Recently Erik Mork interviewed me for his Sparkling Client podcast [http://feeds.sparklingclient.com/~r/SparklingClient/~3/413973798/] and we chatted about accessing data services with Silverlight 2. We talked a lot about interacting with Silverlight 2 with REST and SOAP, isolated storage, creating

One of the changes in Silverlight 2 RC0 is that reorganization and in some cases renaming of assemblies for the controls. Making this post short and sweet … * System.Windows.Controls assembly contains: * Calendar * DatePicker * TabControl * GridSplitter * System.Windows.Contro

I create a lot of demo applications, and with Silverlight 2 that means creating a lot of user controls.  Sometimes I build entire applications and other times I build simple and focused user controls. Sometimes I have a dozen user controls that I use to demonstrate different topics at events. I crea

While working through some examples for my book that use the SyndicationFeed and SyndicationItem classes to manage RSS and ATOM data, I wrote this little LINQ to Objects query that mashes items from several different feeds together, and sorts them by date. Its pretty basic LINQ, but when combined wi

I’ve been working hard on reviewing the technical reviews of my book [https://www.johnpapa.net/data-services-with-silverlight-2/book-summary-for-data-services-with-silverlight-2-on-amazon-now/] lately and I learned something new last night from my colleague and wise guru of the web services world R