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 external services. All external calls from with Silverlight are asynchronous in order to prevent developers... Continue Reading →
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. I figured I would write a short blog post so that others can partake in... Continue Reading →
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 Windows Phone 7 SDK. Prior to this year’s conference a message from Microsoft Developer Division... Continue Reading →
I recently read a blog titled “Architecting in the pit of doom: The evils of the repository abstraction layer”. In it Ayende makes some pretty compelling points as to why you should not use repositories. In his example he is stating that NHibernate’s ISession and Entity Framework’s Context objects are repositories. He also states that... Continue Reading →
I am working on a project that wants to implement a logging utilizing the Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0. The project has a need to create different types of logs (Auditing, Exception, …). This log information is going to be stored in different tables in a SQL Server database. Each table will have its own schema,... Continue Reading →
I seem to get this question a lot “I want to get started in Silverlight…Where do I begin?” A while back I put together an email to a friend with some resources that I have found helpful. The last couple of weeks I seem to have to go back to that email and forward it... Continue Reading →
I was cleaning out my RSS reader and came across an interesting post from KELLABYTE. She wants a seamlessly integrated world. I have seen commercials for Verizon FIOS that may be deliver that. The challenge comes in delivering that across the spectrum of applications. Pairing you life with the cloud is a must in this... Continue Reading →
One of the powerful features of Silverlight is the ability to have fine grain control over how your application looks. This power is given to use through “Lookless” controls or more commonly known as Templated Controls. What this means is that the functionality of the control is contained in a class file and the look... Continue Reading →
I can write my application in classic ASP and satisfy all my requirements but do I really want to. There has been a lot of hype around Silverlight vs. HTML5. I started into the conversations with “The Future of Silverlight” from the Silverlight Team Blog and continued on to “Is Silverlight becoming a niche technology?”. ... Continue Reading →
UPDATED: I created another post that updates my approach for working with Silverlight Child Windows. So it has been a long time since I did a pure technical post. In fact I have completely blown my goals for the year. I am going to keep working towards them. My life has been hectic since the... Continue Reading →
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