http://www.nextbestgeek.com this blog cannot be explained in a few words Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:55:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Looks like Silverlight 3 is rolled-out: Runtime, SDK and documentation are already available for download. See the Client / Server libs? Runtime: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=143433 Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=11dc7151-dbd6-4e39-878f-5081863cbb5d SDK: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=d09b6ecf-9a45-4d99-b752-2a330a937bc4! Documentation:  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc838158(vs.96).aspx. Blend 3 Preview: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/blendpreview    Best regards,  - tobias http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2009/03/18/silverlight-3-its-here/ As I work with a highly customized Visual Studio 2008 environment a bug introduced with SP1 for Visual Studio 2008 was one of the worst in history (for me): VS Dev Environment crash after undocking windows or changing layouts . In case you are like me and did not have the ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2009/03/14/one-of-the-worst-bugs-in-vs2008sp1-finally-fixed/ This could be just a little reminder on Silverlight 3 (you know MIX 09 yadda, yadda, yadda) but perhaps it can be a little bit more for you. Check out any download in Microsofts Download Center for Silverlight 2 and you will see something like the following on the "Thank You" ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2009/03/14/silverlight-3-someone-pulled-the-switch-too-early/ Looks like after the Windows 7 hype calmed down the attention shifts to Office 14. I currently do not have access to this build but I am more than eager to test it once I can get access. Would be interessting to see the integration of Bulldog in Sharepoint and how the ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2009/01/15/office-14-is-getting-ready/ After reading a blog post today on the LOB in WPF topic and remembering the countless ones I read before I thought it might be the right time to present the world what I would like to call "the first framework for db-centric line-of-business applications built for WPF": Trivadis Application Builder (TAB). The name already ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/10/03/framework-for-db-centric-wpf-lob-application-is-here/ You know the pity: You're once again working on the train and have only a lousy HSDPA or UMTS connection but right a this point in time you would need to debug into the .net source code. You are actually able to get the source code since MSFT released it ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/04/15/net-you-got-the-source-now-grab-it/ Brad Abrams wrote about the just released Framework Design Studio. Also there is not that much functionality included right now it already helped me to identify API changes between two milestones in an internal WPF framework we currently work on. http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2008/04/04/framework-design-studio-published.aspx   In addition ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/04/10/framework-design/ This posting consists of two sections: cool but not really useable really cool and usable lets start with the non-usable stuff [Code in XAML]: Whenever you declare your UI in XAML you've to attach event handlers in the ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/04/10/wpf-code-in-xaml-widthbinding-height2/ QuickLink: http://sessions.visitmix.com/, search for Session: T11. A lot of what you are currently missing in WPF will come with .net Framework 3.5 "Servicing Release": Container Recycling for ItemsControl (as base class) DeferredScrolling (in TreeView) don't know if I will ever use it DataGrid (new) Value formating without value converter you know String.Format()?, use it in a declarative ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/03/10/wpf-35-servicing-release/ Quicknote: If you are a wpf custom control writer(1), check out the sources for the Silverlight 2.0b1 controls released with mix08 keynote: Silverlight 2.0b1 controls. It is actually a whole vs2008 solution, so you can even "learn" how to create tests against custom controls. BTW: The new -and right now "Silverlight only"- ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/03/10/wpf-learn-from-silverlight-controls/