I’m only an hour away from the venue (University of the West of England) so spent this evening being entertained and educated about the relationships between MVVM ((Model/View/ViewModel) and TDD (Test Driven Development). Jesse is a veteran developer, still on the cutting edge and it was interesting to listen to him sharing his unique insights... Continue Reading →
Silverlight vs XNA for WP7 Games
I found this useful overview comparing the pros and cons of each platform : XNA Benefits Great support for 3D Superior performance when many elements moving or being added/removed Built in game loop XNA’s polling based input generally a better fit than Silverlight’s event based input for games XNA content pipeline makes handling large stores... Continue Reading →
Spot the Difference – Update
Looks like SPOT got featured in the news box and also at the bottom of the Silverlight.net home page (thank you) , correspondingly the stats went from 5-6 hits a day to 400 a day! For anyone still interested in the original premise - I have now ported the app to WP7 (OK port... Continue Reading →
Scott Guthrie – Birmingham 26/03/10
The folks that run DDD put on this special event which featured a whole day of presentations by the ‘one and only’ Scott Guthrie. The day started well with a personal hello from the man himself (OK, he just happened to look up as I got to the top of the stairs so I thrust... Continue Reading →
Silverlight Blend Design Day
I blogged about this opportunity back in January and yesterday I and about a dozen other developers sat in with US based Blend Guru Adam Kinney to go over opportunities for working with Blend and Silverlight ‘from a design perspective’. In the morning Adam gave us a thorough interactive walk through of the principal design... Continue Reading →
Notes on Silverlight.Desk to Silverlight.WP7 migration
“One mans journey converting http://FromTheMalverns/Spot from a Silverlight Desktop App to a Windows Mobile 7 App hosted in the market place. UPDATE: Having now caught up with some of the MIX sessions I would advise that the best way to manage a Desktop SIlverlight and WP7 App is together, in the same solution file... Continue Reading →
Mix 10
Not at Mix this year but testament to my geekness I was watching Scott Guthrie on the live feed – they asked for questions, I fired mine off on twitter and the Gu answered. How cool is that?
Windows Phone 7 – WP7
Getting some great feedback on my WP7 project from the guys on Channel 9: http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/Coffeehouse/534309-My-First-Windows-Mobile-7-App/?wa=wsignin1.0&Page=2#Page=1
DDD South West (2)
Missed the last event but hope to catch this one: STOP PRESS: Just submitted a proposal for a session so might be speaking: This session will cover all aspects of the development of the public Silverlight based web site http://FromTheMalverns.com. Beginning with the background to the content on the site, how and why it... Continue Reading →
Hard Work, Persistence and Passion . . . . 