Hello All, I was recently asked to build up a Silverlight tool to show a file full of addresses on a map. I decided to use the Silverlight bing maps control and I must say I was not disappointed with it's functionality. It ended up being extremely simple. The tools used to create this were VS2010...
With its noticeable absence from PDC 2008 and 2009, it appeared that Windows Mobile had all but been abandoned. Yes and no. Windows Mobile is no more . Say hello to Windows Phone. The opening keynote for Mix 2010 was all about Windows Phone 7. If it weren’t patently obvious from the various leaks and...
Hey All, I was working with a client that wanted to have a default button clicked when an enter key is pressed in a textbox (password box to be more specific) within a Silverlight or WPF application. I didn't think much of it. I'll just listen to the event, bind to the button, and click the button...
Hello all! First off, I want to say this post does not reflect the way I think authentication should be handled. I don't necessarily agree with the route Facebook has decided to go with Connect , but that is a debate I don't really wish to be a part of right now. I would like to concentrate on...
Whoa...today is a doozy for buzzing, so let's get right to it. I For One Welcome Our New Cloud Overlords The latest Deep Fried Bytes episode (entitled "Windows Azure: the Overlord in the Cloud") includes an interview with Steve Marx, Program Manager for Windows Azure. 7's a Lucky Number...
Sorry I've lapsed in giving you your daily fix of Azure related news. If you followed me on twitter , you wouldn't have to wait for this stuff. Anyway I've collected a ton of news for you in the interim. Hope you've got a monstrous appetite for this stuff because here it comes! From the...
I Hope You Like Text Before I forget again, Microsoft announced their new Bizspark program this past week, which gives qualifying software solutions startups free VSTS+MSDN Premium subscriptions, free Azure hosting, and free business use server and desktop licenses of Windows, SQL Server, Biz Talk Server...
Earlier today, my partner in crime, David Justice, decided to take the Silverlight Toolkit Sample and make it Cloud enabled . Wow, I said...let me deploy it to my Azure Hosting account. 4 Clicks later, and I present to you Silverlining
I finally got some hands on time with Windows Azure. No I don't mean using the SDK and the Hands-on Labs that you can get from the Azure Developer Center on MSDN. (You have downloaded them already haven't you?) I mean my application is actually running, in the cloud, as I type. For right now...