Monthly Archives: March 2010

Azure Table Storage Vs. SQL Azure

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Peter Loebel

At the time of application design decision on Azure, most of us get into this discussion at some point in time, “Table Storage OR SQL Azure”. I thought of listing down the pros and cons for both of these storage … Continue reading →

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Simple ViewModel Locator for MVVM

Posted on March 31, 2010 by Peter Loebel

I like the MVVM Light Toolkit but I like John Papa’s  idea too. Make the use of the ViewModel locator more simple. But back to MVVM … I’ve been exploring the world of View first again. The idea is simple: … Continue reading →

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New York Times Silverlight Kit Updated for Windows Phone 7 Series

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Peter Loebel

I spent a little time adapting the New York Times Silverlight Kit this weekend to work on the Windows Phone 7 Series and created my first Silverlight application for the Windows Phone 7 Series. It was actually very easy – … Continue reading →

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Castle Windsor – implementing a simple logging framework

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Peter Loebel

As your Silverlight projects grow complex you’ll soon start to feel the need to have a solid logging system. In my WPF and Windows Forms project I’m now used to have Castle Windsor + Log4Net as my logging system and … Continue reading →

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Using the Bing Maps Silverlight control on the Windows Phone 7

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Peter Loebel

The v1 version of the Silverlight Bing Map control was released in December 2009. The Silverlight control allows you to integrate an immersive mapping solution in your Silverlight applications. By using Silverlight, Microsoft is able to provide a rich experience … Continue reading →

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Building a Windows Phone 7 Twitter Application using Silverlight in Blend 4

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Peter Loebel

First I would like to say that the code is from Scott Gu’s article Building a Windows Phone 7 Twitter Application using Silverlight. I am very excited that Silverlight will soon be capable of working on Windows Phones. Designing for … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Visual State Aggregator

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Peter Loebel

The visual state aggregator. What is it? How many times have you found yourself adding freak methods and commands to your Silverlight projects just to manage some animations? It’s a common issue, and I’ve even built solutions like the IAnimationDelegate … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Silverlight for Symbian beta is available

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Peter Loebel

As discussed at PDC last year, Microsoft is working with Nokia to make Silverlight available for Nokia’s phones. Starting this week you can download the Silverlight for Symbian beta version runtime and tools from the Microsoft Silverlight for Symbian – … Continue reading →

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