Comments on: Using the Silverlight Toolkit? Let us know! http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/ Silverlight, rich client apps and web development Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:08:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Patrick Keating http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1191 Patrick Keating Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:42:15 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1191 Hi, We recently posted a two part Silverlight tutorial that makes use of the December 2008 Toolkit. http://blog.bluefire.tv/?p=49 The demo application reads an RSS feed from Feedbooks.com and shows a grid of book thumbnails using ViewBox and WrapPanel. It then allows you to download an epub version of the book. The app is not very fancy but the Toolkit was an integral part of it. Thanks for your team's work on it! Hi, We recently posted a two part Silverlight tutorial that makes use of the December 2008 Toolkit.

http://blog.bluefire.tv/?p=49

The demo application reads an RSS feed from Feedbooks.com and shows a grid of book thumbnails using ViewBox and WrapPanel. It then allows you to download an epub version of the book.

The app is not very fancy but the Toolkit was an integral part of it. Thanks for your team’s work on it!

]]> By: Wardy http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 Wardy Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:40:37 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1166 I am building some of the more advanced aspects of my CMS using the toolkit, one particular control that interests me is the treeview control. I am populating it with a generic list of strongly typed objects and blend for some reason cant seem to give me a preview witha few sample nodes which is a bit annoying and the lack of drag and drop is a real minus for me. Without the toolkit though the silvelright framework itself would be a lot harder to work with for a "quick test" or for just knocking things together so it acts as an interesting platform for getting used to the silvelright framework. By version 4.0 of silvelright I think this could be a seriously powerful technology, at the moment there seems to bea lot of gotchas especially if you're just getting started. I am building some of the more advanced aspects of my CMS using the toolkit, one particular control that interests me is the treeview control.

I am populating it with a generic list of strongly typed objects and blend for some reason cant seem to give me a preview witha few sample nodes which is a bit annoying and the lack of drag and drop is a real minus for me.

Without the toolkit though the silvelright framework itself would be a lot harder to work with for a “quick test” or for just knocking things together so it acts as an interesting platform for getting used to the silvelright framework.

By version 4.0 of silvelright I think this could be a seriously powerful technology, at the moment there seems to bea lot of gotchas especially if you’re just getting started.

]]> By: Jeff Wilcox http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1147 Jeff Wilcox Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:59:07 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1147 @Guy Ellis, Interesting that it was excluded... hmm, I wonder, what if you took the open source controls, or files you needed, and compiled them into your application? :-) Disclaimer - I haven't looked into that competition, they probably would frown on that. But it seems silly, given that WrapPanel, DockPanel, etc., go a long way towards making rich application experiences... @Guy Ellis,
Interesting that it was excluded… hmm, I wonder, what if you took the open source controls, or files you needed, and compiled them into your application? :-)

Disclaimer – I haven’t looked into that competition, they probably would frown on that. But it seems silly, given that WrapPanel, DockPanel, etc., go a long way towards making rich application experiences…

]]> By: Guy Ellis http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1146 Guy Ellis Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:57:24 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1146 I've created a mortgage calculator in Silverlight and I'm using the column and pie charts from the toolkit to show the pay-off profile and the total interest/principal paid over the lifetime of the mortgage. http://calculatoriq.com/Home/MortgageCalculator I'm also using the number up/down control in the other converters on the site: http://calculatoriq.com/ Interestingly I specifically excluded the use of the Toolkit when creating the BMI Calculator because I entered it into the Mix 09 Challenge and the Toolkit was excluded from that challenge. http://calculatoriq.com/Home/BMICalculator I’ve created a mortgage calculator in Silverlight and I’m using the column and pie charts from the toolkit to show the pay-off profile and the total interest/principal paid over the lifetime of the mortgage.

http://calculatoriq.com/Home/MortgageCalculator

I’m also using the number up/down control in the other converters on the site:
http://calculatoriq.com/

Interestingly I specifically excluded the use of the Toolkit when creating the BMI Calculator because I entered it into the Mix 09 Challenge and the Toolkit was excluded from that challenge.
http://calculatoriq.com/Home/BMICalculator

]]> By: Terence Tsang http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1145 Terence Tsang Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:33:32 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1145 Flash vs Silverlight: Theming and Styling http://www.shinedraw.com/multimedia/flash-vs-silverlight-apply-theme-or-style This is my latest sample using the silverlight toolkit Flash vs Silverlight: Theming and Styling

http://www.shinedraw.com/multimedia/flash-vs-silverlight-apply-theme-or-style

This is my latest sample using the silverlight toolkit

]]> By: Tim Binkley-Jones http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1144 Tim Binkley-Jones Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1144 We are using Silverlight (and the toolkit) as the UI for the next product in our configuration management suite (commercial shrink-wrap software). We are using Silverlight (and the toolkit) as the UI for the next product in our configuration management suite (commercial shrink-wrap software).

]]> By: Mads Laumann http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1143 Mads Laumann Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:16:12 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1143 At my day job I am working on a few silverlight apps for a new big customer site. I am using Silverlight 2.0 of cause, but I have also used the WrapPanel, which were very very easy! :) I will ask our client if I can submit this new site to the Showcases on Silverlight.net, but first the site need to go live, which will take some months. But keep up the good work, both on the Silverlight Toolkit, but also Silverlight in general. Best regards, Mads At my day job I am working on a few silverlight apps for a new big customer site. I am using Silverlight 2.0 of cause, but I have also used the WrapPanel, which were very very easy! :)

I will ask our client if I can submit this new site to the Showcases on Silverlight.net, but first the site need to go live, which will take some months.

But keep up the good work, both on the Silverlight Toolkit, but also Silverlight in general.

Best regards,
Mads

]]> By: Nick http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 Nick Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:29:36 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1142 Always forget the most important part, the link. You can click my name in this post or just go to http://www.myfitnessjournal.com. The main page is standard html as well as signup but once you login everything is Silverlight 2.0 Always forget the most important part, the link. You can click my name in this post or just go to http://www.myfitnessjournal.com. The main page is standard html as well as signup but once you login everything is Silverlight 2.0

]]> By: Nick http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1141 Nick Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:28:27 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1141 Jeff, I have invested the last six months converting my asp.net ajax application to silverlight and use the toolkit extensively throughout the app. It is an online fitness / social networking site. I use the autocomplete, dock panel, and charts throughout the application. The toolkit has been a lifesaver as the only alternative was to use html/asp controls and hosting them in a layer above silverlight. I have still used some html layers that sit on top as well like for advertisements and the social networking component. Please feel free to check it out signup is totally free, no charge for anyone who wants to use the site - besides it's new years resolution time, a good time to start watching what you eat and tracking your workouts! Thanks Nick Jeff,

I have invested the last six months converting my asp.net ajax application to silverlight and use the toolkit extensively throughout the app. It is an online fitness / social networking site. I use the autocomplete, dock panel, and charts throughout the application. The toolkit has been a lifesaver as the only alternative was to use html/asp controls and hosting them in a layer above silverlight.

I have still used some html layers that sit on top as well like for advertisements and the social networking component.

Please feel free to check it out signup is totally free, no charge for anyone who wants to use the site – besides it’s new years resolution time, a good time to start watching what you eat and tracking your workouts!

Thanks
Nick

]]> By: dealer inventory management guy http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1140 dealer inventory management guy Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:39:06 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1140 We use the wrap panel... but that is it so far. We prefer the Visifire charts over the toolkit charts. We use the wrap panel… but that is it so far. We prefer the Visifire charts over the toolkit charts.

]]> By: Marc Roussel http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1139 Marc Roussel Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:12:42 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1139 I forgot to mention my web sute I forgot to mention my web sute

]]> By: Marc Roussel http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Marc Roussel Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:11:42 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1138 I do and I thank you for your great work. The Silverlight Showcase is a great way to share your work with the community at large… so consider submitting an app there as well. I did 3 times and I never saw my app there. I do and I thank you for your great work.

The Silverlight Showcase is a great way to share your work with the community at large… so consider submitting an app there as well.

I did 3 times and I never saw my app there.

]]> By: John http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 John Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:53:23 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1137 We have a database access application that uses many of the toolkit function. We have a database access application that uses many of the toolkit function.

]]> By: Eylon Yogev http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1136 Eylon Yogev Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:44:02 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1136 We are using Toolkit and enjoying every second of it. We are mainly using the WrapPanel now, but are soon to use more components. We are not a site but a very nice browser addon that uses Silverlight for its core technology. Check it out! http://www.headup.com We are using Toolkit and enjoying every second of it. We are mainly using the WrapPanel now, but are soon to use more components.
We are not a site but a very nice browser addon that uses Silverlight for its core technology.
Check it out!

http://www.headup.com

]]> By: Bob Thomson http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/comment-page-1/#comment-1135 Bob Thomson Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:48:43 +0000 http://www.jeff.wilcox.name/2009/01/are-you-using-the-toolkit/#comment-1135 Jeff, We're using the Toolkit in various ways throughout our application colaab - a Silverlight 2 RIA for online collaboration in real time. You can see the AutoCompleteTextBox in action at: http://blog.stormideas.com/archive/2008/12/02/colaab-public-beta.aspx Or sign up for a free trial to try the live version. Thanks, Bob Jeff,

We’re using the Toolkit in various ways throughout our application colaab – a Silverlight 2 RIA for online collaboration in real time.

You can see the AutoCompleteTextBox in action at:

http://blog.stormideas.com/archive/2008/12/02/colaab-public-beta.aspx

Or sign up for a free trial to try the live version.

Thanks,

Bob

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