[http://www.silverlight.net/downloads]Silverlight 5 was released to the web yesterday, finalizing the feature list that many of us have been tinkering with in 2011. I’m excited that a product I had a very small part in shaping is now out. The team members are amazing and did a fantastic job amidst
This month’s Papa’s Perspective shows you how to use some of the fundamental aspects of the HTML5 canvas to draw. [http://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2011/12/01/working-with-the-html5-canvas.aspx] I go over some 101 level functions such as arc, beginPath, lineCap, lineJoin, lineTo, lineWidth,
I recently had an opportunity to review an advance copy of Julie Lerman and Rowan Miller's new book "Programming Entity Framework 4.1 Code First [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1449312942?t=johnpanet-20]". In short, this is a fantastic book that is a quick read. Read more about my review in
I love data, data binding and development patterns. So it should be no surprise that my next course to be released with Pluralsight is on KnockoutJS [http://www.KnockoutJS.com]. I recently released an Introduction to Building Windows 8 Metro Applications [http://jpapa.me/Win8IntroPS] course with my
VSLive, Pluralsight WebCast and the inaugural Tampa Windows Developer User Group. That’s all that’s left for me this year for presentations. Actually, it’s a pretty full plate given that the year is almost up and the holidays are upon us. Here is my remaining 2011 schedule: Tampa Bay WinDev: Intro
