WCF with Silverlight

WCF is the standard for talking to the server in Silverlight. If that’s the case, why has Erik stopped using it? In this mini-episode, Erik covers the ins and outs of WCF with 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

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1 comment January 27th, 2009

Announcing Agilitrain!

As you may know, Erik teaches Silverlight courses through the Silverlight Tour.  Today we’d like to announce the arrival of Agilitrain by Shawn Wildermuth.  Not only will Agilitrain run the Silverlight Tour, but new workshops have also been added such as:  Advanced Silverlight, Silverlight for Sharepoint and Model Driven Development with Oslo.  If you are interesting in Silverlight training, take a look at the site!

Add comment January 26th, 2009

The Silverlight 2 Video Player

Are you looking for examples of Silverlight code and techniques? In this mini-episode, Erik talks about the Silverlight 2 Video Player put out by Joel Neubeck and Tim Heuer. This open source project is a great example of what some of the best Silverlight minds are creating.

Useful links:
Silverlight 2 Video Player: http://www.codeplex.com/sl2videoplayer

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

Add comment January 21st, 2009

Resources in Silverlight

If you’ve worked in XAML, you’ve probably seen the resources section. What is this section, what goes in there and why does it exist in the first place? In this mini-episode, Erik tells us all about resources and how to use 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

Add comment January 6th, 2009

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! Have a great 2009.

Add comment January 1st, 2009