Come learn about our secret plans to use IronPython to take over the world. The emphasis will be on demos showing the seductive possibilities that IronPython enables for Python developers. These include taking advantage of the newest features in Windows 7, running your Python code in the browser with Silverlight, and many more.

Learn how to light up your Silverlight application by using behaviors to add physics-based animation and rich interactivity. Hear tips and tricks on how to create advanced behaviors, techniques to make them extensible, and how they can be integrated to create immersive applications and enhance interactive games.

This session presents an overview of how to expose data to a Silverlight application by accessing web services in the enterprise. We will cover a spectrum of options spanning from the client HTTP stack to WCF to WCF Data Services. We will first show off the functionality of the new client HTTP stack with respect to HTTP verbs, headers, responses, and authentication in the context of the REST protocol. On the WCF front we will walk through a demonstration of how to use Silverlight with a new WCF message pattern …

This advanced-level .NET RIA Services session provides an “under-the-covers” view of how the technology works. Come learn about common architectural patterns, key design principles, and tools to work with a variety of data access layers, application logic patterns and client-usage scenarios. Examine query and unit of work patterns, custom methods, validation, authentication and authorization metadata, authoring custom validations, and using asynchronous operations effectively on the client. Hear tips and tricks to help you get the most out of .NET RIA Services in advanced scenarios. This session assumes existing experience with …

Having some programming knowledge as an interactive professional can set you apart from the rest. Come learn the essentials of C# for creating interactivity in Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation in this session, and add another weapon to your design arsenal.

This is part 2 of a series of screencasts illustrating some of the ideas found in “Prism” or the “Composite Application Guidance” from the Patterns and Practices team that can be used to build Silverlight applications in a way that lends itself to testability and modularity. In talking to customers building business applications with Silverlight I find that Prism (and it’s friend Unity) is frequently mentioned but not everyone has seen it and so I thought I would explore it myself and capture some of the results of that exploration …

This is part 1 of a series of screencasts illustrating some of the ideas found in “Prism” or the “Composite Application Guidance” from the Patterns and Practices team that can be used to build Silverlight applications in a way that lends itself to testability and modularity. In talking to customers building business applications with Silverlight I find that Prism (and it’s friend Unity) is frequently mentioned but not everyone has seen it and so I thought I would explore it myself and capture some of the results of that exploration …

Microsoft has delivered multiple technologies that focus on interoperability with non-Microsoft and Open Source technologies. In this video you will learn how to use the Eclipse tools today to build Silverlight applications that run on PCs and Macs, how to develop using combinations of Java, Ruby and PHP in addition to the standard Microsoft languages, and how Microsoft’s commitment to openness with the Azure Services Platform and the use of claims-based identity supports heterogeneous identity systems.

Silverlight 2 provides a set of common controls, but what if they don’t meet your need visually or functionally? This session aims to discuss two features of controls within Silverlight 2: templating and creating custom controls. We’ll look at what tools and techniques are available to customize the existing core controls very easily while still retaining the great functionality they provide. When that isn’t enough, we’ll look at how to create your own Silverlight controls and what you need to know to make function with the developer …

An interview with UK based startup IPrinciples who specialise in rich UI using XAML. We discuss the need for designers, the importance of Expression Design and why they favour WPF over Silverlight before talking about how useful Microsoft BizSpark is for startups.