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Silverlight 4 Firestarter Series #2: How to migrate an ASP.NET Web Forms Application to Silverlight

April 19, 2011 Apr 19, 2011 04/19/11

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In this walkthrough, I will demonstrate how to convert an existing ASP.NET/jQuery application that consumes data from a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service to Silverlight. Here are some topics that we will cover: Before you begin you need to download the offline kit from the Firestarter Labs, to use the existing ...

Silverlight 4 Firestarter Series #1: How to migrate a Visual Basic Windows Form Application to Silverlight

April 18, 2011 Apr 18, 2011 04/18/11

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In this walkthrough, I will demonstrate how to convert an existing Windows Forms application that consumes data from a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service to Silverlight. Also in the process of conversion we will ensure that the existing functionality is preserved. Here are some topics that we will cover: Before you begin...

Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Series #11. How to create an accelerometer for Windows Phone 7

March 18, 2011 Mar 18, 2011 03/18/11

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Previously, I explained how to create a panorama and pivot effect for Windows Phone 7. In this blog post, I want to share a sample that will help you to create an accelerometer for Windows Phone 7. An accelerometer is a device that measures the proper acceleration of the device. It is a sensor that measures acceleration forces caused by moving...

Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Series #10. How to create a panorama and pivot effect for Windows Phone 7

March 14, 2011 Mar 14, 2011 03/14/11

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Previously, I explained how to create a keyboard input scope application for Windows Phone 7. In this blog post, I want to share a sample that will help you to create a panorama and pivot effect in Windows Phone 7. A Panorama is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, or a three-...

Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Series #7. How to create a Bing Maps application for Windows Phone 7

March 7, 2011 Mar 7, 2011 03/7/11

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In our previous post, I explained how to create an application bar for Windows Phone 7. Bing Maps is one of the applications that is commonly used on phones these days. In this blog post, I want to share a sample that will help you to create a Bing Maps application for Windows Phone 7. This application will provide the feature to view maps in ...

Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Series #5. How to create a control tilt effect application for Windows Phone 7

March 2, 2011 Mar 2, 2011 03/2/11

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Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Series #2. How to create a microphone application for Windows Phone 7

February 24, 2011 Feb 24, 2011 02/24/11

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In our last post, I explained how to create a mini browser for Windows Phone 7. In this blog, I want to share a sample that will help you to create a microphone application for Windows Phone 7. This application will have the feature to capture audio from a microphone and then play back the captured audio. I will now demonstrate how easy it is ...

Visual Basic Windows Phone 7 Series #1. How to create a mini browser application for Windows Phone 7

February 23, 2011 Feb 23, 2011 02/23/11

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I have experienced a lot of fun writing Windows Phone 7 applications in Visual Basic. Web browser is one of the applications that is commonly used on phones these days. In this blog post, I want to share some sample source code that will help you to create a mini browser application for Windows Phone 7. I will now demonstrate how easy it is to...

VB Core – New compilation mode in Visual Studio 2010 SP1

January 10, 2011 Jan 10, 2011 01/10/11

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While most servicing releases do not include new functionality, Visual Studio 2010 SP1 introduced an important new compiler feature that enables Visual Basic to target new platforms that were not previously supported. This was mentioned in some of the initial SP1 blog posts such as Jasonz blog. This is a ...

Using Entity Framework in Silverlight with Visual Basic

December 31, 2010 Dec 31, 2010 12/31/10

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If you’re looking for ways to get started with Entity Framework 4.0 in Visual Basic then be sure to check out this month’s issue of CODE Magazine. In it the Entity Framework team has put together a walkthrough that shows how to use EF4 in Silverlight, and best of all the entire article’s in VB! Using Entity ...

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