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• SaaS Vendor quits browser to boost sales

  Interesting win-back from the browser for WPF. Whats are the two take-aways for public sector developers and decision makers? First, user experience has a huge impact on adoption. This is an example of Software Plus Services at work. Its not something Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:48 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Software Plus Services

• P&P ships Composite Application Guidance for WPF

  The Patterns & Practices team has recently released the Composite Application Guidance for WPF which provides guidance for "componetizing" the development of enterprise-class WPF applications across multiple development teams, with each team owning Read More... Posted Thursday, July 03, 2008 10:42 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET Framework 2.0, Smart Client, patterns & practices, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), .NET Framework 3.5, Visual Studio 2008, Lamont, .NET Framework, Architecture

• WPF for Line of Business applications

  I'm a big believer that WPF is a great UI technology for LOB applications.  Yes, there are some shortcomings in the designer experience if you compare the WPF designer to the Windows Forms designer in Visual Studio 2008.  Yes, WPF is missing Read More... Posted Wednesday, May 07, 2008 12:58 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), WPF, ADO.NET, LINQ, .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework

• DC Launch Follow Up

  Thanks to everyone who stuck around for my "Defy Occasionally-Connected Challenges With Smart Client Applications" session at the DC Launch.  The deck and demo files are available here: Deck Workflow Services Demo Sync Services for ADO.NET Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 26, 2008 9:12 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server 2005, Smart Client, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), WF, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), WPF, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, WCF, Visual Studio, ADO.NET, LINQ, .NET Framework 3.5, Visual Studio 2008, SQL Server 2008

• WEBCAST: What's new in Visual Studio 2008 for Smart Client Developers?

  Come see a demo-rich overview of the new features Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” has to offer for Smart Client Windows Applications. This talk will introduce new client services that allow your applications to authenticate users providing role-based Read More... Posted Friday, July 27, 2007 11:28 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), ADO.NET, Orcas, .NET Framework 3.5, Visual Studio 2008

• What's new in Visual Studio 2008 & the .NET Framework 3.5 for Smart Client Developers?

  I've been spending a bit of time getting spun up on what's new in the .NET Framework 3.5 & Visual Studio 2008. With all the buzz around Silverlight & ASP.NET AJAX, you may not have heard about the new tools, APIs, and services for Smart Clients. Read More... Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:30 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, ADO.NET, Orcas, .NET Framework 3.5

• Smart Client Software Factory v2 is now available

  Enhancements include: Windows Presentation Foundation interoperability CAB extensions and View with presenter recipe Offline application blocks and recipes; the application blocks support asynchronous calls to WCF web services. Richer ClickOnce Deployment Read More... Posted Sunday, May 20, 2007 2:16 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, patterns & practices, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), .NET Framework 3.5

• Thanks to everyone in Los Angeles & Sacramento who attended our conference

  As promised, you can get my decks and demos from www.publicsectordeveloper.com ( direct link ). The demos are "as-is" but feel free to let me know if something doesn't work anymore. A more detailed explanation of the WPF deck and demos can be found here Read More... Posted Friday, April 13, 2007 12:25 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: .NET Framework 2.0, Smart Client, Windows Vista, Atlas, AJAX, ASP.NET 2.0, NETFX3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

• Another WPF Ribbon control

  Actipro software has release their Actipro Ribbon WPF control. You can learn more about it here. There's a live XBAP demo here . -Marc Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 1:59 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Office Development

• WPF 3D Goodies

  I was catching up on some blog reading and came across two posts that I think those of you interested in the 3D feature of WPF will find helpful: Bootcamp Lecture deck from the WPF 3D Team Blog New Lab Posted: Creating 3D Content with Windows Presentation Read More... Posted Friday, March 30, 2007 9:18 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, Windows Vista, NETFX3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

• Windows Vista: more than just a pretty face

  I just finished reading this article over at ars technica. Developers always ask me "why Vista if WPF works just fine on XP SP2?" WPF on Vista is a better experience because of the "plumbing" you will read about in this article. I think this article does Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:38 AM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, Windows Vista, NETFX3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

• WEBCAST FOLLOW UP: Introduction to WPF (13MAR07)

  Thanks to everyone who attended. You can download my deck here . The demos & code I showed (plus more) are all available from http://wpf.netfx3.com/files/default.aspx . You can download the New York Times Reader here . You can download Expression Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 5:41 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, NETFX3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Webcast, Future version of Visual Studio, WPFE

• PUBLIC SECTOR WEBCAST: Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation

  When Feb. 23rd 2:00P-3:30P EST (11:00A-12:30P PST) Where Register at this link: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032330992 Note : Audio will be via the Internet. Your machine will need a speaker. Abstract Windows Presentation Read More... Posted Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:20 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, Windows Vista, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), WPFE

• Using WPF, Virtual Earth, and WPF/E together...

  A while back, I blogged about using WPF/E & Virtual Earth together. The post is here . I've also blogged about adding Virtual Earth in a Windows Forms application here (last paragraph). What about WPF? Given that the Virtual Earth v4 Map Control is Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 27, 2007 1:10 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, AJAX, NETFX3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Virtual Earth, WPFE

• WEBCAST FOLLOW UP: Introduction to WPF

  Thanks to everyone who attended. You can download my deck here . The demos & code I showed (plus more) are all available from http://wpf.netfx3.com/files/default.aspx except the New York Times Reader and the stuff I built using Expression Blend. You Read More... Posted Friday, February 23, 2007 4:05 PM from Public Sector Developer Weblog | 0 Comments Filed under: Smart Client, Windows Vista, NETFX3.0, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Webcast