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Two Chefs in the Kitchen: The future of Silverlight with HTML 5
Published: Thursday, September 02, 2010
Author: Michael Knopf
I have heard, and participated in, the HTML 5 vs. Silverlight argument. Often the dialog begins with something like "Silverlight is on deaths door, HTML 5 has fatally wounded Silverlight and it will officially become a corpse in the very near future"...
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Silverlight
Connecting the Dots: how to build a real-world Silverlight app
Published: Friday, August 27, 2010
Author: Michael Knopf
Learning all the ins-and-outs of how to set up your Silverlight project so that you can actually solve a real-world business problem just isn't easy. This post is all how connecting the dots between your business, data, web services, website, and Silverlight app so that they can all communicate the way they need to.
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C# Coding : Code Camp - Jax : Model View Controller (MVC) : Object Relational Mapping (ORM) : Silverlight
Error: The default XML namespace of the project must be the MSBuild XML namespace
Published: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Author: Michael Knopf
Say What?!!! Why my Silverlight Project file suddenly won't load. Demystifying the The default XML namespace of the project must be the MSBuild XML namespace error
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Silverlight
Error: Could not load file or assembly System.Windows.Interactivity
Published: Monday, August 23, 2010
Author: Michael Knopf
Resolving the annoying error: System.IO.FileNotFoundException Could not load file or assembly 'System.Windows.Interactivity, Version=4.0.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
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Silverlight
Error: This assembly may have been downloaded from the Web
Published: Thursday, August 12, 2010
Author: Michael Knopf
If you're like most programmers you get a LOT of stuff from the Internet, like sample projects, assembly's (i.e. .DLL's), etc... In Visual Studio.NET 2010 this may be a problem. Learn how to resolve the annoying error: Could not load the assembly file:///.... .dll. This assembly may have been downloaded from the Web. If an assembly has been downloaded from the Web, it is flagged by Windows as being a Web file, even if it resides on the local computer. This may prevent it from being used in your project. You can change this designation by changing the file properties. Only unblock assemblies that you trust. See http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=179545 for more information.
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Programming
Databind Options in Silverlight: Pros and Cons of each
Published: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Author: Michael Knopf
Recently I read an article by Sean Wildermuth concering the State of Data Access in Silverlight 4. He provided an excellent chart outlining the Pros and Cons of each data access choice.
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Silverlight : Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
What's This MVVM Thing and Why Should I Care?
Published: Friday, March 26, 2010
Author: Michael Knopf
A frank and easy to understand overview, in straight forward language, of the latest buzz word MVVM: what it is, how to use it, and if we should even care about at all.
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Code Camp - Orlando : Model View Controller (MVC) : MVVM : Programming : Silverlight
Rethinking the IDE: Coding with Bubbles
Published: Thursday, March 11, 2010
Author: Michael Knopf
Developers spend significant time reading and navigating code fragments spread across multiple locations. The file-based nature of contemporary IDEs makes it prohibitively difficult to create and maintain a simultaneous view of such fragments. We propose a novel user interface metaphor for code understanding and maintanence based on collections of lightweight, editable fragments called bubbles, which form concurrently visible working sets.
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Programming
Embrace Life - Always Wear Your Seatbelt
Published: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Author: Michael Knopf
A brilliantly executed video that delivers a compelling and emotional message to the audience about seat belt safety.
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Its all about the development team
Published: Friday, February 12, 2010
Author: Michael Knopf
In this fascinating talk given by Ed Catmull, a founding member of PIXAR, he provides critical insight into the success and failures of teams of people and companies as a whole. You should really watch the entire talk, it is well worth your time
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Programming : Project Management

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