Silverlight Cream for March 05, 2011 -- #1053

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Published on Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:09:44 GMT Indexed on 2011/03/05 23:25 UTC
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In this all-sumbittal (while I was at MVP11) Issue: Michael Washington(-2-), goldytech, JFo, Andrea Boschin, Jonathan Marbutt, Gregor Biswanger, Michael Wolf, and Peter Kuhn.

Above the Fold:

Silverlight:	"A Simple Bindable CheckboxList Control" Jonathan Marbutt
WP7:	"Struggles with the Panorama Control" JFo
Lightswitch:	"HTML (including HTML 5) and LightSwitch at the same time?" Michael Washington

From SilverlightCream.com:

LightSwitch vs HTML 5 ?: In his first post-MVP11 post, Michael Washington takes on HTML5 with a Lightswitch discussion. Good discussion follows in the comments also.
HTML (including HTML 5) and LightSwitch at the same time?: Michael Washington's 2nd post is a great tutorial on creating a re-usable business layer with Lightswitch... all good stuff, and look for more from Michael as Lightswitch matures.
How to add Computed Properties in WCF Ria Services on client: goldytech has a new post up about providing real-time solutions to client-side calculations with WCF RIA services.
Struggles with the Panorama Control: JFo details a problem he had with the Panorama control on WP7... detailing 4 problems she had and her solutions... well thought-out explanations too.. a definite good read... and another blogger to add to my list!
Windows Phone 7 - Part #7: Understanding Push Notifications: Andrea Boschin has part 7 of his WP7 series up at SilverlightShow, concentrating on Push Notifications this time out... great explanation of push notifications in this tutorial from the service and phone side with a working sample to boot.
A Simple Bindable CheckboxList Control: Jonathan Marbutt took a completely different direction than most and created his own Bindable CheckboxList by starting with ContentControl rather than a Listbox as most do... pretty cool and all the source.
Own routed events in Silverlight: I met Gregor Biswanger at the MVP Summit and asked him to send me his blog run through Microsoft Translator ... here's a great post on routed events he did back in November... and a discussion of his CallMethodAction Behavior... which looks like another good post subject!
Creating a Silverlight Out-of-Browser Splash Screen: Michael Wolf has a post up discussing OOB splash screens... I like his "White screen of Awesome" definition ... I'm very familiar with that :) ... check out his solution for getting around that white screen, and lots of external links too.
XNA for Silverlight developers: Part 5 - Input (touch + gestures): Peter Kuhn has Part 5 in his tutorial series on XNA for Silverlight devs up at SilverlightShow... this time covering touch and gestures ... how to enable and read gestures, and the difference between Silverlight and XNA in the touch department.