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SilverlightShow Newsletter - Issue #16 (2011 August)

SilverlightShow monthly newsletter

SilverlightShow Newsletter August'2011 - What's in:

Recording of the Webinar 'Deep-DIVE in Silverlight FIVE' by Gill Cleeren


Watch the recording of the live webinar session Deep-DIVE in Silverlight FIVE delivered on August 24th by Silverlight MVP Gill Cleeren.

With Silverlight 4 out for over a year now, some amazing applications have been built with it. It’s time to take a look at the next version, which is due late 2011. In this session, Silverlight MVP Gill Cleeren makes a tour of the advanced new features available in Silverlight 5 platform. Find out more about what you’ll be using in 2012 for all your Silverlight needs!


All SilverlightShow Ebooks Now in MOBI and EPUB Format


Following your requests to release mobile reader versions for SilverlightShow ebooks, all ebooks now come with MOBI and EPUB format included in the downloadable ebook package.

The customers who've purchased the earlier versions have been emailed a link to download the updated versions.

In case you've purchased a previous version of some of our ebooks but didn't receive such email, please contact us at editorial [at]silverlightshow[dot]com using the email from which you purchased the ebook, and we'll send you instructions on downloading the update.

And here are our Top 3 Ebooks so far: 1) WCF RIA Services 2) Getting Ready for Microsoft Silverlight Exam 70-506 3) Beginners Guide to Visual Studio LightSwitch
 


Featured Article Series: Developing Real-world Applications with LightSwitch


Gill Cleeren has rolled out the third part from his article series on Building real- world applications with LightSwitch. This article series, which has been initiated out of the great interest and requests for LightSwitch content by SilverlightShow members, aims to show, through a demo application, how you can build a real LightSwitch- based appplication, and figure out for yourself whether or not LightSwitch is something for you.

This article series will also get released as an ebook.

Read the first 3 articles from LightSwitch series: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Upcoming SilverlightShow Article Content


Lots of fresh article content awaits all SilverlightShow fans! Thanks to the feedback received in our recent ebook and webinar surveys, we have planned articles on some of the most requested topics by our members:

> Walter Ferrari is putting up an article series on Silverlight and Sharepoint. See the planned contents and feel free to comment in this forum thread.

> Andrea Boschin plans an expansion of his Windows Phone 7 series with a series of articles covering Mango updates.

> Zoltan Arvai will soon reveal in a series of articles his experience with ondemand module loading and caching in Prism.

Articles on Azure for WP7, using BingMaps and Flickr in Silverlight and more await you in the next weeks. Read our new articles via RSS, Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn!

What's New at SiverlightShow: New Webinars Page, Free Ebooks for Supported User Groups


> More SilverlightShow live webinar events are coming up, and we thought it was time to revamp our webinars page. Check out our new Home for all webinar venues, with webinar summary / materials neatly packed into a much better layout!

> Packt Publishing and SilverlightShow have joined to support partnering Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 user groups with free Packt and SilverlightShow ebooks! If you are a user group leader, reach us to arrange getting the free ebooks for your group.


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