(X) Hide this Join a live webcast on October 14th, 10:00 am PDT: 'MEF: Overview of the Managed Extensibility Framework in Silverlight 4' by Gill Cleeren
Learn More | Sign Up | More Webinars by SilverlightShow
Skip Navigation Links

SilverlightShow Newsletter - Issue #6 (2010 October)

SilverlightShow Newsletter October'2010 - What's in:



Read a review of all recent announcements related to Windows Phone 7 - the 'always delightful', the 'phone of choices', the 'phone that is wonderfully mine', the 'gamer phone', the 'phone with the cool ads', the 'expected game changer in the mobile space'.

Cigdem Patlak - Silverlight MVP and SilverlightShow representative for the USA - makes a summary of latest news, facts and videos around the operating system expected to revolutionize the mobile life.

Read the review


Join the next live webcast by Gill Cleeren - 10 Things You Didn't Know About Silverlight 4 - on October 27th, 10 am PDT (check your local time).

Silverlight has since its birth about 3 years ago grown substantially. It's now an enterprise-ready platform. Just like the full .NET framework, there's a lot to be discovered.

In this session, Gill Cleeren makes this daunting task a bit easier, by showing you 10 things you didn't know in Silverlight!

Full webinar info | Register now | See more webinars


In our interview Kevin Dockx, who co-authored with Gill Cleeren the book Microsoft Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook tells about the most important recipes for creating rich, data-driven business applications.

We discuss why data binding is so important, and what add-ons may a second edition of the book include.

Meet Kevin Dockx


In this introductory, video-supported article SilverlightShow Representative for Italy Walter Ferrari shows three methods to insert a Silverlight application into a Sharepoint site and debug it.

In the first method Walter used the Shared document Library provided by Sharepoint. In the second method he deploys the Silverlight application using a Web Part. Finally, Walter demonstrates the use of a module of Sharepoint as a "ferryboat".

Read the article | Watch the supporting video | More articles from Walter


Four Silverlight print books by Packt Publishing come with 20% discount for SilverlightShow members.

  • Microsoft Silverlight 4 and SharePoint 2010 Integration
  • Microsoft Silverlight 4 Business Application Development: Beginner’s Guide
  • Microsoft Silverlight 4 Data and Services Cookbook
  • 3D Game Development with Microsoft Silverlight 3: Beginner's Guide
To take advantage of the discount, log into Packt website, click the above links and use promo code SilvShow20Sept during checkout.
Code is valid till end of November.