Following the beta 2 release of Visual Studio 2008, Silverlight was also upgraded, both 1.0 and 1.1! Since the release at Mix 07, over 2000 (!) bugs were fixed and 1.0, the Javascript version is now feature complete. Only some more fine tuning seperates this RC from being RTM! To download version ... [More]

Just little more than 3 months after beta 1, Microsoft released beta 2 of our favorite IDE! This time, beta 2 contains a go-live license and includes full support for WPF and Silverlight applications. Scott Guthrie mentioned earlier that it's 99% feature complete. Not only is Visual Studio up... [More]

Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 is almost here! Really, it's very close. Why, you say? Well, in a reply on his blog, Scott Guthrie mentioned that the new version will be released later this week! He added: "We'll do some small features additions/changes based on new feedback on Beta2, but... [More]

When using CSS, you can link the stylesheet to your HTML using the 'link' tag (pure HTML) or you can use the @import directive. Which of these 2 is the best, one might think? Well, the answer can be determined by the browsers you are targetting with your site. The @import is currently ... [More]

Yesterday, the Belgian copyright watchdog named SABAM, which is kind of the same as MPAA and RIAA, wrote a letter to the 2 largest Belgian ISPs, pushing them to install download filters to prevent illegal material being downloaded. While SABAM has been trying to do something on the 'copyrig... [More]

At its partner conference in Denver, Microsoft unveiled the launch dates of their most anticipated products: Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008. All 3 products will be released on February 27, 2008 on an official launch party in Los Angeles. It was expected that at leas... [More]

As WPF is becoming more and more used, the list of available tools and controls is growing fast. Therefore, it seemed a good idea to list all the tools that I use or know but don't use yet, and share that list with you! Professional tools Visual Studio 2005 There's no doubt... [More]

Silverlight Tim Sneath created a collection of 50 Silverlight applications. You can see it here. Apps CSSVista is a free application for webdevelopers. With it, you can see how your CSS is doing in IE and Firefox at the same time. Get your copy here. ASP.net/Ajax -If you wan... [More]

With Windows Presentation Foundation coming closer to its release date with Vista almost being upon us, more and more people are taking a look at programming in WPF… Lately, people searching on Google for WPF-related information is soaring. How do you know that, you might ask? Well, in my l... [More]

  For some of my latest projects, I have been using Enterprise Library for the Data Access Layer (combined with other technologies). In this tutorial, I will explain the Validation Application Block, a complete new application block included in version 3 of the library. I’ll creat... [More]

In this tutorial, I'm going to explain several 2D effects that can be performed on images, using only XAML code. By the end of this tutorial, you'll know: how to create image refections how to skew images how to drop shadows So let's get to it! Create an empty WinFX... [More]