Tag Archives: Jesse Liberty

MVVM – It’s Not Kool-Aid

Okay, first, understand that I’m in the position of running through the streets yelling at folks “c’mere! ya’ gotta see this!” and what I’m pointing to is the incredible new invention of… a laptop computer. Something that is undeniably amazing … Continue reading

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Configuration and Decoupled Modules

Two architectural demands for the Silverlight HVP, which are common to many larger applications, came together this week and crystallized into a design that looks to solve a couple other, unanticipated requirements.   Specifically, we knew that (1) we wanted to … Continue reading

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Polling Video – A Viable sub-second alternative?

An interesting suggestion was made with regard to my intended use of embedded “heartbeat” markers.  Mike Loynd (WL) referred me to this fascinating article by John Deutscher (PM for IIS Media).  That caused me to experiment with the following code … Continue reading

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What’s New In Silverlight 3 – Validation

Data Validation is fully implemented in Silverlight 3, utilizing the object the input control is bound to as the decider of what is valid, and the Visual State Machine to provide feedback to the user. The process is best understood … Continue reading

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Switching XAP Files on the Client Side

qingquan126778 asked the question in the Silverlight forums about how to switch between pages in Silverlight if the pages are in different xap files. First I pointed to Jesse Liberty’s post on multi-page applications (qinqquan wanted different xap files, not … Continue reading

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Pie Chart and Column Chart videos post

NewPieChartVideoI’m pleased to announce that my videos on the Silverlight Toolkit PieChart and Columns chart are now available. What is very nice is that once you understand how one of these charts works, working with the other becomes almost self-evident. … Continue reading

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Building A HyperVideo Player

In a previous posting, I began a fast and furious mini-tutorial on building a hyper-video player. In this segment, I’ll demonstrate how to: * Use Encoder to add markers to a video * Use Encoder to create a player * … Continue reading

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Silverlight Toolkit WrapPanel

The Silverlight Toolkit includes a couple new panels, one of which is the incredibly handy WrapPanel. In its most straight forward use, the WrapPanel allows you to add UIElements which it positions sequentially (typically left to right) until there is … Continue reading

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