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Nikhil Kothari has made an overview of some layout panels in Silverlight.

The layout system in Silverlight is, in my opinion, one of the key differentiators in presentation engine capabilities from HTML/CSS (on a related note, see my post long ago about my browser/scripting wish list and the references to need for core layout primitives).

Andy Beaulieu will explain you how to use TransformToVisual for custom XAML animation.

I recently had the need to dynamically draw a shape in XAML from a specific X,Y offset within another control. This is straightforward... unless the control is Rotated, Scaled, or otherwise transformed. Since the original X,Y position is no longer in the same spot after a transform, we need to use some method to calculate the new X,Y position within the control.

Terence Tsang has a new Silverlight vs. Flash post in which he is showing a really nice Matrix text effect.

It has been a long time that I didn’t implement text effect comparison. Text Rendering is a very interest topic when comparing Flash and Silverlight. It’s because they have different rendering system which result in a dramatic differences on performance and readability.

Page Brooks will show you within only a few lines of code how to make your own custom loading screens in Silverlight.

In his previous blog entry Jesse Liberty described the fundamentals of the Silverlight Layout System (SLS). This time he will put the Silverlight Layout System to work.

Shawn Wildermuth has a post in which he talks about FrameRateCounter and RedrawRegions to help you tweak your applications.

Note: This article is submitted by Gozzo Smith for Silverlight: Write and Win contest.Thanks a lot, Gozzo! Hello All, Please drop a comment if you like it.

1. Introduction

Animations allow you to create truly dynamic user interface. They are a core part of the Silverlight/WPF model. The most natural way to create them is to create them declaratively (in the XAML), configure them, and put them into action without writing a single line of C# code or using timers. At first glance, I thought that the property-focused nature of Silverlight animations seems terrible limiting. However, in the process of work I found out that it’s surprisingly capable.