Value converters are extremely powerful and are valuable in minimizing the code required directly in the UI and in providing reuse of conversion logic.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 05/01/2010
Learn how you can store history information for the user on the local client PC in a sandboxed Silverlight 3 application.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 05/01/2010
How to work around some of Silverlight's subtle gotchas.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 05/01/2010
Kathleen Dollard shows how to improve development using T4 code generation and in-line DSL as a localized development tool.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 04/01/2010
Kathleen Dollard shows how to display a list of complex bound criteria, including data, child data and photos for each item, in Silverlight.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 04/01/2010
Explore the nuances of using WCF Services with Silverlight, and learn troubleshooting tips for working with Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 03/01/2010
Silverlight applications based on the Managed Extensibility Framework and generalized user interfaces don't require hand coding every screen.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 02/01/2010
Silverlight offers impressive talents and more than a few frustrations. From customizing your application UI to battling obscure bugs and error messages, this column helps with the transition to Silverlight tools.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 01/01/2010
Learn how to work through debugging challenges posed by stable composition in MEF Preview 7, and get insight into using MEF with Silverlight.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 11/01/2009
ASK KATHLEEN: Readers explore Managed Extensibility Framework, using callback delegates and how to create the equivalent of a C# partial interface in Visual Basic.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 10/01/2009
Careful planning can help improve the manageability and quality of your next-generation Silverlight applications.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 09/01/2009
With a few tweaks, you can turn Visual Studio's basic unit-testing capabilities into a powerful and extensible tool for improving code quality.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 07/01/2009
Learn how to create and debug templates using Microsoft's T4 templating language.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 05/01/2009
Learn how to free your application from dependencies and interchange implementations using Managed Extensibility Framework.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 04/01/2009
Learn how to display multiple pages in Silverlight and discover the tools and controls that ship with it; track down a bug in a case statement; and take advantage of helpful tips for trying to obtain a clean Code Analysis.
- By Kathleen Dollard
- 03/01/2009