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JavaScript vs Silverlight: An answer
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Entry Date: Jul 2010
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site: Gala Soft
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keywords:Silverlight; Java Script; Silverlight 4;
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Article Description:
An article was published at JupiterJS.com (titled “JavaScript vs Silverlight”) arguing that JavaScript is better than Silverlight. Unfortunately, there is no way to post comments on that page (weird, really) so I decided I would post my answer here.
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Interesting post comparing Silverlight with Javascript, highlighting weak and stron points, a nice read (also nice to read the article reffered that only covers the javascript part)
Good to read both points of views
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Simple Image cropping in Expression Design
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Entry Date: Jul 2010
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site: Developing for .net
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keywords:Silverlight; Silverlight 4; Expression Blend;
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I had a case today where I wanted to crop an image, something I haven’t needed to do in some time. In fact, the last time I had to do it was on my previous computer which had several graphics programs installed. This time, however, the only application I have installed on this machine is Expression Design 2. I remember seeing the feature I was after in some training videos, so I thought I should be able to figure out quickly enough. Unfortunately, it didn’t work as I remembered. On the other hand, I found a pretty quick way to do simple cropping so I thought I’d share that.
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If you have to use Expression Designer (vector graphics oriented tool) sometimes you won't find a direct way to do som simple bitmap operations.
In this post you will find how easy is to crop a bitmap image.
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Using Silverlight 4 to Browse NetFlix’s OData Catalog
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Entry Date: Jun 2010
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site: Christopher Deweese
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keywords:WCF; Silverlight; ADO .net Data Services; Silverlight 3.0; Silverlight 4; ODATA;
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One of the announcements at Mix 10 was the preview of NetFlix’s OData catalog API. The Astoria team has been hard at work getting the new release of what is now called WCF Data Services (Formerly ADO.NET Data Services). In Silverlight 4 the WCF Data Services Client is included as part of the Silverlight runtime which makes it very easy to consume OData Services.
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Nice sample about how to build a consumer of an external OData source (Silverlight client).
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Avoid incorrect Silverlight XAP file caching
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Entry Date: Jun 2010
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site: Code Blog
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keywords:Silverlight;
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The code below appends the last-write filedate of the Silverlight Application XAP file to the path in the source parametre of the Silverlight object tag.
This will ensure that poorly constructed caching functionality of webbrowsers and proxy servers doesn’t incorrectly use old builds of the XAP file.
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Having a proxy cache in your client / company can mean... problems when you deploy a new version of your silverlight app (the old version remains in cache, X hours or even days).
The trick to avoid this is going through the object instantiation and add a parameter to the query string... using that way you can fool the server, you have to decide quite well which param to use, e.g. current date time will force users to download the XAP version every time, there's a better solution in this post get the last write file date of the XAP file.
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Detecting memory issues with Silverlight
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Entry Date: Jun 2010
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site: Luis Guerrero
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keywords:Silverlight; Silverlight 4;
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Sometimes something goes wrong and we found that there are memory leaks on a dot net application; Silverlight is not free about this issues. So we’re going to identify how to find this memory issues with WinDBG and sos for Silverlight.
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How to detect and troubleshoot memory leaks in Silverlight 4.
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Using Silverlight 4 Web Parts in SharePoint 2010
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Entry Date: May 2010
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site: Sharepoint pro connections
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keywords:Silverlight; Silverlight 4; MOSS 2010; Sharepoint 2010;
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SharePoint 2010 has built-in support for Silverlight Web Parts, making it easy to get Silverlight applications up and running. But most developers will want to go beyond the basic functionality to create highly integrated experiences using Visual Studio. In this article, I'll look at how to build Silverlight Web Parts that can run in the Sandbox, manipulate SharePoint data using the Client Object Model, and run out of the browser on the desktop
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Good SL + MOSS 2010 intro for Silverlight developers, nice to know in which way you can extract information from the Sharepoint repository, how to deploy and debug your XAP, ...
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Simple SharePoint 2010 + Silverlight + Client Object Model Example
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Entry Date: May 2010
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site: wordpress
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keywords:Silverlight; Visual Studio 2010; Silverlight 4; MOSS 2010; Sharepoint 2010;
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This post will take you through a very simple example of using a Silverlight application in SharePoint 2010, using the new SharePoint 2010 Client Object Model. I will also show how to use the new SharePoint 2010 tools in Visual Studio 2010 to package the Silverlight application for deployment. Note that I will not be getting into the details of creating a flashy (no pun intended) UI in Silverlight – i will just create a very simple UI with a list box and a text box.
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We Silverlight developers need to jump into Sharepoint 2010 + SL combination.
Good to learn the very basics and start making asynchronous request against the Sharepoint Client Object Model.
In this tutorial you will learn that basics
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SharePoint 2010 and Silverlight – lessons learned
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Entry Date: May 2010
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site: Ms MVPs
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keywords:Silverlight; Silverlight 4; MOSS 2010; Sharepoint 2010;
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Despite of native Silverlight support in SharePoint 2010 there are a lot of hidden issues how to develop, debug and test SL. In this post I will share the challenges I experienced with Silverlight in SharePoint 2010 and solutions to help others to cut the corners.
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Nice intro about how does Silverlight integrates in Sharepoint 2010, good reading for a SL developer: how to deploy a Silverlight component, debug it, ... issues that you will find.
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Organizing Your Project using Layout Containers in Expression Blend
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Entry Date: May 2010
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site: Microsoft
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keywords:Silverlight; XAML;
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Learn the basics of layout in Expression Blend by exploring how to use the layout panels. Learn how to work with canvases, grids, and stack panels.
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We as Silverlight developers can consider ourself like XAML Ninja's... but sooner or later we have to learn Expression Blend (that black background tool), Why? It Saves you tons of time and effort and let you create a nice layout in some minutes.
In this 16 minutes video you will learn how to play with layout containers (Canvas, StackPanel, Grid), the most interesting part is how to define columns and rows in a Grid and how to lock / unlock cells to let your user interface fit if user resizes the window.
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Creating a Simple Report Writer in Silverlight 4
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Entry Date: May 2010
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site: Pete Brown
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keywords:Silverlight; XAML; Silverlight 4;
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Over the weekend, I was working on the Printing chapter of my Silverlight 4 Book. As part of that chapter, I decided to build a simple report writer. While there's a lot of other useful stuff in the chapter (buy my book! ) I felt the report writer could be very useful to release into the wild.
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Excellent extension to Silverlight 4 printing API, if you need some simple report capabilities (items printing, paging, header / footers) this will save you life :)
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Silverlight 4 Rough Notes: Printing
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Entry Date: May 2010
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site: Mike Taulty
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keywords:Silverlight; XAML; Silverlight 4;
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There’s a new namespace in Silverlight 4 – System.Windows.Printing where you’ll find a few classes – the most important of which is the new PrintDocument which provides an event driven approach to printing. You construct one of these things, give it a name and tell it to print and then it calls you back to find out what it is you’d like to print.
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nice intro to Silverlight 4 printing, covers some advanced topics like how to add paging.
Missing managing with DPI, I think default on SL printing is 96 DPI.
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