Monthly Archives: January 2009

How to keep your Silverlight project on time and on budget

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Peter Loebel

By splitting your project plan into 4 areas and seperating them with clear mile stones we can minimize over servicing. Each mile stone is recognized by the client signing off the progress so far and acknowledging the progression into the … Continue reading →

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Extending AutoCompleteBox

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Peter Loebel

I like the AutoComplete feature for email addresses in hotmail, we get suggestions for any number of email addresses when we start typing. With AutoCompleteBox we get one. Here is my attempt to implement that feature extending AutoCompleteBox. I defined … Continue reading →

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Master pages in Silverlight, part IV : progressive download in the background

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Peter Loebel

by gleblanc Something is killing some RIA applications : the time it sometimes takes to see the first page. So, let’s see how to keep the master page as small as possible (a few KB for the master page and the initial content … Continue reading →

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How the Presentation Model could look like when using Silverlight

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Peter Loebel

In this post I will give you an example how the Presentation Model ,pattern could be implemented when using Silverlight 2.0. I will not dig deep into the Presentation Model, so if you don’t hear of it or want to … Continue reading →

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WPF and Silverlight developers using Twitter

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Peter Loebel

Filed under: Google, IM, Tips & Tricks, Utilities, Web, coding, development, silverlight Yesterday I found the list of iPhone developers that are on Twitter.  Today I decided to start a google spreadsheet Twitter list that has all the WPF and … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Virtual Earth for Traffic Analysis

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Peter Loebel

Want to know where to NOT drive to avoid having an accident in Leon County, Florida? Check out this Traffic Crash Density Mapping application from Microsoft Virtual Earth partner IS Consulting. This latest ISC Virtual Earth based application is built … Continue reading →

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Data Visualization Toolkit for Silverlight – Descry

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Peter Loebel

by Walt Ritscher Our UI tools constantly grow more powerful.  We collect massive amounts of data from countless sources.  It is tempting to try and combine the heaps of data and show them in new and interesting ways. Pioneers in … Continue reading →

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Silverlight Adoption Hampered by Economic Crisis

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Peter Loebel

Microsoft’s Silverlight technology has streamed some high-profile live events lately, the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama and the 2008 Summer Olympics among them. But Silverlight’s real promise for the business customer — to improve user interfaces for day-to-day applications … Continue reading →

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