Acropolis CTP 1 is now available.  From the source: The Microsoft code name “Acropolis” Community Technology Preview 1 is a set of components and tools that make it easier for developers to build and manage modular, business focused, client .NET applications. Acropolis is part of the “.NET Client Futures” wave of ...

Brian Noyes gave a presentation to the Cleveland .NET SIG last night on WPF for ASP.NET Developers.  I took some notes, which I’ll present a few of here in case they’re helpful to anyone else. WPF Logical Pixels, not physical pixels, each 1/96 of an inch Vector Graphics based Containers Many controls are ...

Zain Naboulsi rocked Tulsa! After presenting for four hours at the MSDN Event on Windows CardSpace and Microsoft AJAX. I had imagined that he would have been at least a little tired. But was the TulsaDevelopers.NET users group pleasantly surprised. He came in and delivered an awesome presentation on WPF with some Silverlight thrown in. He did an ...

This past Monday, Nathan Phelps gave an excellent presentation on Adobe Flex 2.0 for the Tulsa Java Developers Group. I was totally amazed out how similiar it is and fundamentally like Silverlight (formerly code named Windows Presentation Foundation/Everywhere (WPF/E). I see the pros and cons from both architectures. Once Silverlight is ...

As has been blogged all over the place, WPF/E has been renamed Silverlight (Note: lower case 'L'). Some people say there's more to come at MIX07. Well, I think I've discovered what the secret is. It's hidden inside of the Silverlight promo video. Silverlight is written in Java! Don't believe me? Take a look at a frame grab ...