Visual Studio 11 Beta currently incompatible with AsyncCtpLibrary*.dll
The C# and Visual Basic compilers implement support for async/await by generating code that utilizes some specific types in the underlying framework. These ty... [read more]
My Annual Arizona .NET Speaking Event this Friday
This Friday, April 22nd, I'll be holding my 8th Annual “Day of .NET” event in Arizona. Organized by my friend Scott Cate, this all-day event is fre... [read more]
Tasks are in Silverlight
So many of you have asked about it, and it's finally here. You can now download the RC SDK and Developer Runtime of Silverlight 5, which includes TPL Tasks! h... [read more]
Async Targeting Pack for Visual Studio 11 now available for .NET 4 and Silverlight 5
We’re happy to announce that you can now download an Async Targeting Pack for Visual Studio 11 that lets you target .NET 4 and Silverlight 5. The included D... [read more]
Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit Feb 2011 is now available
Silverlight for Windows Phone Toolkit Feb 2011 is now available. Components included in this update are: AutoCompleteBox ContextMenu DatePicker GestureService/G... [read more]
VS2010 SP1: Silverlight 4 profiling from Visual Studio UI
If you install recently published VS2010 SP1 Beta, you can discover that VS Profiler team enriched Silverlight profiling user experience. Previously I p... [read more]
How to profile ASP.NET and Silverlight at the same time
In Visual Studio 2010 SP1 we enabled the ability to profile Silverlight applications from the Visual Studio UI. Unfortunately there is a limitation where ... [read more]
HTML5, Silverlight, Windows Phone - MIX 2011 Registration Open
Whether you're a Web developer interested in harnessing the awesome power of Windows Internet Explorer 9 with HTML5, a Silverlight developer developing the next... [read more]
NuGet 1.1 Released
This past weekend the ASP.NET team released NuGet 1.1. Phil Haack recently blogged a bunch of details on the enhancements it brings, as well as how to ... [read more]
Silverlight and Dynamic Languages
People interested in dynamic languages and Silverlight will definitely want to install Silverlight 4 and check out some new information and samples about using ... [read more]
Silverlight 2 Poster Available
You’re not a real Silverlight developer until you have the poster stuck up on your wall. Apparently these were hot at Mix. Thanks to Brad Abrams for posti... [read more]
VS2010: Silverlight 4 profiling
Did you know that Visual Studio 2010 Profiler allows you to profile your Silverlight 4 applications? You didn't? It does. This feature, however, is only partia... [read more]
VS2010: Silverlight 4 profiling from Visual Studio UI
In my previous post I showed how VS2010 Profiler command line tools can be used to profile your Silverlight 4 application, as this feature is only partially int... [read more]
Visual Studio 2010 SP1
If you use silverlight you will appreciate SP1 So far it installs without flaws in test and production machines in our team. ... [read more]