A while back I saw a post titled something like Displaying YouTube Videos in Silverlight. The implementation included a Windowless Silverlight application with a Flash video player on top. Video controls were implemented in Silverlight, and were wired up with JavaScript.
YouTube is moving toward the h.264 encoding for their videos. (My guess is to prepare [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2009
YouTube video in Silverlight 3
ToggleButton Command for Prism
Prism Commands enables you to handle user interactions in Xaml. Even though the plumbing is there, Prism lacks commanding support for everything but Buttons. Fortunately, it’s relatively easy to create new Commands for a range of controls. This post details how to create a Checked and UnChecked Command for the ToggleButton (which can be applied [...]
Versioning your Silverlight application
When writing an enterprise level application it’s critical to have a version number. Whether it’s located on the help screen or in debug mode, this will save you so much heartache during QA. The larger the project, the more dependent your team is on the version.
Now that I’m all done ranting to the converted, let’s [...]
Silverlight in Atlanta
A much needed thing happened tonight, I finally registered both AtlantaSilverlight.com and AtlSilverlight.com. Over the past couple months, I’ve been running the Atlanta Silverlight Meetup. In July I’ll be organizing the Atlanta Silverlight Firestarter.
Needless to say, there are a number of Atlanta Silverlight events that are budding, and as a result there needs to [...]
Atlanta Web Design Group – May 27, 2009
Some house keeping because this post has been in my Live Writer for the past week…On May 27th I had the pleasure to present a MIX 2009 recap to the Atlanta Web Design Group along with Glen Gordon and Dennis Estanislao. I was really impressed with the turnout, the location, and the people. Everyone was [...]


