A Silverlight HighlightingTextBlock implemented in Visual Basic
Here's a Visual Basic implementation of HighlightingTextBlock for Silverlight 3.
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Custom Control Development: Simple code guidelines
Here's an initial set of guidelines for building Silverlight custom controls. The first of hopefully many more posts.
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Creating a highlighting text block for Silverlight 3, revisited
Now that Silverlight 3 has shipped, I’d like to take a moment to revisit the highlighting AutoCompleteBox control that I blogged about back in November of ‘08, and again earlier this year, thanks to tooling improvements: Expression Blend 3 is out, and the Visual Studio 2008 tools have changed as well. There are new project ...
Silverlight 3 unit test framework binaries available
Two weeks ago, I posted the July 2009 release of the Silverlight Unit Test Framework online for folks looking for updated bits. Of course, the real gem is the Silverlight 3 version. Now that Silverlight 3 has shipped, you should definitely look at moving forward to this great new version.
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I’ve updated the MSDN ...
Python and Ruby, Silverlight, and testing
Here are two nice posts by Jimmy Schementi, one showing simple testing in Python, the other using IronRuby to actually test C# apps!
Three great screencasts on Silverlight unit testing
If you're looking to learn more about Silverlight unit testing, here are 3 screencasts of interest.
What’s Jeff been up to?
Just posting a general update here, hopefully this isn’t syndicated on the Silverlight site or anything .
I am sorry that all has been quiet on the blog front for a while, as summer rolls around we always find a way to keep busy with a strong set of work items, feature work, and sunshine ...
Silverlight 2 unit test framework binaries updated
If you're doing Silverlight 2 development with the unit test framework, you might want to check out the latest release that includes bug fixes and a few small new features.
WPF Toolkit: Charting release
The Silverlight Toolkit's chart controls have made their way into the WPF Toolkit! More details on David's blog.
Engineering Excellence recognition for the Silverlight Unit Test Framework
I’m pleased to announce that the Silverlight Unit Test Framework received honorable mention at the Microsoft Engineering Excellence awards ceremony this evening. It’s great having the tool recognized as an important contribution to not only the success of Silverlight, but also to the success of so many development and test partners, both inside and outside ...
Is it worthwhile to keep AutoCompleteBox’s DropDownOpening and Closing events?
We're considering simplifying the AutoCompleteBox API be removing a few rarely used events, and would love to get some feedback from scenarios this might impact.
Do you have any feedback on the AutoCompleteBox API?
As we ready the next release of the AutoCompleteBox control for Silverlight, I'd love to get the community's input on API names, API experience, and any suggestions before we "lock down" the control.
Sharing Source and Skills – Source download
This post contains the sample app and control source code from Jeff Wilcox's MIX '09 talk, Sharing Skills and Code with Silverlight and WPF.
Highlighting AutoCompleteBox improvements thanks to Silverlight 3
Thanks to the Silverlight 3 Beta, the AutoCompleteBox can become a highlighting auto complete control even easier!
What’s new with the Silverlight AutoCompleteBox
The AutoCompleteBox control received some data binding improvements and can now be found in the Silverlight 3 Beta SDK.
Building Silverlight 2 and Silverlight 3 Beta applications on the same machine
Although the Silverlight Tools don't have a multi-targeting story, you can build Silverlight 2 and Silverlight 3 Beta applications on the same machine. Here's information on how we do this within the Silverlight Toolkit team.
The Silverlight Toolkit grows up a little with an install experience
The Silverlight Toolkit's March 2009 release is out, now with an installation experience that adds controls to the Visual Studio and Expression Blend toolbox, and improves the design experience.
Sharing skills and code with Silverlight and WPF: MIX ‘09 session video and deck
Check out my Sharing Skills and Code with Silverlight and WPF talk from MIX '09. Yeah, what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay there!
Gravatar control for Silverlight and WPF – source and control binaries
A control for Gravatars that works in Silverlight 2 and WPF. Download contains binaries and full open source code.
Blog update: improved community features
Hi,
Just some quick administrivia…
Gravatar and Identicon support in comments
I’ve updated my blog’s theme this weekend to support Gravatars. These are nice, and as long as you post using your e-mail address (that isn’t shared with anyone, don’t worry), a hash algorithm is used to retrieve your central avatar from Gravatar. A simple Identicon is generated ...
