Entries tagged with wpf 3.5 sp1 - Channel 9

Coding .NET on a Netbook

Dave Isbitski — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:08:00 GMT

Netbooks are becoming very popular these days. But what does Windows 7 really run like on it? Can I run Ultimate? What about being a developer - can I run Visual Studio 2008/2010, Expression Studio 3.0, Silverlight and WPF?

The answer is yes. I've been using a Netbook as my main development machine for a few weeks now and wanted to show you what I've learned. See first hand what the development tools you know and love run like on a Netbook.

More details can be found here:

Thanks,
Dave
http://CoolStuffWith.Net

The Coding4Fun Show: WPF MediaKit with Jeremiah Morrill

Brian Peek — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:49:00 GMT

In this episode of the Coding4Fun Show, Brian Peek interviews Jeremiah Morrill who has written WPF MediaKit, an amazing library to quickly build DirectShow and MediaFoundation media player controls in WPF. It's amazingly powerful and, as a developer, can be used with just a few lines of XAML. In fact, you can create a full-blown DVD player or webcam capture control in your application each with a single XAML tag! Learn all about this great project, how it was written, and how to use it in your own creations.

And note that the output of the WPF MediaKit player is perfectly smooth in realtime. The capture application + encoding made for a "stuttery" output that's definitely not seen when running these demos in realtime.

Silverlight 3 UK Launch: Chat with Ian Ellison-Taylor

Mike Taulty — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:26:00 GMT

At the recent UK launch of Silverlight 3 in the UK I managed to catch up with Ian Ellison-Taylor.

Ian is the general manager of the Presentation Platform and Tools which means that he's general manager for things like WPF, Silverlight, the toolkits associated with them and the tooling that goes with them - generally, this makes him a very interesting chap to chat to :-) and in this video we cover lots of semi-random ground that you'll hopefully find interesting!

Find the recordings from the day here on the MSDN UK site.

InfoStrat.VE: Integrating Virtual Earth 3D into WPF and Surface Applications for Mere Mortals

keydet — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:16:00 GMT

Virtual Earth 3D has many applications, but until recently has only been practical on the web with a JavaScript interface. WPF applications could not use the full potential of Virtual Earth 3D without requiring a WPF wizard and some XAML magic due to Win32 interop limitations.

Information Strategies (InfoStrat) has the solution. They created a WPF / Surface control, InfoStrat.VE, and are sharing with the community on CodePlex. This control provides a WPF interface for the Virtual Earth 3D control, complete with data binding for camera control and WPF-based pushpins. All Win32 restrictions (air space control, no rotation or visual brush) are eliminated. Microsoft Surface is also supported.

Watch the interview to learn the history behind the control, see it in action, learn how to get started, and even contribute back to the community.

The video is a little long, so we have provided a timeline below in case you want to skip to specific sections:

00:00 Introduction / Background

10:18 DEMO: Surface application using InfoStrat.VE

15:00 CodePlex project / code walkthrough

38:15 DEMO: Surface application using advanced capabilities in action

43:08 Wrapup / community call to action

Al Perez, Chief Architect at Total Computer, shares his experiences as an early adopter of WPF and .NET

Gunther Lenz — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 02:57:00 GMT

Al Perez shares his experiences as early adopter of WPF in an interview with Larry Gregory, Senior Director US Platform Evangelism at Microsoft. Al discusses how WPF enabled Total Computer to reduce time to market and differentiate their product from the competition by using the latest and greatest Microsoft client technologies. He also provides some advice for companies looking into the adoption of WPF and the latest .NET version.

US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners - .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

keydet — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:15:00 GMT

This is a recording of the US Public Sector Developer Dinner for Partners covering .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 held on August 20, 2008 in Reston, Va.

This presentation is a demo focused walkthrough of the new features and functionality in SP1. You will see demonstrations that will include:

Making data access easier with the ADO.NET Entity Framework.
Exposing your data access layer using ADO.NET Data Services
Building “Data Entry” Web-based applications faster than ever using ASP.NET Dynamic Data.
Making AJAX Applications faster with script combining and easier with built in support for handling browser history (i.e. back/forward buttons).
How to achieve up to 40% faster startup performance for your WPF applications and further improve the startup experience using a splash screen.
Reducing the time it takes to deploy your WPF applications using the New .NET Framework Client Profile.
Build services faster using enhancements in WCF.

To learn more about US Public Sector Developer Dinner For Partners, visit:

http://tinyurl.com/uspsdevdinner

Follow up resources (links, deck, code) from the dinner are available at:

http://blogs.msdn.com/devkeydet/archive/2008/08/21/follow-up-developer-dinner-on-net-framework-3-5-sp1.aspx

Next Generation User Experiences - WPF 3.5 SP1

Nigel — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:27:00 GMT

Windows Presentation Foundation is now becoming mainstream with real world applications being delivered using WPF to create engaging new user experiences as well as accelerate development times. Join John-Daniel Trask in exploring what WPF offers developers and end users as he demonstrates building line of business applications with WPF while highlighting the techniques and pattern you will need to understand to effectively use this fantastic technology.

Finally, John-Daniel will discuss how Silverlight 2 fits into the user experience for modern web applications and what you need to understand to transition between these two platforms.

Read more from JD on his blog http://blog.bluecog.co.nz/