Blend

Brief walkthrough on using Blend to style a WPF application originally created with VS 2008 Cider designer;  see how you can seamlessly go back and forth between the two tools to get the best out of a developer (intellisense, code wiring, etc.) and designer ( styling, templating) tools for…

Lots of developers are building XAML-based applications today.  Be it WPF, Silverlight or Windows Phone 7, I have seen a lot of people struggle with certain tasks in Visual Studio that would be much easier if undertaken in Expression Blend.  Blend seems to be somewhat intimidating to…

Leverage your existing SVG assets in Expression Design to produce XAML elements for WPF and/or Silverlight applications. This screencast demonstrates converting SVG files to XAML using Expression Design and consuming them in a Silverlight application.

Abstract: In this step-by-step series, we will show you how you can create a lightweight, dynamic version of the Memory Game in Blend using CSS3, HTML5 and JavaScript.  Part 1 will show you how to create and define a style rule in Blend. Next Steps: Step #1 – Download Windows 8 Release Preview…

Als ich in Redmond war, habe ich mit Christian Schormann gesprochen. Christian ist Deutscher und arbeitet bei Microsoft Corp in Redmond als Director of Program Management für Expression.  Christian interessiert sich für Interactive-Storytelling und bessere User-Experiences.  In…

Josh Holmes caught up with team from Yahoo! that's working on the Yahoo! Messenger Application for Vista. We talked a lot about the new feature set that went live yesterday (including an easter egg...) and how the process of developing a WPF application with Developer and Designers  went…

In this third part of a five-part series, we'll further explore the animation capabilities in Blend. To make the chicken cluck, we'll create a timeline as a resource that is invoked from JavaScript (some code involved). We'll also synchronize an MP3 audio file with the animation. Download the…

In this first of a five-part series, you'll see how to use the drawing tools in Blend to unite and divide geometries so as to create a chicken. Covers concepts like the path tool, path combining, fills and strokes. Download the sample code By clicking the link above you accept the  license.

Kirupa has written a tutorial that provides a basic overview of how to write a simple application that supports dropping of files into it. The tutorial is based on Blend 3 and the source code is included.

In this second of a five-part series, the animation tools of Blend are introduced. Using the chicken drawn in the earlier screencast, we'll add animation onto the stage using transforms, both a scale transform and a translation. No code is touched in the animation of this chicken. Download the…