Microsoft has made Silverlight 5 available for download.

Here are some of the developer related enhancements:

XAML Debugging with breakpoints for binding debugging
Implicit data templates for easy UI reuse
Double (and multi) click support
GPU…

Silverlight 5 Beta is available for download

These are the top beta features

XAML Debugging with breakpoints for binding debugging

Implicit data templates for easy UI reuse

Double (and multi) click support

GPU-accelerated XN…

Lately we’ve been playing around with RIA services for Silverlight. Using them we lose the use of our stack, but the speed of development with them is quite impressive. Watch and Learn If you are unfamiliar with RIA in Silverlight, I would recommend this video: http://www.silverlight.net/learn/videos/all/net-ria-services-intro/. It is a complete walk through of creating a […]

Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 will be available for download later today on MSDN. Right now it looks like the time that it will be available is 10 AM PDT. Now when it is available on MSDN don’t just download it from the first place you see it, check Top Downloads first […]

A quick and simple demo on how to set up a custom ObservableCollection to raise PropertyChanged events from the items it contains.

Today I decided to take a look at Windows Phone 7 development. The first thing I did was download the Windows Phone Developer Tools, you can download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/express/phone/ Windows Phone Developer Tools includes: Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone Windows Phone Emulator Silverlight for Windows Phone XNA Game Studio 4.0 CTP The […]

Hello Everyone, Rick here again with another little blurb on my most recent Silverlight project, KBay. Today, I’d like to write a little bit about what went right. Separation of Power One of the biggest attributes of KBay’s success, IMO, was the segregation of development. My coworker Adam (Hi Adam!) and I handled the majority […]

It’s me again, Rick the Silverlight nut. I’ve been buried under a pile of work this last month and haven’t had a chance to post much of the fun stuff I’ve been working on. But I’ve got a few minutes to write about my last big project. So I give you, the story of KBay

Catching the completion of a visual state change in Silverlight 3

Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of Silverlight 2, one of the industry’s most comprehensive and powerful solutions for the creation and delivery of applications and media experiences through a Web browser. Silverlight 2 delivers a wide range of new features and tools that enable designers and developers to better collaborate while creating more accessible, […]