Happy Holidays!

Monica and Erik are on vacation. Happy Holidays to everyone!

1 comment December 25th, 2008

Instantiating Silverlight

So you want to use Silverlight on your site, but you need to know the best way to instantiate it. In this mini-episode, Erik walks you through three different methods of instantiation while highlighting the benefits and downsides of each.

Music for the show:
Lido In The Morning by General Fuzz from the album Messy’s Place
Sidetrack  by Lisa DeBenedictis from the album Fruitless

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Add comment December 23rd, 2008

Security Issues with Cloud Services

Have you been thinking about consuming cloud services with Silverlight? Maybe you’ve been considering  using a data storage service with your RIA. If that’s the case, there are a few things you need to know. In this mini-episode, Erik goes over some of the security risks you’ll face and helps you find some solutions.

Useful links:
SparklingClient show on security: http://www.sparklingclient.com/secrets-in-silverlight/

Music for the show:
Lido In The Morning by General Fuzz from the album Messy’s Place
Sidetrack  by Lisa DeBenedictis from the album Fruitless

Podcast: Download

1 comment December 18th, 2008

Animations in Silverlight

Today returning guest Jesse Liberty joins us to talk about animations in Silverlight. He gives us an overview of what they are, how they can be useful and how to construct them. Need some inspiration on how to enhance your site? This is the show for you!

Useful links:
Jesse’s blog: http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/ 

Music for the show:
Lido In The Morning by General Fuzz from the album Messy’s Place
Sidetrack by Lisa DeBenedictis from the album Fruitless

Podcast: Download

1 comment December 16th, 2008

Secrets in Silverlight

It may come as a surprise, but there are no secrets in Silverlight. In this mini-episode, Erik reveals the ways in which your sensitive information can be revealed.

Useful links:
Silverlight Spy application: http://tinyurl.com/SLspy 

Music for the show:
Lido In The Morning by General Fuzz from the album Messy’s Place
Sidetrack  by Lisa DeBenedictis from the album Fruitless

Podcast: Download

1 comment December 11th, 2008

Data-Driven Services with Silverlight 2

Today we interview John Papa about his upcoming book Data-Driven Services with Silverlight 2. As the title suggests, this book is entirely devoted to data access in Silverlight. Want to know more about REST, using LINQ with JSON, or Astoria? This is the book for you. Come get the sneak peek on what’s inside!

Useful links:
John Papa’s blog: http://johnpapa.net/
John Papa’s book: http://shrinkster.com/13b8

Music for the show:
Lido In The Morning by General Fuzz from the album Messy’s Place
Sidetrack  by Lisa DeBenedictis from the album Fruitless

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3 comments December 9th, 2008

Interactive Splash Screens in Silverlight

Do you want to add that little something extra to your Silverlight application? Well, splash screens may just be your answer. In this mini-episode, Erik walks us through what they are and how you can customize them.

Music for the show:
Lido In The Morning by General Fuzz from the album Messy’s Place
Sidetrack  by Lisa DeBenedictis from the album Fruitless

Podcast: Download

4 comments December 4th, 2008

Win a spot at the Portland Silverlight Tour stop!

UPDATED 

The Silverlight Tour is going to be in Portland, OR Dec 15-17, 2008, and you have an opportunity to win a seat. To enter, just attend the post-PDC extravaganza PADNUG meeting on Thursday 12.4.08 in Portland, OR, and we’ll raffle away the spot at the meeting.  You must be present to be a part of the drawing! This contest is sponsored by Shawn Wildermuth’s Silverlight Tour.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Look here for info about the Silverlight Tour workshop:
http://silverlight-tour.com/outline.aspx

Congratulations to Gerald Aden who won the Portland Silverlight Tour spot! 

2 comments December 3rd, 2008

Data Access Topics

In this show, we pick up on a conversation with returning guest John Papa about ADO.Net Data Services (Astoria) on the client. This show is loaded with tips and information that you need to know including how to use LINQ to JSON in Silverlight and how to debug your data services.  

Useful links:
John’s blog post on LINQ to JSON: http://johnpapa.net/silverlight/linq-to-json-ndash-checking-for-an-object-or-array/

Music for the show:
Lido In The Morning by General Fuzz from the album Messy’s Place
Sidetrack  by Lisa DeBenedictis from the album Fruitless

Podcast: Download

1 comment December 2nd, 2008