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A bad picture is worth a thousand long discussions.
A blog by Doug Seven, Executive Vice President at Telerik. (Original post here) While here at Build I’ve been in lots of conversations with customers, other attendees, Microsoft MVP’s, Microsoft Regional Directors, and Microsoft engineering team members. One of the recurring topics that I’ve been talking about ad nausium is the “boxology” diagram of the Windows 8 Platform and Tools (shown here). Now let me tell you, I have drawn a lot of these “marketecture” diagrams in my time and its not easy. These kind of diagrams are never technically accurate. There is simply no easily digestible way to make a technically accurate diagram for a complex system...May 27, 2021 5 min read -
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RadControls for WP7 Showcase Gallery Grows
10 new customers’ apps are added to the RadControls for Windows Phone Showcase Gallery and with 10 more in the pipeline, we will soon be celebrating our 100th customer showcase app. Among the fresh apps is Baby Expert which is currently on #22 in its category. It’s always a pleasure to hear such news. -
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Why Microsoft Needs a Metro-Only Edition of Windows 8
The Microsoft developer ecosystem has been alive with buzz about Windows 8 all week at the Build conference. What everyone is talking about is the new Metro user experience and interface and the new WinRT API that supports it. I was one of the lucky ones who got a ticket to Build before it sold out and received the developer prototype hardware tablet running the early preview of Windows 8 (I’ve never had prototype hardware before!) After playing with it for a few days, I can say that while the app store is not open yet and it is obvious that the software is pre-alpha (there is no Metro mail client for... -
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I know what you’re thinking, and you’re wrong.
A blog by Doug Seven, Executive Vice President at Telerik. (Original post here) Its day 2 of the Microsoft Build conference, and if you’ve been keeping up with the hype you are probably thinking that you need to throw away that WPF or Silverlight app you’re building and start fresh with HTML5 or this new XAML that is the future. If that is what you are thinking, you are wrong. Everything you are doing today you should keep doing. The world didn’t end for you, and your job is not at risk (at least not because of this!). As a .NET...May 27, 2021 6 min read -
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Still Missing In Action at BUILD (Day 2)
Yesterday I summarized a few important topics that were auspiciously missing at Microsoft's BUILD conference after the first day of sessions and keynotes. Now as Day 2 nears its end, I thought I'd revisit some of yesterday's observations and see if those topics are still missing. With both keynotes now done, it's pretty safe to assume missing topics now aren't going to get much attention at BUILD 2011. Not Missing Anymore A few things that were missing yesterday did make appearances today: WPF Half of the existing XAML story started to pop-up today. While it didn't make the keynotes, Soma and ScottGu talked about ... -
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New City, Same Great Conference! Devlink Excels Again
After many years in Nashville, TN, the Devlink conference moved to Chattanooga, TN. John Kellar, the founder and lead organizer, moved to Chattanooga, and as someone who runs conferences in different cities, I can appreciate John wanting to have DevLink follow him. In the days leading up to the event, it was interesting to hear some folks say they weren’t going to go “because it’s not in Nashville”. Well, I can say first hand, they screwed up! John and crew once again put on an awesome show! Over 120 sessions, and open spaces track, and plenty of off-hours activities made this one... -
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Hot Interviews Straight from the BUILD Venue
Straight from the BUILD Venue, we’ve got Richard Campbell from DotNetRocks in an open-air studio, interviewing industry influencers. First on the hot chair is Miguel Carrasco reflecting on day 1 of //build/ 2011. See how a UX guy feels about Silverlight, WPF and HTML 5. Next is Jason Zander, Corporate Vice President of Visual Studio. Follow this page for... -
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BUILD Day 2 Keynote: What You Need to Know
With the California sun now rising in the sky, it's time for another fresh day of BUILD and the all important Day 2 keynote. Like yesterday, rather than compete with the live video stream, I've real-time condensed today's keynote in to the key moments you need to get the overall jist of what Microsoft shared. This isn't a blow-by-blow blog of the keynote, but if you spend 5 minutes reviewing this post, you'll know what you need to know from the second BUILD keynote. Key Keynote Moments Windows 8 Tablet Distraction Not explicitly said or part of the keynote, it's worth... -
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Create Blood Pressure Chart with RadChart for Silverlight
This blog post will demonstrate how to achieve blood pressure graph visualization with the use of a RangeBar Chart type. Blood pressure is measured as two separate values - systolic (maximum) and diastolic (minimum). A common way to visualize these measures is a vertical bar with an arrow pointing the systolic (maximum) and an up arrow for the diastolic (minimum) respectively. It is measured several times over a period, as it’s important (from a clinical standpoint) to track any change in the values. For the purpose the default RangeBar’s Style is retemplated. The Width of the Bars (“PART_DefiningGeometry”) is reduced so that... -
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BUILD Day 1: What wasn't said?
Silence speaks volumes. While there is coverage ad nauseum about what Microsoft did say at today's opening keynote and following sessions, there is much less attention on what's not being said. True, there is another keynote scheduled for tomorrow, and presumably many additional topics will be covered (like tooling and ALM), but certain important topics are conspicuously absent from the Day 1 conversations. The Missing Topics Silverlight and WPF? It's clear after today that Metro style XAML apps are Microsoft's vision of the future, but what does that mean for the future of Silverlight and WPF? Of course, SL and...
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