On Saturday went hiking to Mount Si, one of the quintessential Seattle hikes. It was a beautiful day, with a clear view of Mount Rainer from the top.
Monthly Archives: June 2006
XBAPs: OnDemand & ClickOnce
If your XBAP has some “heft” to it (large resource files, large assemblies, etc), it may make sense to architect your app to use ClickOnce’s OnDemand APIs. OnDemand APIs enable developers to delay download parts of the application. This can … Continue reading
Caching & XBAPs
When relying on resources living on a server, you can increase client app perf & decrease network traffic by storing local versions. When trying to build a sandboxed XBAP, however, you cannot create your own local cache store in the … Continue reading
New York City
Had a fun quick trip to New York City. Spent several hours at the Museum of Modern Art. The MOMA is just amazing… it makes the SF MOMA just look so small and modest in comparison. I’m jealous of new … Continue reading
Woodgrove Demo
At the TechEd chalktalk that Ashish and I tag teamed earlier this week, I demo-ed the Woodgrove Financial Application as an XBAP. I also showed loose XAML and an embedded FlowDocument inside of an HTML. loose XAML with vector graphics … Continue reading
PhotoStore – XBAP & Standalone
In a chalktalk yesterday, I demo-ed a modified PhotoStore application (you may have seen this demo at last year’s PDC or played with it in the Hands on Labs). In this version, you can display images bundled with the app as well as those … Continue reading
In Boston!
…for Microsoft’s TechEd conference. Some flowers at Boston Public Garden  Â
.NET Framework 3.0 & Dev Community Site
WinFX has officially been rebranded .NET Framework 3.0. Also, the offical “.NET Framework 3.0″ Developer Community site has just launched! There are sub-community sites for Windows Presentation Foundationa> , Windows Communication Foundation, and Windows Workflow Foundation  as well as Windows CardSpace (formerly InfoCard).
WPF @ TechEd
We’ve got a great presence at TechEd Boston. some of the WPF product team members
Vista Security Whitepaper
An interesting overview of Vista Security is now posted on MSDN.
Seattle
Seagull & Pike Place Market.
Tips & Tricks for Flexible Application
In my previous post, I introduced my FlexibleApplication template. In this posts, I offer a couple tips & tricks. Determing the App Model at Compile Time or Runtime Depending on your application, you may want to do different things in … Continue reading