Neurons and Silverlight [17:52m]:
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Silverlight Interactions
Ian is a consultant, developer, speaker, and author. His excellent book on WPF (written with Chris Sells) can be found on Amazon. He knows Silverlight. And he knows WPF. This week he helps us with the following topics:
Why Silverlight?
– There are a lot of options out there. Why is Silverlight the right choice? Why isn’t it?
Neurons and Silverlight
– Old movies had a simple trick for freaking people out. Ian explains how this worked and how we can do the opposite in our Silverlight applications.
Where are the WPF applications?
- WPF has been out for a while now. But where are all of the WPF applications? Does this mean trouble for Silverlight? Ian guides us through these questions.
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May 8th, 2008
Silverlight Backup Plan
What if you have to ship an application immediately, but you need Silverlight-like features? Is there an option? Billy explains how XBAP might be a viable alternative in this week’s show. Here are some of the topics we discuss:
Interaction Design
– It is so critical in Silverlight, but how do you get started? Can anyone do it? Billy helps us out with these questions.
XBAP in place of Silverlight
– Sometimes Silverlight isn’t a viable alternative (after all it’s in Beta). There is a trick, though, that you can use: deploy as an XBAP application initially and then (when Silverlight 2 is released) role that code into Silverlight. However, it is a tricky process. Billy’s doing it in his consulting business, and he tells us some of the things to consider.
Billy’s upcoming WPF book
– Billy tells us about his book and how it’s different than the other books that are out there.
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April 30th, 2008
WPF and Silverlight animations
Billy Hollis is a well known consultant and author. This week we get down to brass tacks and discuss why, from Billy Hollis’ perspective, smart clients/RIA applications are necessary in the first place. Here are some of the topics we cover:
Silverlight in business applications?
– It makes more sense than you might think. Billy has a simple and elegant point that I hadn’t thought of before.
Why isn’t HTML good enough?
– HTML isn’t cutting it for the latest and greatest web applications. Billy explains why.
Why are web technologies (like ASP.NET) so popular lately?
– It’s often not a technical reason.
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April 23rd, 2008
Captain Silverlight (Jesse Liberty) joins us for part 2 of the interview. In this episode, we talk about the power of XAML, XAP files and the new breed of applications that will emerge from the Silverlight platform. It’s a great overview of how Silverlight is storming the web.
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April 16th, 2008
This week we interview Jesse Liberty, Captain Silverlight. He works for Microsoft and runs helps run the Silverlight.net site. In this episode he gives us some great resources, compares Silverlight with other technologies, and explains when XAML should be used and when it shouldn’t. He’s a Silverlight tour-de-force.
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April 9th, 2008
This week we interview Dave Campbell of the Silverlight Cream site. Dave scours the web for all of the newest Silverlight information. Today, we pick his brain on all the best of Silverlight 2.
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April 3rd, 2008
On this show, we talk about how to take the first step with Silverlight. We have a step-by-step guide that shows how exactly to write your first application. But we also have more. Much more.
We present 3 sections to today’s show:
The China Connection: Events halfway around the world could have a substantial impact on Silverlight development. We tell you how.
The Steps: We explain how to write a Silverlight application. It’s easier than you might think.
Softening up the Beach: In this section, we explain a crucial step in Silverlight development- one that is often forgotten, and one that isn’t even discussed in Silverlight documentation.
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March 27th, 2008
Show 6: Interview with Adam Kinney of Microsoft [16:58m]:
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This week we interview Adam Kinney, the Silverlight Surfer. He’s a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft, and he knows his Silverlight stuff. He shares his perspective of how Silverlight works and how it’s going to change the web.
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March 19th, 2008
Standard Podcast [19:47m]:
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Silverlight 2 is released in Beta! You can now download Silverlight 2 and build applications. The world is a better place. And we’re here to tell you what’s been announced and how to get started on the newest and shiniest web applications.
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March 14th, 2008
Silverlight Surprise Announcement - part 2 [13:03m]:
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Silverlight 2 is going to change the web. And now we’re figuring out exactly how. On this show, we cover recent pre-Mix 08 revelations about Silverlight 2. Some were intended and some were, perhaps, not.
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March 3rd, 2008
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