Entries tagged with wpf - MIX Online

Fresh WPF Boot Camp at MIX University

Joshua Allen — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:57:00 GMT

Karsten just posted 3 more days of intense WPF Boot Camp training at MIX University. This is our most updated training, delivered recently here in Redmond by several experts from Microsoft and our partners. It takes you from beginner to intermediate in the first two days, and then dives deep into some real-world implementations on day 3.

The viewer is written using Silverlight 2, and you can get the source code for the viewer app over at Karsten's blog.

Cirque MIX08 Keynote

Joshua Allen — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:03:00 GMT

In the MIX08 keynote, Cirque showed off a WPF-based line-of-business application. Check out this clip and you might even spy one of our VPs trying out for a new career as a performer!

Veracity Solutions Combines WPF and Wii-motes

drobbins — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:31:00 GMT

A couple guys from Veracity Solutions setup a demo of their cool project during an Open Space session.

The demo shows a Windows Presentation Foundation application bound to the inputs of a Wii mote to allow the user to control whats on the screen. They modified a pair of gloves with LEDs to allow a person to control the UI with their hands.

Billy Hollis: Windows Presentation Foundation in the Real World

drobbins — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:47:00 GMT

Billy Hollis did an Open Space session on the good and the bad of Windows Presentation Foundation in the real world. He talks about the experiences he's had in learning WPF and using the technology in real world applications.

Billy Hollis is a great speaker and has termendous experience with the .NET platform. Watching this video will surely expand your knowledge on how to practically apply Windows Presentation Foundation in your application scenarios.

Windows Presentation Foundation in the Real World

drobbins — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:22:00 GMT

Billy Hollis is doing an Open Space session on Wednesday at 1:30p called "Good News, Bad News, WPF in the Real World." We caught Billy off-gaurd while he was trying to submit his session.

Listen to this video to here what Billy will talk about and a little about the Open Space format.

Catch Billy's session in the Open Space Theatre at 1:30p on Wednesday!

Eric Burke Chats About Open Space at MIX

drobbins — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:19:00 GMT

Eric Burke presented at the last two MIX events on cool things that Yahoo! is doing with Windows Presentation Foundation and .NET technology.

This year, Eric will be hanging out in the Open Space area sharing his experiences with building applications on the .NET Framework and learning what others are doing on the rich .NET platform. Watch the video to see why Eric is excited about Open Space at MIX.

You can check out Eric's blog at http://eric.burke.name/dotnetmania