Everyone,
Thanks to all of you who attend the first Virtual SDDN. I think we had some
interesting discussions. Some of them we can definitely continue on this
mail list or in the next Virtual SDDN. Unfortunately I didn't record this
meeting (I'll make sure to do it next time), but I'll include a list of
resources from the talk, but first of all I'd like to ask a couple of
questions.
1. What do you thing about the format?
a) I hate open spaces, bring me some speakers with Powerpoints.
b) It's good once in a while, but we should try a different format next
time (probably alternate)
c) I love it. Altough presentations are good, discussions add a lot of
value.
d) ???
2. How often would you like to have this type of events?
a) Once a month.
b) Fortnightly
c) Eventually
d) ???
During the talk we discussed about Patterns, we only had a chance to talk
about MVVM and Tom told us he have been using Prism with MVP and Unity.
These are some links
Prism <http://compositewpf.codeplex.com/>
MVVM by Nikhil <http://www.nikhilk.net/Silverlight-ViewModel-Pattern.aspx>
MVVM by
Jonas<http://jonas.follesoe.no/YouCardRevisitedImplementingTheViewModelPattern.aspx>
We also talked a bit about Memory Leaks.
Delay on Memory Leaks in
SL<http://blogs.msdn.com/delay/archive/2009/03/11/where-s-your-leak-at-using-windbg-sos-and-gcroot-to-diagnose-a-net-memory-leak.aspx>
I mentioned that we could use
WinDbg<http://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fwhdc%2Fdevtools%2Fdebugging%2Finstallx86.Mspx&ei=p2oRSoDwBYrKM5K92FI&usg=AFQjCNHf3h9385pKvQHMJRRGwiEwm4pl1A&sig2=tcJmKfnydI_ZtTeU61vDIA>or
SilverlightSpy<http://silverlightspy.com/silverlightspy/download-silverlight-spy/>to
detect Memory Leaks.
When it comes to WinDbg, Tess knows it all and she blogged about how to
setup WinDbg for
Silverlight<http://blogs.msdn.com/tess/archive/2008/08/21/debugging-silverlight-applications-with-windbg-and-sos-dll.aspx>
Andy and Stephen told us about the cool apps that they've written in
Silverlight, but we don't have a lot of resources to show atm.
At the end we talked a about Behaviours in Silverlight 3. Shawn Wildermouth
has a series on this
topic<http://wildermuth.com/2009/05/16/Writing_Behaviors_for_Silverlight_3_-_Part_1>
We added a bonus topic on User Controls and we talked about the TreeView in
the Silverlight Toolkit. We also mentioned the need to navigate the
VisualTree to get to different Elements when needed. In this blog
post<http://miguelmadero.blogspot.com/2008/07/use-visualtreehelper-to-navigate_18.html>I
talked about how to use the VisualTreeHelper to do that and some
extensions to do it easily (the code is avaailable for download). I've an
updated version of this that supports more escenarios, like using
expressions and LINQ to query for UIElements, contact me if you're
interested.
I hope everyone enjoyed and got something out of this.
I'd love to have your feedback and see you again in another virtual or UG
meeting.
Thanks
On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Miguel Madero <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is the link for the
> event<https://www323.livemeeting.com/lrs/8000181573/Registration.aspx?pageName=gprcrzd1lgf2dhh4>,
> please register before the meeting and be sure you have Live Meeting
> installed on your computer and your audio properly configured. Some people
> have asked me about the place and how is this a Virtual Event. We’ll be
> using this tool called Live Meeting that allow us to interact with audio,
> video and share the desktop, polls, Q&A, etc, but rather than trying to
> explain what Live Meeting is, you can just try it tonight. Just
> register<https://www323.livemeeting.com/lrs/8000181573/Registration.aspx?pageName=gprcrzd1lgf2dhh4>and
> follow the instructions.
> If you have any doubts, please contact me.
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Miguel Madero <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Everything has been really quite lately, so it's time to SPAM the list
>> again,
>>
>> We're going to do a Virtual Meeting next monday at 9:00 pm Sydney Time, I
>> think it ca be a great opportunity for everyone to participate.
>>
>> Instead of the typical presentation, we decided to have an open discussion
>> around different topics.
>>
>> You can read all the details on my blog
>> http://miguelmadero.blogspot.com/2009/05/first-virtual-silverlight-designer-and.html
>>
>> We will be using Live Meeting. I’ll email the link for the meeting ASAP.
>>
>>
>>
>> I hope to see you (hear you or at least read you) on monday.
>>
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>> www.miguelmadero.com (blog)
>> [email protected]
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