Tag Archives: Silverlight

Creating a Helpful Extension Method for Visibility in XAML

By Lenni Lobel | January 21, 2012

In this post, I’ll show you how to create an extension method for the bool class that will simplify your .NET code in XAML-based apps (either WPF or Silverlight). In particular, this extension method addresses the fact that the Visibility property of UI controls in XAML is not a Boolean (true/false) value (as has traditionally [...]

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MIX11 in review

By Ben Dewey | May 6, 2011

I know this post is overdue, but I’m happy to say that in the time since MIX has elapsed, my wife and I have sold our condo and moved to a new home. I’ve also transition to a new contract, and I am excited to get my feet wet my new project. Despite [...]

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RESTFul Services in Silverlight – CT Code Camp June 2009

By kadasani | June 19, 2009

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The Connecticut User Group organized a full day code camp event in Bloomfield, CT. The topic I presented on was “RESTFul Services and Silverlight”. The presentation was organized around the following main topics:

Web Services via SOAP
RESTFul Services
Creating a WCF RESTFul Service
Consuming a Custom WCF RESTFul Service in Silverlight

The attached slide deck will [...]

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