Silverlight Cream for October 12, 2008 -- #394

In this issue: Tim Heuer, Silverlight SDK, Page Brooks, Mike Snow, Jesse Liberty, and Bill Reiss

Bill Reiss has updated his XNA games to the XNA 3.0 Beta, and has created a PDC badge: Find me at PDC for a Dr. Popper badge and maybe win a book.


From SilverlightCream.com:
Hey, who took my Chiron?
Responding to a question, Tim Heuer discusses what happened to Chiron.exe in the RC0 delivery (and beyond, I suppose).
Silverlight Breaking Changes Between Beta 2 and Release (Updated Document)
The folks at Silverlight SDK have a good breaking changes doc out, and considering the hints I've been seeing on the web about when the RTW may hit, this might be something to check into!
Sharing Code Between .NET and Silverlight Platforms
Page Brooks Gives a good explanation of how to share code between platforms.
Silverlight Tip of the Day #60 – How to load a XAML Control From a File or String
In Mike Snow's latest offering, he's showing how to load XAML up using XamlReader, and tells you about the things you need to do if you plan on using this.
Data Binding – Margin Notes
Jesse Liberty has a collection of useful notes about DataBinding that you should probably at least skim through, or print out if this is all relatively new to you!
Great freeware fonts for PathTextBlock and Silverlight
If you're thinking about using Bill Reiss' PathTextBlock, or just a non-standard font in general in Silverlight, Bill has a great font site for you to check out. I'm familiar with grsites.com from my Paint Shop Pro days, and there are a TON of fonts out there!

Stay in the 'Light!

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posted @ Sunday, October 12, 2008 2:37 PM

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