- Shaping Images with Transparency
- Apr 20, 2001
- Transparency in an image means changing the pixel value so you can see through the image to whatever is in the background. This article shows at least four different ways to implement transparency to shape your images to fit your design.
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- SharePoint 2010 Development with Silverlight: Web Part Development
- Dec 8, 2011
- Learn how to manually create Silverlight Web Parts that can host a Silverlight application in SharePoint, how to use the Silverlight Web Part extension to help you jump start your Silverlight Web Part projects, and how to connect web parts so you can show master-detail relationships, dashboards, and mash-ups.
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- Silverlight 2 Development (Video Training): Creating Animations
- Nov 2, 2009
- This video excerpt is from Silverlight 2 Development (Video Training).
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- Silverlight 2 Development (Video Training): Using Silverlight 2 Controls
- Oct 27, 2009
- This video excerpt is from Silverlight 2 Development (Video Training).
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- Silverlight 5 for Line-of-Business Applications
- Jun 22, 2011
- Silverlight has quietly gained a major foothold in enterprise environments as the platform of choice for line-of-business applications. Jeremy Likness, Microsoft MVP for Silverlight, walks you through several enhancements in version 5, including text, performance, data-binding, and networking.
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- Silverlight Best Practices: Asynchronous Programming
- Nov 7, 2011
- Microsoft MVP for Silverlight Jeremy Likness covers asynchronous programming techniques. Learn how to call your web services in a way that prevents performance bottlenecks or blocking on the UI thread when processing complex results, understand the differences between the event-based and asynchronous programming model, and discover techniques for handling sequential asynchronous workflows in a way that keeps your code easy to read and maintain.
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- Silverlight Best Practices: Data-Centric Applications
- Oct 26, 2011
- In the next installment of his series covering best practices for Silverlight in the enterprise, Microsoft Silverlight MVPJeremy Likness covers data-centric applications. He shows you various approaches to packaging, transporting, and synchronizing data between the client and the server in line-of-business applications.
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- Silverlight Best Practices: Modular Code
- Oct 3, 2011
- Jeremy Likness (Microsoft MVP for Silverlight) covers the benefits of building modular Silverlight applications. Learn what patterns help facilitate highly modular code, and how to leverage tools like the Model-View-View Model pattern (MVVM) and the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) to build dynamic, testable, maintainable, and extendable line-of-business applications.
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- Silverlight Best Practices: Testing Soup to Nuts
- Nov 21, 2011
- In this last installment of the series covering best practices for Silverlight in the enterprise, Microsoft MVP for Silverlight Jeremy Likness discusses testing. Read this article to learn about various approaches to testing Silverlight applications from “white box” unit tests to coded UI tests.
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- Silverlight Best Practices: The MVVM Pattern
- Aug 17, 2011
- One of the most popular Silverlight patterns and best practices is the Model-View-View Model pattern, or MVVM. The pattern takes advantage of the data-binding features that are part of XAML technology. Jeremy Likness, Microsoft MVP for Silverlight, walks you through the fundamental components of this pattern and shows you a simple, straightforward approach to implementing it in Silverlight line-of-business applications.
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- Silverlight Debugging: Using Debugging Tools for Windows
- Nov 17, 2009
- Have you ever asked, “Can the same techniques and tools be applied when debugging Silverlight and .NET applications?” The answer is “absolutely," with just a few caveats. Mario Hewardt shows you how to leverage the information in his book to debug Silverlight applications.
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- Slicing Files into Pieces
- Feb 16, 2001
- Why would you want to slice a perfectly good JPEG or GIF into two or more separate pieces? Just two reasons (if you don't count "because it's fun"). Robin Williams and John Tollett, coauthors of The Non-Designer's Web Book, explain in this article.
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- Starting and Saving Your Work in Photoshop Elements
- Jan 24, 2003
- Learn the basics about creating new files, like page sizes and background colors, as well as your options for saving your work and what formats are most appropriate for you.
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- The GLUT API for OpenGL Configuration
- Feb 29, 2008
- Get a quick and dirty overview of this API on the Mac.
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- Three Years of Silverlight
- Nov 3, 2010
- Laurent Bugnion reviews what Silverlight is, where it comes from, and tries to peek into the future of this technology.
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- Tonal Corrections
- Feb 5, 2007
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- Type and Typography in Photoshop
- Apr 25, 2003
- Would you like an easier way of making attractive text in Photoshop? Spice up your text and explore type tools, type palettes, commands, and fonts.
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- Understanding and Choosing File Formats in Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS
- Apr 9, 2004
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- Unleash the Power of Design Strategy to Transform Your Business: Set the Stage for Success
- Aug 11, 2010
- The emotional impact companies have on consumers is perhaps their most lasting legacy...and the largest element of their brand equity. The authors of Predictable Magic explain how excitement generated by compelling new concepts provides a convincing case for the power of design to capture our imagination and produce impressive returns in the process.
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- Using Layers in Dreamweaver
- Jan 7, 2005
- Layers offer a great way to design pages, especially with the inclusion of the CSS standards. Find out how in this sample chapter.
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