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SilverlightShow Newsletter - Issue #26 (2012 June)

SilverlightShow monthly newsletter

SilverlightShow Newsletter June'2012 - What's in:

Upcoming Webinar Next Tue, July 3: 10 Things Silverlight Developers Should Know About Windows 8


Upcoming webinar next Tue, July 3: 10 Things Silverlight Developers Should Know About Windows 8
Next Tuesday, July 3rd, at 10 am PST (check your local time) join our next Win8 webinar, with Michael Crump: 10 Things Silverlight Developers Should Know About Windows 8.

In this session Michael will look at how Silverlight developers skills translate over to WinRT. He will dive straight into 10 things that he has discovered while working with WinRT - related to the application lifecycle, storage, navigation, freebies, monetization and more.

You will quickly find out just how much you will need to learn to work with this new platform. Full webinar agenda »

Tweet this webinar using tag #webinarsilverlightshow to win a free ebook by Packt Publishing: Microsoft Silverlight 5 Data and Services Cookbook or MVVM Survival Guide for Enterprise Architectures in Silverlight and WPF.

Sign up for this webinar | Full webinar info | Watch the recordings of 25+ earlier SilverlightShow webinars

Webinar 'Windows 8 Metro Services' with Gill Cleeren Rescheduled from July 31 to August 15


The free webinar Windows 8 Metro apps and the outside world: connecting with services and integrating the cloud with Gill Cleeren, originally scheduled for July 31st, will be delivered on August 15, at 10 am PST (check your local time). Sign up for this session here.

This change results from our efforts to deliver you, together with Gill Cleeren, a 2-part webinar on Advanced WinRT/Metro later in July. Follow SilverlightShow News via RSS, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn to find out when this webinar has been announced.

Webinar Windows 8 Metro services with Gill Cleeren rescheduled from Jul 31 to August 15

Featured Article Series: 'Windows 8 Metro' by Andrea Boschin: What's Out and What's Next


Our Windows 8 article series by Silverlight MVP Andrea Boschin, with already 6 parts released, has been getting many reads and positive replies from you, our readers. We are happy to let you know that at least 8 more parts are coming up in this series!

So far, Andrea has covered Metro principles, starting your first app, layout and navigation, the application lifecycle, asynchrony and the new metro controls.

The next parts from the series will cover search, contracts, animations, application bars, localization, connecting with sensor and camera and more.

Read the recently released part 6 from the series, discussing the new metro controls »

Join the Contest for a Free Visual Studio Live! Redmond Pass by Filling Out a Simple Survey


The entry period for our contest with Visual Studio Live! Redmond, in which you can win a free pass for this event, is already halfway through!

Since our contest entry criteria turned to be kind of challenging though, we've decided to give a simpler option to join the contest - by filling out a quick and easy survey!

Join our survey or read the full rules of the contest »

SilverlightShow Top 10 News for June


Which 10 news got most reads in June? Find out below!

  • Architecting a LOB Development for XAML/SL5

  • Download Windows 8 Release Preview (All Languages, ISO/Offline/Standalone Installer)

  • Silverlight Metro Style Wizard

  • Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie on what has happened to Silverlight

  • Modal Dialogs in Windows 8 Metro

  • Windows 8 Release Preview and Visual Studio 2012 RC

  • Microsoft Surface vs. Apple iPad – a Visual Comparison

  • Announcing the LightSwitch HTML Client!

  • Linux Silverlight Plugin Moonlight ‘Abandoned’

  • Microsoft reveals its own Windows 8 tablet: meet the new Surface for Windows RT

  • Top 5 SilverlightShow Articles for June