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Silverlight Show: Windows 8 and the future of XAML Part 7: The application lifecycle of Windows 8 applications

In the previous articles of this series, we have touched on quite a few important aspects of Windows...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 08/20/2012

Silverlight Show: Connecting Windows 8 applications with services: Part 1: Using services to get data in our Windows 8 applications

Windows 8’s biggest novelty is without a doubt “Apps”. Microsoft is entering the world of apps and...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 08/17/2012

Recording of Part 1 of the Webinar 'Advanced Windows 8 Metro' by Gill Cleeren

Watch a recording of Part 1 of the webinar 'Advanced Windows 8 Metro' delivered by Silverlight MVP...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 08/06/2012

Windows 8 Metro Apps: The 8 Must-Know Tricks! Day 2

This is Day # 2 in the Windows 8 development article series on common tips & tricks towards...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 08/03/2012

Windows 8 Metro Apps: The 8 Must-Know Tricks! Day 1

You’re at a chic coffee shop or on a plane. Just like everyone around you, you have a tablet....

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 08/02/2012

Introduction to Windows 8 Metro Part 1: Ebook

This ebook collects the first 7 parts of SilverlightShow article series 'Windows 8 Metro', together...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 08/01/2012

Recording of Webinar '10 Things Silverlight Developers Should Know About Windows 8' by Michael Crump

Watch a recording of the webinar '10 Things Silverlight Developers Should Know About Windows 8'...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 07/31/2012

Windows 8 Metro: Improve GridView and ListView with SemanticZoom and Incremental Loading

In the previous article from this series I've explored the main controls that support the new user...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 07/30/2012

Recording of Webinar 'Prism and WCF RIA Services' by Brian Noyes

Watch a recording of the webinar 'Prism and WCF RIA Services - Two Great Toolkits That Work Great...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 07/27/2012

Windows 8 Metro: Asynchrony made easy

After the birth of Silverlight the developers have had to deal with asynchronous programming much...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 07/26/2012

Creating SilverlightShow Windows Phone App: Ebook

This e-book collects the 4 parts of SilverlightShow article series 'Creating the SilverlightShow...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 07/25/2012

Windows 8 Metro: Something about application lifecycle

Also if currently you are probably running Windows 8 on a virtual machine or luckily on a computer,...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 07/24/2012

Windows 8 and the future of XAML Part 6: Tiles, toasts and badges

Welcome to part 6 already in this Windows 8 series. Since the goal of this articles is bringing you...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 07/23/2012

Recording of Webinar 'Contracts and Charms in Windows 8' by Gill Cleeren

Watch a recording of the webinar 'Contracts and Charms in Windows 8' delivered by Silverlight MVP...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 07/20/2012

Metro style applications – designing for the user

It has been months since Windows 8 is available for developers and the need for new applications is...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 07/19/2012

Workaround for CA0055 Error with Silverlight Projects in Visual Studio 2010

This connect bug describes an issue with creating certain types of Silverlight projects in Visual...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 04/18/2012

Windows Phone 7.5 - Using advanced tiles API

by Andrea Boschin There is not any doubt, the first thing you meet when you use Windows Phone are...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 01/18/2012

Windows 8 and the future of XAML: Part 1: An overview of the Windows 8 platform

by Gill Cleeren Introduction to the series Welcome to this first part of a whole series on Windows 8...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 01/12/2012

Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 10 of 10)

In this article, a discussion about several new features that did not fit in any of the above...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 12/19/2011

New Silverlight Show articles: Windows 8 XAML Metro Apps with OData

Silverlight Show has two new articles that provide some really interesting info about building...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 12/15/2011

Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 9 of 10)

In this article, a discussion of several new features/controls such as Double and Triple click...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 12/12/2011

Silverlight 5 Available for Download Today

Today, we’re happy to announce the release of Silverlight 5. Silverlight is part of a rich offering...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 12/09/2011

Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 8 of 10)

In this article, a discussion about productivity and performance enhancements in Silverlight 5...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 12/02/2011

Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 7 of 10)

In this article, a discussion of a few more operating system integration features in Silverlight 5...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 11/25/2011

Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 6 of 10)

In this article, a discussion of several new operating system integration features in Silverlight 5...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 11/23/2011

Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 5 of 10)

In this article, a discussion of the new text improvements in Silverlight 5 including: Text Tracking...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 11/18/2011

Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 4 of 10)

In this article, a discussion of media features such as low-latency sound using features right out...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 11/16/2011

Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 3 of 10)

In this article, we are going to take a look at the new XNA 3D API and Improved Graphics Stack....

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 11/14/2011

Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 2 of 10)

In this article, you see how to use Ancestor Relative Source Binding and Implicit Data Templates...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 11/11/2011

Silverlight Show: 10 Laps around Silverlight 5 (Part 1 of 10)

Today we begin a new and exciting series covering the new features in Silverlight 5. I am going to...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 11/08/2011

Telerik XAML Q3’11 Beta Controls Walkthroughs

Silverlight Show has three new articles that provide a complete walkthrough on the Telerik...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 11/03/2011

Silverlight TV 83: Using Wireframes to Visually Communicate a Windows Phone Experience

In this episode, Corrina continues the Design Tips miniseries by sharing her insights on how to use...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 08/25/2011

Silverlight TV 82: Custom Markup Extensions

In this episode, Sundara Kumar and Mark Harper work on the new custom markup extensions (CME)...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 08/18/2011

Silverlight TV 81: Four Great Windows Phone UX Tips

In this episode, Dave Crawford and Tom Eddings visit from the UK to contribute to the Design Tips...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 08/11/2011

Silverlight TV 80: Reactive Extensions

In this episode, Jesse Liberty explains how Reactive Extensions work with Silverlight and Windows...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 08/04/2011

Silverlight TV 79: Data Binding Debugging

In this week’s episode: Ever bang your head against a wall trying to figure out what's wrong with...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 07/21/2011

Silverlight TV 78: Designing Tiles and Splash Screens for Windows Phone (Design Tips Mini Series)

In this week’s episode, Corrina continues the Design Tips miniseries by sharing her insights on how...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 07/14/2011

Silverlight TV 77: Exploring 3D

Silverlight TV 77: In this week’s episode of SLTV, Aaron Oneal, program manager of the...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 06/23/2011

Silverlight TV 76: Animations on Windows Phone in the Bird Hunt Game

Silverlight TV 76: Interested in creating a game for Windows Phone using Silverlight? In this...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 06/09/2011

USA TODAY Touch Optimized News Experience for Windows 7 Slate Devices

USA TODAY has released a touch optimized News application for Windows Phone and Slate devices built...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 06/06/2011

Silverlight TV 75: Quick and Dirty UX Testing (Design Tips Mini Series)

Silverlight TV 75: In this week’s episode of SLTV, Susan shares her insights on how to do...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 06/02/2011

Success of the PDC10 Player and Application

Microsoft Silverlight, Silverlight Media Framework and IIS Media Services transformed the 2010...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 05/27/2011

Silverlight Show Webinar: 'Secure and Personalize Your Silverlight App with WCF RIA Services' by Brian Noyes

Silverlight Webinar: In this episode of Silverlight Show, Brian Noyes explains how to secure both...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 05/27/2011

Silverlight TV 74: What's New in RIA Services

Silverlight TV 74: In this week’s episode of SLTV, Deepesh Mohnani of the WCF RIA Services...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 05/26/2011

Jeremy Likness on Creating Custom Markup Extensions with Silverlight 5

How are markup extensions useful? They provide a hook to perform functionality that would be...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 05/23/2011

Silverlight TV 73: What's New in MVVM Light

Silverlight TV 73: In this week’s episode of SLTV, Laurent Bugnion of IdentityMine appears on...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 05/19/2011

Dayforce reduces its development costs by 75% and enables customers to increase labor efficiency by 50% after adopting Silverlight for its workforce management solution

Dayforce built its workforce management solution on Microsoft Silverlight, presenting managers with...

Author: Silverlight Team Date: 05/18/2011

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