Monthly Archives: April 2011

Controlling Silverlight Child Windows Using MVVM

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

A while ago I wrote a post called “Silverlight Child Window With MEF and MVVM Light” where I laid out an approach on how to implement a child window in Silverlight while following MVVM.  Some of the challenges of using … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, C#, MVVM, MVVMLight, Software Architecture | 3 Comments

Isolating OData Calls in Silverlight.

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

As Software Engineers we strive to build elegant solutions.  We tend to layer our architecture so that our code is modular so that our code is testable and maintainable.  With Silverlight this poses some particular challenges specifically when dealing with … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, MVVM, OData, Software Architecture | 3 Comments

Getting a User’s Windows Identity in WCF

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

I was recently asked by a coworker, “How do I get the Windows Identity of a user calling my WCF service from Silverlight?”  My answer to him was “To the Cloud!”   No seriously, I put together a little demo application.  … Continue reading →

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“Update on the 5’s”

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

Microsoft’s MIX11conference is next week in Las Vegas. This is Microsoft’s conference dedicated to UX.  It has been at this conference where the various versions of Silverlight have be announce/released.  It was at this, last year, that they announced the … Continue reading →

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