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Blogged date : 2008 May 26
THANKS! to everybody who came out for my Silverlight2 Talks last week at the Space Coast .NET User group in scenic Melbourne, Florida (http://scdnug.org) and also the Orlando .NET User Group (http://www.onetug.org) in beautiful downtown Orlando.
As promised, here is a link to my slide deck: http://cid-e80ea9288abd4452.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Silverlight2
This is a fairly comprehensive deck (@170 slides) on Silverlight2 - here is a brief run-down on the topics covered:
- Background
- Designer / Developer Workflow
- Rich Media & UI
- Silverlight 1.0 /Silverlight 2 Compared
- Silverlight 2
- Controls & UI
- HTML Integration
- Databinding
| - Styles
- Isolated Storage
- Networking
- Dynamic CLR
- Deep Zoom
- Content Protection
- Resources
|
Silverlight Financials Demo -> WoodGrove Bank:
For those of you searching for some cool Silverlight applications that aren't just eye candy and demonstrate some true business value - here is a link to the Silverlight Woodgrove Bank demo:
See it on-line here: http://www.cookingwithxaml.com/meals/financials/default.html

Get the source code here: http://www.financialdevelopers.com/assets/SilverlightinFinancialsDemonostratorSource.zip
Hat's off to our Financial services team for putting this together! http://www.financialdevelopers.com
Silverlight Rehab - Don't let this happen to you!
In the event you start experiencing side effects with "Deep Zooming" - here's a link to a Silverlight Support group video where you can seek immediate assistance: http://on10.net/blogs/tina/Silverlight-Rehab/
This line will haunt you the rest of the day - "Stay out of the dark, go into the light...Silver-light...Silver-light...Silverlight..."