about 1 month ago - No comments
[Disclaimer: This post had a point. ChannelFactory vs. Proxy vs. Hand Rolled Proxy. That point got lost along the way.]
The “application” that I am working on is more of a platform then a single application. Our solution contains over 150 projects and is organized into what we call, sub-systems. A sub-system is basically a stand-alone
about 3 months ago - No comments
Quick tip:
If you want to put your custom controls in a separate assembly you need to include the layout (generic.xml) in that assembly.
Related posts:Thoughts on Silverlight
AutoMapper.Silverlight
Silverlight, Actions and Prism
ESRI Silverlight Map vs. Prism Regions
about 9 months ago - No comments
In a recent post Jamie Kosoy, who I believe is a flash developer, posted his thoughts on his first Silverlight project. I’m also green to Silverlight and just finished my first project. I’ll save the post about my thoughts for another day; but I wanted to add my two cents regarding Jamie’s observations.
Timeline animation is
about 10 months ago - No comments
When using Prism for composition in Silverlight how do I attach actions between modules?
Am I forced to use the event system or is there a way to set the TargetName for my Actions to the name of a UserControl in a different module?
For Example:
<Image Height="40" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Bottom" Width="40" Source="/SilverlightDemo.MainToolbar;Component/Images/i_chart.png" Stretch="Fill" Canvas.Left="222" Canvas.Top="55"> <i:Interaction.Triggers> <i:EventTrigger EventName="MouseLeftButtonDown">
about 10 months ago - No comments
After a day or so of working with Silverlight it became quite apparent that you can’t, no you Shouldn’t build Silverlight LOB (Line of Business) applications without Prism.
Prism offers a way to break down your application into modules. And it uses Regions as a way to put it all back together again. Its very
about 1 year ago - No comments
First; When I pushed to GitHub I decided to rename the project to AutoDeploy.NET.
In the hopes of keeping my sanity and in the context of working in an organization that strictly follows a 50+ page “release management handbook” I started working on AutoDeploy.NET; a deployment automation tool.
As with all my personal projects I
about 1 year ago - No comments
Most of my work so far this year has been with one client. This client was a Java shop for quite some time and is pretty green to Microsoft. Also, they don’t seem to ever have had real success with building enterprise class systems. That’s not to say that they haven’t wrote very large and