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Adventures in developer learning.
Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta is posted
Download from here: Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta After my recent pleasant introduction to...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 07/14/2010
Modern programming: A tale of four frameworks
After starting my new job in Core OS, it became clear that I would need to brush up on my old...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 07/07/2010
COM Technical Overview topic is live
As one of my first undertakings in my new group, I wrote a little introductory overview of classic...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 06/18/2010
Expression Blend 4 now available for download
Expression Blend 4 makes it easier than ever to design your WPF and Silverlight apps. Here are the...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 06/07/2010
COM Is Love
New job! I’ve hopped over from the excellent Developer Division User Education org to the cool...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 05/27/2010
Office 2010 launches on May 12th
Not to mention SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010, and Project 2010. You are invited to attend the virtual...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 04/19/2010
Visual Studio 2010 is live
And it’s good. Download the full trial version here: Visual Studio 2010 Downloads. Technorati Tags:...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 04/12/2010
Fun with brainwaves, part 3: Here’s some code
The story so far: Realtime Brainwave Data with WPF and Fun with brainwaves, part 2. So the code is...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 02/27/2010
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Release Candidates are posted
Go grab your copy of Visual Studio 2010 RC here. Rewritten in WPF, this is the slickest version of...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 02/12/2010
Realtime Brainwave Data with WPF
Update: Code is posted here. A wonderful thing happened since my last post on this project. The...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 02/02/2010
WPF and Bling
Here is one of the coolest applications of WPF ever: Bling. It’s a completely new way to leverage...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 10/27/2009
WPF samples now available at Code Gallery
In past versions of our Visual Studio and .NET Framework documentation, you may have experienced...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 10/23/2009
Fun with brainwaves, part 2
As I promised in Fun with brainwaves, part 1, I’ve written a little WPF application that displays...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 10/18/2009
Fun with brainwaves, part 1
For years, I’ve been interested in human brainwaves, especially the possibility of using nonlinear...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 09/28/2009
WPF Designer sample code is posted
If you want to author custom design-time experiences for your WPF controls, this is a good place to...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 09/17/2009
TestApi v0.3 Posted
Ever wondered how to test your WPF, Windows Forms, .Net Framework, and Win32 applications...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 09/15/2009
WPF and the Parallel Extensions, Updated
At the request of the Parallel .NET team, I’ve cleaned up the code from my earlier post, WPF and the...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 09/11/2009
Sensors in my Pocket PC
I like to play around with the occasional new Microsoft technology, and since I recently traded my...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 06/29/2009
Microsoft and Earth Week
I have to say I’ve been impressed with Microsoft’s recent efforts to green up. All the cafeterias...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 04/23/2009
Live streaming from MIX ‘09
Don’t miss the live stream from MIX ‘09. Scott Guthrie is on right now. Lots of exciting new...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 03/18/2009
WPF and the Parallel Extensions
It’s been over six months since the Parallel Extensions to .NET Framework 3.5, June 2008 CTP...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 03/01/2009
A simple particle system
For no obvious reason, I had a sudden need to write a particle system that simulates a...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 12/19/2008
Silverlight designer extensibility
I haven't even started writing the docs for SL designer extensibility, and here's Justin Angel with...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 11/18/2008
WPF developers take note: WPF Designer Hotfix is posted
If you're writing WPF code, be sure to run the new Hotfix. Details at the WPF SDK blog. Technorati...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 11/10/2008
Visualizing Climate Data in Phase Space, Part 2
I promised in an earlier post to implement a visualizer for Poincaré sections. This is a new feature...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 10/16/2008
WPF Chrome deep dive
If you're interested in implementing custom chrome in your WPF application, check out Joe Castro's...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 09/08/2008
XamlpadX 4.0 now available
Lester Lobo has posted the latest version of the excellent XamlpadX utility here. This is a...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 09/05/2008
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Docs Are Live on MSDN
The latest versions of the VS and .NET documentation are available on MSDN. Don't forget that MSDN...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 08/12/2008
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 are Live
Go forth and download: Visual Studio 2008 Express Editions with Service Pack 1 (Bootstrappers)...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 08/11/2008
Visualizing Climate Data in Phase Space
I've been reading the online draft (pdf) of Ray Pierrehumbert's excellent new book on climate...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 08/01/2008
WPF Designer: Changes and Fixes in VS2008 SP1 Beta
Here's the definitive list: List of changes and fixed issues for Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 05/16/2008
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta is posted
Get it here. Discuss amongst yourselves at the forum. Don't miss Guy Burstein's guided tour. Here's...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 05/12/2008
Using WriteableBitmap to Display a Procedural Texture
A long time ago, back in the Java days, I wrote some code to simulate a particular kind of...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 04/17/2008
Big Announcements at MIX '08
In case you haven't heard, during the MIX ’08 keynote, Ray Ozzie, Scott Guthrie, and Dean...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 03/05/2008
Using the WPF Designer: Guidance for Windows Forms Developers
If you're a WinForms dev, and you'd like to know how to implement your favorite features in WPF,...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 02/05/2008
MSDN Code Gallery Launched
MSDN and the Developer Division Community Connection Team are pleased to announce the launch of the...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 01/29/2008
Silverlight 1.0 on Microsoft Update and WSUS
Silverlight 1.0 is now available to WSUS administrators for enterprise deployments as well as to...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 01/22/2008
Silverlight Fire Starter video site at MIX University
We get a lot of requests for training on Silverlight, and now there's a great new option: the...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 01/14/2008
Mobiform's VantagePoint WPF Controls released
Mobiform has released v1 of their neat VantagePoint WPF Controls suite. View the Demo, which is a...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 11/29/2007
WPF Designer docs are posted
The MSDN library online has been refreshed, and you can find all the new documentation for the WPF...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 11/26/2007
Troubleshooting WPF Designer load failures
Now that people have been kicking the tires of the WPF Designer for Visual Studio 2008 (aka...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 10/29/2007
.NET Framework source code to be released
It's like some beautiful dream... We are releasing the source code for .NET Framework base class...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 10/03/2007
Super-cool angiography application built using WPF
I wish I could attend this session, mentioned at Martin Kulov's blog: Tim Huckaby is going to show a...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 09/24/2007
Neat new features on MSDN Forums
The DevDiv Community Connection (DDCC) and Sever and Tools Online (STO) teams have been hard at work...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 09/06/2007
Silverlight 1.0 released to web -- Linux support announced
Come 'n' get it: https://www.silverlight.net. Here's the official word: Microsoft Delivers...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 09/05/2007
Cider Extensibility Help Documentation
PM extraordinaire Jim Nakashima has posted a preview of some of our docs that describe how to do...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 08/27/2007
Blend 2 August Preview with Silverlight support is posted
The Blend team has closed out Milestone 2 and has released the Blend 2 August Preview. The release...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 08/08/2007
MLB is live with Silverlight
Watch MLB coverage with Silverlight 1.0 release candidate. Here it is embedded in a page. If you...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 08/06/2007
Visual Studio Orcas Beta2 is posted
Much blogged, but just in case you hadn't heard, check out Soma's post: Announcing the release of...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 07/26/2007
Tagging arrives at MSDN
MSDN tagging is live. You can see the most popular tags on the MSDN library home page. Also check...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 07/13/2007