The Continuum Show

Pete Brown brought along some fun toys to MIX09 written in the Silverlight 3 Beta which he demonstrates in this video.  The first toy is a Commodore64 emulator running print commands and the Dr. Who game.  The second toy, or in this case maybe tool would be more applicable, is his…

Jaime Rodriguez came back from MIX09 and thought "Hey, I bet my WPFFX library could run in the new Silverlight 3 beta".  So he added a few #ifdefs, compiled and waa-laa!  The WPFFX library is running in the Silverlight 3 beta and we have video to prove it. Jaime…

As proclaimed by Ward Bell from IdeaBlade, "Silverlight is Ready for Business". Business Application development, that is. Ward walks us through a quick demonstration of building an entity model, querying and displaying data in an editable Silverlight Datagrid.  This is all…

Nikola, previously on showing his Shock game, is back with a new interesting project, a Motion Capture Viewer written in Silverlight.  Along with entertaining us with dancing stick figures, Nikola is also sharing the code, what he's learned and a primer on Motion Capture. Real 3D…

Jaime Rodriguez sat down with Anson Tsao to discuss the new Multi-touch capabilities of WPF available in WPF 4 Beta 1.  Multiple inputs are exposed through existing and new input events, along with new manipulation and inertia events. For instructions on how to download and install…

Windows 7 includes unique features that can really light up your application and create new possibilities. Yochay Kiraity has been working with the team to create Managed Code APIs making it even easier for .NET developers to take advantage of these features.  In this…

Yochay Kiraity has been working with the team to create Managed Code APIs making it even easier for .NET developers to take advantage of new features in Windows 7.  In this video, Yochay demonstrates the available Taskbar and Libraries functionality you can use to…

Another opportunity I had at MIX09 was to talk to the guys from DevExpress about the controls they are working on.  Azret Botash explains how they are going after the features that people say can't be done and doing them. In this video he demos…

Jossef Goldberg explains how the deployment of your client applications will be easier in .NET 4.  The new Client Profile and improved Visual Studio feature integration are shown off as we walk through building a simple application and deploying it to a non-developer's computer. …