Browse by Tags

• #mvvm
• #mvvmlight
• #silverlightpalooza
• #ugpdc
• .NET
• 35sp1
• ADO.NET
• AJAX
• ALM
• Architecture
• arkansas
• ASP.NET
• aspnetmvc
• astoria
• azure
• blend
• browser
• C#
• CardSpace
• cloud
• CodeCamp
• CodePlex
• coldfusion
• Community
• Conference
• Dallas
• DallasTechFest
• DDNUG
• debugging
• DeepZoom
• design
• devcares
• development
• Dynamic
• ebook
• eclipse
• Entity Framework
• event
• Events
• Expression
• flash
• flex
• IE8
• Internet Explorer
• InternetExplorer
• LINQ
• Live
• Mesh
• Microsoft
• MIX
• mix09
• mobile
• mono
• multi-touch
• MVC
• MVVM
• nwa
• OData
• Office
• PDC
• ruby
• SharePoint
• silvelright
• Silverlight2
• silverlight3
• skyfire
• texas
• Training
• Travel
• ugMIX
• user group
• User Groups
• ux
• virtualearth
• Vista
• Visual Studio
• VisualBasic
• VisualStudio
• VisualStudio2010
• VS08
• vs08sp1
• vs10
• VSTO
• vsts
• WCF
• Web
• WF
• Wii
• Windows
• Windows Live
• windows phone 7
• windows7
• WindowsLive
• windowsphone7series
• winforms
• WM6
• wp7
• wp7dev
• WPF
• xaml

• Windows Phone 7 and Azure, Better Together

  The next Cloud Computing User Group Meeting for Dallas will be on Thursday, September 2nd from 6:00pm – 8:00pm at Microsoft (Las Colinas Office, Building LC1). The presentation will be done by Derek Martin and Trent Foley and will cover Windows... Posted Sep 01 2010, 08:22 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, Dallas, Events, development, texas, cloud, wp7, wp7dev

• My “Hello World” Windows Phone 7 Application

  I’ve done a TON of Windows Phone 7 demos over the past few months, and I get asked all the time for access to download my samples. I’ve been meaning to post this application since I started all of this, but just never got around to it.  SO – here... Posted Aug 27 2010, 11:26 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, development, wp7, wp7dev, #mvvm, MVVM, #mvvmlight

• InputScopes for Windows Phone 7

  I have used Shawn Oster’s excellent InputScopes blog post and accompanying demo in the past when talking about Silverlight and the first revisions of the Windows Phone 7 dev tools, but noticed today when I was prepping for a talk that it no longer seems... Posted Aug 17 2010, 04:31 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, development, wp7, wp7dev, inputscopes, sip

• MVVM Light Messaging

  Since I started using the MVVM Light toolkit, I’ve gotten lots of questions about the it. In this post, I’m going to show you the basics of using the Messaging infrastructure. In the sample application attached, we have the situation where a Master page... Posted Jul 05 2010, 12:46 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, development, wp7, wp7dev, MVVM, #mvvmlight

• Adding MVVM Light Toolkit to an Existing Project

  I’ve been meaning to write this up for a while, but seeing a question on Stack Overflow tonight prompted me to do it tonight, so here goes. It’s relatively simple to add MVVM Light to an existing project.  I’m going to use Silverlight as a sample... Posted Jul 02 2010, 11:35 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, development, wp7, wp7dev, #mvvm, MVVM, #mvvmlight

• Open Source Databases for WP7

  One of the most frequent questions I get about the WP7 platform is “when are we going to get local database support?” Thanks to the heroic efforts of SergeyBarskiy, APPA Mundi and McObject, the Open Source community has responded with two... Posted Jun 30 2010, 01:53 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, development, wp7, wp7dev, Open Source

• Silverlightplooza! It’s a wrap!

  I had a great time over the weekend teaching and working with folks from all over South Central at our first ever Silverlightpalooza!  This two-day event was a combination instructor-led introduction to Silverlight, WP7, Blend and RIA Services and... Posted Jun 22 2010, 05:02 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, Dallas, Events, development, wp7, windows phone 7, #silverlightpalooza

• Silverlightpalooza! WP7 and Silverlight DevCamp

  Come Join Us for two day s of Code and Fun with Silverlight and Windows Phone 7! We will start Friday June 18th with a walkthrough of the tools and some key skills to get you started.  The goal is to provide a foundation to enable groups to build... Posted Jun 02 2010, 04:04 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, Dallas, Events, user group, development, texas, event, wp7, windows phone 7

• Silverlight 4 Launching at DevConnections

  Annouced on MSDN this morning, Scott Guthrie will be announcing the release of Silverlight 4 to the web at the upcoming DevConnections event in Las Vegas! If you haven’t already signed up for DevConnections, here’s some additional incentive (from the... Posted Mar 29 2010, 01:56 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, VisualStudio, Events, General, VisualStudio2010

• ugMIX 2010 Tour Started

  Did you get to attend MIX 2010?  If so, I know you found it to be full of great information about our latest and greatest web technologies, and gave you some great insight into where some of our tools and technologies are headed. But what if you... Posted Mar 26 2010, 05:59 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, VisualStudio, Events, MIX, InternetExplorer, Conference, user group, development, oklahoma, texas, arkansas, VisualStudio2010, IE9, windowsphone7series, IE, OData, wp7, ugMIX

• #ugPDC visits Northwest Arkansas

  Attention all you peeps in Ft. Smith, Fayetteville, Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale and surrounding areas!  Tonight and tomorrow night are the first parts of my 2010 #ugPDC tour.  Visiting the FSDNUG tonight and the NWADNUG tomorrow night, I... Posted Jan 11 2010, 02:20 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, .NET, VisualStudio, Microsoft, Events, development, arkansas, azure, cloud, Dynamic, #ugpdc, VisualStudio2010, Programming, Parallel

• XAMLFESTOnline Coming Soon!

  For those of you that want to get a better handle on using XAML to build the next generation of Windows and Web Applications, and prefer to do it from the comfort of your own desktop, then XAMLFEST Online is for you!  Based on the wildly popular... Posted May 13 2009, 07:32 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Visual Studio, WPF, Silverlight, .NET, Expression, design, development, xaml

• SharePoint for Developers Video Series

  My friend Kirk Evans has been doing an incredible video series called “ SharePoint for Developers ” out on Channel 9.  There are 5 episodes so far, and they’re all very well done.  The segments are short enough to get everything on the first... Posted Apr 28 2009, 04:33 PM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, Office, SharePoint, Expression

• MTV Adopts Silverlight!

  Viacom/ MTV announced a web based Digital Asset Management Workflow application completely built in Silverlight 3 (of course using the beta bits for now) and .Net 3.5. This is very cool, not just because it is an early adoption of Silverlight 3, but because... Posted Apr 28 2009, 10:42 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight, silverlight3

• deepzoom pix

  I stumbled upon this today and thought it was really cool stuff!  DeepZoom Pix is a web site that enables people to explore and share photos using DeepZoom technology.  It combines the power of Microsoft Silverlight and DeepZoom for an innovative... Posted Apr 16 2009, 12:28 AM by Chris Koenig Filed under: Silverlight