Archive for February, 2008
In an unexpected announcement, Scott Guthrie has released some exciting information about Silverlight 2. In this episode of the Sparkling Client podcast, we investigate what he has announced and what it means for the Silverlight platform. If you are interested in the bleeding edge of web development, this show is for you.
Useful links for the show:
The surprise announcement- http://shrinkster.com/v96
February 28th, 2008

Show 2: Silverlight 2.0 Preview [20:59m]:
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Silverlight 2.0 is going to change the web. It’s a downloadable runtime that lets us write rich client applications. This week, we answer 2 fundamental questions about Silverlight:
- What is Silverlight?
- How does one get started with Silverlight?
If you want to be ready for what’s coming next in web development, give a listen. Our goal is to have a compact and informative audio podcast. Please leave any feedback you might have.
Useful Links from the show:
www.silverlight.net – the main Silverlight site. The Silverlight site (at the moment) only has an older SDK for Silverlight 2.0 (named 1.1). Still, there are videos and other helpful information.
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/ - Scott Guthrie’s blog. He’s a General Manager within the Microsoft Developer Division, and he posts all of the new stuff on his blog.
http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Silverlight.SilverlightBlogs - This channel 9 site, has a comprehensive list of Silverlight blogs. If you want to be on the cutting edge of Silverlight news, subscribe to these blogs.
http://visitmix.com/2008/default.aspx - The Mix 08 conference is coming up, and we’re expecting big announcements regarding Silverlight. Visit this site to see videos (in Silverlight) of the conference.
February 19th, 2008
Are you interested in Silverlight, AJAX, Flash, etc? This is the show for you. In it, we discuss what these new technologies will mean for the web. In addition, we talk about the format of the show. Our goal is to teach, via an audio podcast, information in a very short amount of time. The idea is that people can learn useful stuff while commuting or otherwise living their lives. What do you think about this format? Does it work? Are there things we can do better? Please leave comments. Help us figure out how to best get this information out there.
Useful Links for the show:
www.silverlight.net – the main Silverlight site. The Silverlight site (at the moment) only has an older SDK for Silverlight 2.0 (named 1.1). Still, there are videos and other helpful information.
February 19th, 2008
Hello. Sparkling Client is live! Welcome to the site. Shortly, we’ll be posting the first couple of shows, and after that, we’ll have one show a week. Please listen and post any feedback you might have in the comments section for the shows. We’re still feeling out the format so let us know what you think!
We’d like to take a minute to thank all of the people who helped with the podcast. To be sure, any failings in the show shouldn’t be associated with these fine people:
Jer Warren
Scott Hanselman
Jason Mauer
Tyler Sample
February 18th, 2008