josh smith's wpf binding article in this month's msdn magazine

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc700358.aspx

a couple of things new to me:

- the way he uses IsSynchronizedWithCurrentItem and nested, hierarchical bindings like {Binding Path=CurrentItem.Orders.CurrentItem.OrderDetails}

- the capabilities of the .NET 3.5 validators (implementing validation logic in code using System.ComponentModel.IDataErrorInfo)

also check out how smoothly he binds an object hierarchy to a treeview, good stuff--

error adding service reference to silverlight 2 app

if you run into problems adding a service reference to a sl2b2 app, it’s likely due to a sl2b2 install bug that manifests itself if you installed with certain pre-conditions. to fix it:

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(from http://silverlight.net/forums/t/17500.aspx)

First check your Silverlight Tools for VS 2008 install size on Add/Remove Programs window. If it is 1.14 MB, then you need to do the following:

1) Uninstall your Silverlight Tools for VS 2008,

2) Remove (delete) the following dll C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\Microsoft.VisualStudio.ServicesProxy.dll

3) Re-Install Silverlight Tools for VS 2008.

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wpf/silverlight links

scott guthrie’s silverlight 2 intros are here

some silverlight references/articles i’ve found very helpful:

Silverlight Architecture

Silverlight Controls

Silverlight User Interface Controls - Silverlight

Silverlight: QuickStarts

Silverlight: QuickStarts > Building Dynamic User Interfaces with Silverlight > Creating Custom Controls

Working with Animations Programmatically (Silverlight 2)

Excellent Data Binding Overview

How ImageSource works

End to End DataCentric App <-- VERY GOOD OVERVIEW OF LOTS OF STUFF

asp.net mvc overview:

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/11/13/asp-net-mvc-framework-part-1.aspx

wpf and mvc:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/MVCtoUnitTestinWPF.aspx

some good blogs:

http://geekswithblogs.net/wynapsetechnicalmusings/Rss.aspx <---- DON’T MISS THIS ONE! it’s a compilation of others’ relevant blog posts

http://blogs.msdn.com/delay/rss.xml

http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/rss.xml

http://blogs.msdn.com/corrinab/rss.xml

http://blogs.msdn.com/silverlight_sdk/rss.xml

http://www.drwpf.com/blog/Home/tabid/36/rssid/1/Default.aspx

regarding reflector, app is here: http://www.aisto.com/roeder/dotnet/. msft also released a bunch of their source code recently, you can find the silverlight-related code here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ea93dd89-3af2-4acb-9cf4-bfe01b3f02d4&DisplayLang=en

silverlight 2 beta 2

installer is here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=50A9EC01-267B-4521-B7D7-C0DBA8866434&displaylang=en

there is no problem installing this on your normal dev machine, but note that i had to manually uninstall KB949325 (in Vista it's listed under Program and Features > Installed Updates) before i could get beta 2 installed.

a good summary of changes is here: http://adoguy.com/2008/06/06/What_s_Changed_in_Silverlight_2_Beta_2.aspx

and fuller lists of breaking changes (there are lots of them!) are here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645049(VS.95).aspx and http://blogs.msdn.com/silverlight_sdk/attachment/8574227.ashx.

the release version is expected “end of summer”, so assuming beta 2 is as solid as beta 1 was, this is the version that the classroom will first go live with--

code snippet for INotifyPropertyChanged

import this snippet and use “propnp” to implement a property in an object that implements INotifyPropertyChanged--

http://www.russellgreenspan.com/software/code/propnp.zip

wpf data binding one step at a time

good overview and step-by-step introduction to wpf-style data binding:

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/MovingTowardWpfBinding.aspx

more good wpf binding info

differences between Source, RelativeSource, and ElementName (the latter 2 are WPF-only) mark-up extensions:

http://www.wpfwiki.com/WPF%20Q5.3.ashx