I’ve been asked by a few people where the code content for my book will be. I decided to host it on my site in a separate section. Originally I had planned an entire site for the book, but due to time, I decided to just create a section on my site for now that will cater to the book. So once the book goes live I will host all of the source code for the book on my site (assuming … more
When I write I need to remind myself of the point sometimes. It may sound funny but it’s true. I set out to write a book that shows how to use data services of all kinds with Silverlight 2. Sounds easy to stay on topic, but it has proven difficult at times. For example, in the chapter where I describe how to use custom entities and entities from tools like LINQ to SQL and the … more
I had to ask Laurel from O’Reilly what type of bird was on the cover of my book. They decide what goes on the cover and I have no idea how they decide, but since its my book I figured I should at least know what it is. Laurel was kind enough to share with me that it is a White Cheek Turaco. Actually a cool looking bird! more
I have a pretty good technical review for my book, Data Services with Silverlight 2. There are some who are focusing on the entire book, some who are reading certain chapters, and there are those that are offering great insight into certain areas on an as needed basis. I wanted to throw a THANK YOU out to all of them who are helping me with my book in one way, shape or form. This team overall is … more
Here is a small/basic but useful sample to create a progress bar in XAML that is updated when making a call to a RESTful web service using WebClient (in my case) for Silverlight from my book. The code can easily be put inside of a self contained Silverlight user control of its own, which would allow it to easily be used in multiple areas of the application. I’ll leave that part up to … more
My Data Services with Silverlight 2 book is now available for pre-order on Amazon! Since it was posted I realized that now is a good time to update my book summary and answer some common questions that I have received about what topics will be addressed in my book. So this should help give a better understanding of the topic I am covering. Style of the Book?: The style of the book is a tell and … more
An alert reader contacted me to let me know that the code that my September 2008 MSDN Magazine article Service Driven Apps with Silverlight 2 links to, is not my code. It actually points to Shawn Wildermuth’s article in the same issue. I’ve alerted MSDN Magazine about this mix up, but until then if you want to grab my code for the September 2008 article, you can grab it from this link … more
I just firmed up another stop on my Fall/Winter INETA event tour … I will be presenting to the Central Florida .NET User Group in Lakeland Florida on November 19, 2008. I’ll be in Naples Florida the day before, then I make the drive up to Lakeland about 2+ hours north. Not a bad drive. As always, you can check out my full schedule of future and past events on my events page. The … more
I’ll be heading to Orlando Florida on November 20th as part of my Fall/Winter INETA event tour. I will be presenting to the Orlando .NET User group (aka ONETUG) about Silverlight 2. This makes 3 days in a row I’ll be driving around Florida and presenting at user group. Thanks go out to INETA to help sponsor this driving trek :) As always, you can check out my full schedule … more
I’ve been working on the basis for a shopping cart example using the Amazon.com RESTful API and Silverlight 2 for my book. Their API is pretty extensive and the documentation is top notch. Its amazing how much more effective developers can be with good documentation. The application allows the user to search for items, create a shopping cart and add/remove the items in a Silverlight … more
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