Developers for Developers - Channel 9

Devs4Devs - Silverlight Deep Zoom - A Step by Step Guide to Creating Amazing User Experiences using

DaveDev — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:15:29 GMT

By now you've probably heard the Buzz about Silverlight Deep Zoom.

Now figure out how to code it yourself!

This video will walk you step by step through everything you need to know about DeepZoom.

- What it is
- Where to get the software and tools to code in it
- What has been updated in Silverlight 2.0 project styles compared to 1.1
- How to use DeepZoom Composer to create your own content
- How to code in panning and zooming
- And finally create your own cool application using both Deep Zoom and other media elements

Enjoy!

Thanks,
Dave "DaveDev" Isbitski
http://blogs.msdn.com/davedev
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Developers for Developers (Devs4Devs) Series - "Silverlight - What, Where and How?" - Part

DaveDev — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 03:05:28 GMT

This is part 3 of 3.

Silverlight - What, Where and How?

I've been demoing Silverlight for some of our enterprise customers, conferences, and  local user groups for several months now. If there is one thing I've see it is people are very opinionated about what MS is trying to do with it. Silverlight is just the next ActiveX out to destroy the world, right? :D I felt a video like this would be important to give you insight on where Silverlight came from not just what it can do.

In the video I cover several topics:
- Why Silverlight? What is Microsoft up to?
- Web Development today - the need for User Experience
- What is this XAML stuff? WPF?
- Good Overview and hands on with Expression Blend
- What you need to get started today and where you can get it. Does it cost anything?
- Demos sprinkled throughout to help reinforce concepts
- I take you step by step in creating your first Silverlight application (yes I used 2.0 this time).
         - Storyboards, Images, setting properties, firing/capturing events, using the VS2008 Tools, even adding Ink support.
         - Just for giggles I also show how easy it is to put the new control inside a Vista Gadget.
- Lots of links to additional resources and where you can get more help.

My hope is that after watching this video you will have a clear understanding of where the Microsoft Platform is heading when it comes to NextWeb and the Presentation Technology Space and also how we got there. You should also feel comfortable creating Silverlight content in both VS2008 and Blend and how you can use it in your projects today. I know I definitely had a blast coding with it. :D

Thanks,
Dave "DaveDev" Isbitski
http://blogs.msdn.com/davedev
Come join your peers and check us out on Facebook today !

Developers for Developers (Devs4Devs) Series - "Silverlight - What, Where and How?" - Part

DaveDev — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:09:30 GMT

This is part 2 of 3.

Silverlight - What, Where and How?

I've been demoing Silverlight for some of our enterprise customers, conferences, and  local user groups for several months now. If there is one thing I've see it is people are very opinionated about what MS is trying to do with it. Silverlight is just the next ActiveX out to destroy the world, right? :D I felt a video like this would be important to give you insight on where Silverlight came from not just what it can do.

In the video I cover several topics:
- Why Silverlight? What is Microsoft up to?
- Web Development today - the need for User Experience
- What is this XAML stuff? WPF?
- Good Overview and hands on with Expression Blend
- What you need to get started today and where you can get it. Does it cost anything?
- Demos sprinkled throughout to help reinforce concepts
- I take you step by step in creating your first Silverlight application (yes I used 2.0 this time).
         - Storyboards, Images, setting properties, firing/capturing events, using the VS2008 Tools, even adding Ink support.
         - Just for giggles I also show how easy it is to put the new control inside a Vista Gadget.
- Lots of links to additional resources and where you can get more help.

My hope is that after watching this video you will have a clear understanding of where the Microsoft Platform is heading when it comes to NextWeb and the Presentation Technology Space and also how we got there. You should also feel comfortable creating Silverlight content in both VS2008 and Blend and how you can use it in your projects today. I know I definitely had a blast coding with it. :D

Thanks,
Dave "DaveDev" Isbitski
http://blogs.msdn.com/davedev
Come join your peers and check us out on Facebook today !

Developers for Developers (Devs4Devs) Series - "Silverlight - What, Where and How?" - Part

DaveDev — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:26:00 GMT

This is Part 1 of 3.

Silverlight - What, Where and How?

I've been demoing Silverlight for some of our enterprise customers, conferences, and  local user groups for several months now. If there is one thing I've see it is people are very opinionated about what MS is trying to do with it. Silverlight is just the next ActiveX out to destroy the world, right? :D I felt a video like this would be important to give you insight on where Silverlight came from not just what it can do.

In the video I cover several topics:
- Why Silverlight? What is Microsoft up to?
- Web Development today - the need for User Experience
- What is this XAML stuff? WPF?
- Good Overview and hands on with Expression Blend
- What you need to get started today and where you can get it. Does it cost anything?
- Demos sprinkled throughout to help reinforce concepts
- I take you step by step in creating your first Silverlight application (yes I used 2.0 this time).
         - Storyboards, Images, setting properties, firing/capturing events, using the VS2008 Tools, even adding Ink support.
         - Just for giggles I also show how easy it is to put the new control inside a Vista Gadget.
- Lots of links to additional resources and where you can get more help.

My hope is that after watching this video you will have a clear understanding of where the Microsoft Platform is heading when it comes to NextWeb and the Presentation Technology Space and also how we got there. You should also feel comfortable creating Silverlight content in both VS2008 and Blend and how you can use it in your projects today. I know I definitely had a blast coding with it. :D

Thanks,
Dave "DaveDev" Isbitski
http://blogs.msdn.com/davedev
Come join your peers and check us out on Facebook today!

Developers for Developers (Devs4Devs) Series - "SharePoint Development -Making Sense of it All&

DaveDev — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:58:00 GMT

This is Part 2 of 2.

Developers for Developers is a group on Facebook filled with tips, tricks, and stories of battle from your fellow coders. Some of the best stuff you can pick up in your career doesn't come from a book or a presentation. It comes from your fellow developer and his experiences. A quick hallway conversation, 15 minutes at someone's desk after a "Hey come check this out!".. these are the things that can make a difference!

SharePoint Development - Making Sense of it All is the first in a series of Devs4Devs videos.

Topics covered:

- SharePoint Overview
- The different types of SharePoint Development
- Changing SharePoint with SharePoint itself
- SharePoint Designer
- How to setup a SharePoint Dev Environment
- Coding in the VPC
- Webpart creation and deployment
- Adding NextWeb content to Webparts - a working Silverlight Webpart.
- Some Blend coding and debugging. :P

Come join your peers and check us out on Facebook today!

Thanks,
Dave "DaveDev" Isbitski
http://blogs.msdn.com/davedev

Developers for Developers (Devs4Devs) Series - "SharePoint Development -Making Sense of it All&

DaveDev — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 17:26:00 GMT

This is Part 1 of 2.