Tag Archives: Jeff Wilcox

The power of the November 2009 Silverlight Toolkit testing tools

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Peter Loebel

The November 2009 Silverlight Toolkit is essentially a tools and infrastructure release on top of the October 2009 release (where we first introduced Visual Studio 2010 support). It also adds a Silverlight 4 Beta version. New infrastructure & test tools … Continue reading →

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Walkthrough: The power of the November 2009 Silverlight Toolkit testing tools

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Peter Loebel

The November 2009 Silverlight Toolkit is essentially a tools and infrastructure release on top of the October 2009 release (where we first introduced Visual Studio 2010 support). It also adds a Silverlight 4 Beta version. New infrastructure & test tools … Continue reading →

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Custom Control Development: Simple code guidelines

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Peter Loebel

from  Jeff Wilcox Great custom control development is a skill that takes more than time and experience to perfect. It’s also not a widely documented practice. When it comes to Silverlight controls, there are similarities and differences from WPF custom … Continue reading →

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Silverlight 3 unit test framework binaries available

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Peter Loebel

Two weeks ago, I posted the July 2009 release of the Silverlight Unit Test Framework online for folks looking for updated bits. Of course, the real gem is the Silverlight 3 version. Now that Silverlight 3 has shipped, you should … Continue reading →

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Do you have any feedback on the AutoCompleteBox API?

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Peter Loebel

I’m working hard to make sure that the AutoCompleteBox control is refined, perfected, and ready to become an important part of Silverlight. Now that the control shipped in the Silverlight 3 Beta SDK, we do have a little opportunity to … Continue reading →

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xUnit for Silverlight

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Peter Loebel

If you’ve been doing any Silverlight development, I’m sure you’re aware of the Microsoft Silverlight Unit Test Framework. One extremely interesting aspect about this framework is how flexible it is for custom extension. If you didn’t already know, Jeff Wilcox … Continue reading →

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Silverlight version of ComputeFileHashes now includes MD5

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Peter Loebel

I was very happy with last week’s release of ComputeFileHashes supporting the command-line, WPF, Silverlight, *and* ClickOnce. Only one thing bothered me: the Silverlight version didn’t do MD5 due to the lack of support for that type of checksum by … Continue reading →

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Building Silverlight code on machines without the SDK

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Peter Loebel

Part of the Silverlight SDK can be copied into your source tree to build projects on machines without requiring Silverlight or the SDK. This is great for continuous integration environments and build labs where having an independent build is key. … Continue reading →

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