luring UK students with Silverlight

Kind of made my stomach turn :)

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/students/studentportal/default.mspx

Auto-code generation for Silverlight Controls

http://blogs.msdn.com/cdndevs/archive/2007/07/13/auto-code-generation-for-silverlight-controls.aspx

Market adoption proves the "why" of RIAs

Ryan Stewart's new post about Rich Internet Applications:

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=452

Visual Studio 2008 in 2007?

Microsoft's new Visual Studio 2008 may just appear in 2007 and have be released again in Feb 2008:

http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/07/07/13/MS-visualstudio_1.html

As a side note, rumor has it that VS Orcas (vs 2008) Beta 2 will be available this month.  I guess we will have to wait and see!

Video about the Silverlight Airlines demo

This is one of my favorite demos being a persont that use search a lot for flights.

http://on10.net/Blogs/tina/microsoft-silverlight-airlines/

Using Silverlight in a Groove Space

Using Microsoft Groove?

http://mindjetlabs.com/cs/blogs/synergist/archive/2007/07/16/Using-Silverlight-in-a-Groove-Space.aspx

Newest Skills Hurdle

I think most developers can feel the pain of staying current with the vast array of technology flowing out today.  It is much like trying to get a drink from a fire hose.

http://reddevnews.com/columns/article.aspx?editorialsid=1837

Preparing for Silverlight 1.0 RC

Tim Sneath posted about the RC versions being released within the next few weeks, I am waiting for 1.1 Betas to come out:

http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2007/07/13/preparing-for-silverlight-1-0-rc-and-beyond.aspx

Silverlight Video answer for PhotoAlbum

http://geekswithblogs.net/lbugnion/archive/2007/07/13/Silverlight-Video-on-my-PhotoAlbum-website--Going-in-holidays.aspx

New videos on Silverlight.net

For 1.0 there is:

Working with silverlight Host Object

How to build a silverilght Control

For 1.0 and Blend:

Create a Video Player using Plend - Part 1

http://silverlight.net/learn/learnvideos.aspx#video206

Accessing ASP.NET App Services from Silverlight Part 3

Mike continues the series with the new part 3:

http://blogs.msdn.com/mikeormond/archive/2007/07/18/accessing-asp-net-application-services-from-silverlight-part-3.aspx

Project Silverlight 1.1 now at part 16!

Yep, LiquidBoy has posted part 16 of his series of create a iTune app in Silverlight 1.1a:

http://advertboy.wordpress.com/tag/project-silverlight-11/

Adventures in Silverlight

Another one getting their feet wet in Silverlight:

http://danny-t.co.uk/index.php/2007/07/12/silverlight-adventures/

Accessing ASP.NET application services from Silverlight

Mike Ormond has a intersting read:

http://blogs.msdn.com/mikeormond/archive/2007/07/12/accessing-asp-net-application-services-from-silverlight.aspx

and

http://blogs.msdn.com/mikeormond/archive/2007/07/12/accessing-asp-net-application-services-from-silverlight-part-2.aspx

XAML Gel Buttons in WPF and Silverlight

http://mark-dot-net.blogspot.com/2007/07/xaml-gel-buttons-in-wpf-and-silverlight.html

TV Guide enlists Maven for video services

The Silverlight reach is growing:

http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticleHomePage&art_aid=63829

More Ballmer

Here is more about Steve Ballmer's speech:

http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_6343945?_requestid=806596

and

http://www.crn.com/software/201000524

Good starts on LINQ 2 SQL

While this is not stictly Silverlight, many may make use of it.  Scott Guthie has posted another article in his series on LINQ to SQL (link includes links to previous articles):

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/07/11/linq-to-sql-part-4-updating-our-database.aspx

Speech Ballons

http://pavanpodila.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9C9E888164859398!289.entry

Interactive Silverlgiht Annotation test

This is pretty cool:

http://www.thedatafarm.com/blog/2007/07/12/amoreinteractivesilverlightannotationtest.aspx

Also, some of the commments:

http://www.thedatafarm.com/blog/2007/07/12/AFewRepliesToQuestionsAboutMySilverlightAnnotationApp.aspx

Windows Live Quick Applications

Check out Quick Apps (http://dev.live.com/QuickApps/) along with all the source code.  I found out about them at:

http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2007/07/11/14135.aspx

Silverlight install problem,not..

While it appeared to not work, some might experience this problem:

http://geekswithblogs.net/lorint/archive/2007/07/12/113887.aspx

Silverlgiht Streaming: No need to be cafeful anymore

It seems Microsoft is listening and fixed this issue:

http://geekswithblogs.net/lbugnion/archive/2007/07/12/Silverlight-Streaming-No-need-to-be-careful-anymore.aspx

Astoria CTP now Silverlgiht compatible

http://reddevnews.com/news/article.aspx?editorialsid=8818

Project Silverlgiht 1.1 - iTune prototype in Silverlight

Just a reminder to check back on this site.  LiquidBoy continues his series and it is shaping up!

http://advertboy.wordpress.com/tag/project-silverlight-11/

Silverlight streaming: Careful what the app name

http://geekswithblogs.net/lbugnion/archive/2007/07/10/Silverlight-Streaming-Careful-with-that-applications-name.aspx

Which version of Silverlight is installed?

Laurent Duveau has a post on determining which version of Silverlight:

http://weblogs.asp.net/lduveau/archive/2007/07/11/which-version-of-silverlight-is-installed-on-your-browser.aspx

Ballmer urges partners to embrace SaaS

In this article by Peter Galli on eWeek, Ballmer claims "the software and services era is now":

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2156697,00.asp

Also:

http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/07/07/10/Ballmer-gives-his-take-on-software-plus-services-plan_1.html

iStreamPlanet to powerup webcasting with Silverlight

istreamPlanet Co. announced they will use Silverlight in their next generation media streaming:

http://www.streamingmedia.com/press/view.asp?id=7143

CSLA with Rockford Lhotka

Rocky talks about CSLA along with mentioning about a possible CSLA Light for Silverlight (41 minutes into the show).

http://dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showID=257

XAML Crucher 2.0

Petzold posting about XAML Chuncher for experimenting with XAML:

http://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2007/07/100411.html

Visual Studio 2008 Release Announced

It is offical, Visual Studio 2008 will be released along with SQL server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 all on Feb 27,2008!

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jul07/07-10WPCDay1PartnersPR.mspx

Interview with Lightmaker at REMIX

Watch the interview to get the perspective from a team who built their first Silverlight app in just 4 days.

PreEmptive Solutions DotFuscator support for Silverlight 1.1a

Title says it all, they have now added support in their professional version for SIlverlight 1.1a:

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070709005846&newsLang=en

Tetris - Silverlight

http://elquintero.net/BlogGeeks/Silverlight/Tetrislight/default.html

Building web pages using Silverlight

Article at ASP Alliance:

http://aspalliance.com/1334_Building_Web_Pages_Using_Microsoft_Silverlight

Also at the site "Streaming a Silverlight Media Application from Silverlight Live":

http://aspalliance.com/1342_streaming_a_silverlight_media_application_from_silverlight_live

Project Silverlight 1.1 - Prototype

This series of posts is the beginning of Silverlight 1.1 prototype of iTunes, still have quite a ways to go, but it is a work in progress:

http://advertboy.wordpress.com/tag/project-silverlight-11/


You might also check out the series of Silverlight tips posted on the site:

http://advertboy.wordpress.com/tag/silverlight-code-tips/

Is Silverlight going to make my life eaiser?

http://www.gottabemobile.com/IsSilverlightGoingToMakeMyLifeEasier.aspx

Silverlight Mobile

Silverlight could actually make me want a Windows Mobile unit, I just want a bigger screen :)

http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_griffin/archive/2007/06/21/kool-video-on-silverlight-on-windows-mobile.aspx

Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 in next few weeks

.. with a "Go-Live" license??  Yeah baby!!!

http://www.andreas-kraus.net/blog/visual-studio-2008-beta-2/

Silverligth TextBox Fun Exmple..

Example playing around with a Textbox in Silverlight:

http://weblogs.asp.net/skoganti/archive/2007/07/09/silverlight-textbox-control-fun-example-fun-to-test-the-example.aspx

Expensive calls to FindName

Performance issues with calls to FindName in Silverlight?

http://vistasquad.co.uk/blogs/nondestructive/archive/2007/07/09/expensive-calls-to-findname.aspx