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• What’s new in Silverlight 4 RC?

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  I am here in Las Vegas for MIX10 where Scott Guthrie announced today the release of Silverlight 4 RC and the Visual Studio 2010 tools. You can now install VS2010 RC!!! As always, downloads links are here: www.silverlight.net He also said that the final version of Silverlight 4 will come next month (so april)! 4 months ago, I wrote a blog post on the new features of Silverlight 4 beta, so… what’s new in the RC ?   Rich Text · RichTextArea renamed to RichTextBox · Text position and selection APIs · “Xaml” property for serializing text content · XAML clipboard format · FlowDirection support on Runs tag · “Format then type” support when dragging controls to the designer · Thai/Vietnamese/Indic support · UI Automation Text pattern   Networking · UploadProgress support (Client stack) · Caching support (Client stack) · Sockets security restrictions removal (Elevated Trust) · Sockets policy file retrieval via HTTP · Accept-Language header   Out of Browser (Elevated Trust) · XAP signing · Silent install and emulation mode · Custom window chrome · Better support for COM Automation · Cancellable shutdown event · Updated security dialogs   Media · Pinned full-screen mode on secondary display · Webcam/Mic configuration preview · More descriptive MediaSourceStream errors · Content & Output protection updates · Updates to H.264 content protection (ClearNAL) · Digital Constraint Token · CGMS-A · Multicast · Graphics card driver validation & revocation   Graphics and Printing · HW accelerated Perspective Transforms · Ability to query page size and printable area · Memory usage and perf improvements   Data · Entity-level validation support of INotifyDataErrorInfo for DataGrid · XPath support for XML   Parser · New architecture enables future innovation · Performance and stability improvements · XmlnsPrefix & XmlnsDefinition attributes · Support setting order-dependent properties   Globalization & Localization · Support for 31 new languages · Arabic, Hebrew and Thai input on Mac · Indic support   More … · Update to DeepZoom code base with HW acceleration · Support for Private mode browsing · Google Chrome support (Windows) · FrameworkElement.Unloaded event · HTML Hosting accessibility · IsoStore perf improvements · Native hosting perf improvements (e.g., Bing Toolbar) · Consistency with Silverlight for Mobile APIs and Tooling · SDK   - System.Numerics.dll   - Dynamic XAP support (MEF)   - Frame/Navigation refresh support   That’s a lot!   You will find more details on the following links: http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2010/03/15/whats-new-in-silverlight-4-rc-mix10.aspx http://www.davidpoll.com/2010/03/15/new-in-the-silverlight-4-rc-xaml-features/   Technorati Tags: Silverlight

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• Microsoft Silverlight MVP one more time

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  Another wonderful first email of the year… announcing that I’ve just been re-awarded Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft for Silverlight. This is my 5th year as an MVP in a row and I am still very honoured and excited! In 2010 I had the pleasure to be involved in many community events around Silverlight, speaking at Microsoft conferences and user groups (doing the launch of the Vancouver Silverlight User Group was fun!), as well as taking part in worldwide conference like MIX Las Vegas and the MVP Summit in Redmond. Also I did new kind of activities in 2010: I wrote questions for the first Microsoft Silverlight certification exam (70-506), and I was Technical reviewer of 3 Silverlight books. I finally started to share more on Twitter @LaurentDuveau. In 2010 the content of this blog was mostly about Silverlight, I expect it to be the same in 2011, plus a touch of Windows Phone as well. I already know that 2011 will be hell of a good year.. I’ll be at the next MVP Summit in Seattle, also speaker at DevTeach which comes back to Montreal (at last!) and have some nice Silverlight trainings plans for France and Tunisia. More than that, my business RunAtServer is healthy (proud of my team!) and I have insane news and a very big surprise coming on that front.... stay tuned! Happy New Year!

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• Silverlight Training Montreal in November 2011

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  Still a few seats available for the next Silverlight Tour stop in Montreal, come and learn top Silverlight content from local experts!!! What: Silverlight training When: November 21-24 (4 days) Where: Montreal, Qc Registration/info Also note that we offer a free license of Telerik's RadControls for Silverlight to every attendee ($999 value)!! For more information on RadControls, visit: http://www.telerik.com/products/silverlight.aspx.

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• WCF RIA Services feedback

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    If you use or plan to use WCF RIA Services, here is your chance to shape the future of this product, vote or propose features for vNext in this page: http://dotnet.uservoice.com/forums/57026-wcf-ria-services You can find help and ask questions on the current release of RIA Services on the official forum: http://forums.silverlight.net/forums/53.aspx

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• My MIX10 recap at the Montreal User Group

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  I’ve just done a session at the Montreal .NET User Group to share what I learnt at MIX10. I talked about: Silverlight Media Framework open sourced Silverlight 4 RC Windows Phone 7 Internet Explorer 9 Pivot OData Jesse Liberty cancelled at the very last minute so for the second part of the meeting we had Louis-Philippe Pinsonneault presenting Windows Phone 7, we can thank him for his quick preparation just a few hours before the meeting! You can view all MIX videos (keynote and sessions) for free at: http://live.visitmix.com/Videos Here are the other links I mentioned on my slides: http://www.silverlight.net http://developer.windowsphone.com/ http://www.ietestdrive.com http://www.getpivot.com http://www.odata.org   Download slides (french)   Technorati Tags: MIX10

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• Speaker Idol Montréal

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  C’est le grand retour du concours Speaker Idol de la Communauté .NET Montréal!!! Pour le dernier meeting de l'année nous vous invitons à venir présenter votre techno préférée, votre librairie fétiche, votre projet open source innovateur ou tout autre sujet touchant le développement logiciel.  En fait, le choix de la techno n'est pas si important, ce qui l'est c'est de gagner de l'expérience pour présenter un sujet technique.  C'est un "soft skill" qui est primordial dans le développement de votre carrière.  En effet, vous aurez à faire des présentations à des clients ou à vos patrons. Une présentation bâclée ou mal présentée peut être un frein à un projet, une vente ou même une promotion. > Rappelez-vous que ce qui sera jugé est votre présentation et non la techno que vous présentez.   L’aventure vous tente ? Nous vous suggérons de visionner la formation Plurasight gratuite "Get Involved" de Scott Hanselman et Jeff Attwood: http://getinvolved.hanselman.com Ainsi que: Professional Technical Speaker Tips 11 Top Tips for a Successful Technical Presentation Tips for Preparing for a Technical Presentation Prix* à gagner pour les présentateurs: 1 Xbox One*!! 1 certificat* pour formation gratuite au choix chez Intertech.com 1 licence* Telerik DevCraft Complete 1 licence* Jetbrains au choix (dont resharper) 1 licence* Mindscape au choix (sauf MegaPack) 2 licences* de Cerebrata Azure Management Studio *Les prix (sauf la XBox One) sont des gracieusetés des fabricants.  Sans aucun engagement de la part de la Communauté .NET. Informations sur le concours Présentation de 10 minutes: en français ou en anglais, avec support visuel comme un PowerPoint et du code. Attention, 10 minutes c'est très court pour les démos en direct.  Assurez-vous d'introduire votre sujet, d'expliquer la problématique qu'il essaie de régler, de le démontrer et de conclure/résumer à la fin.  Et le tout en seulement 10 minutes!  Oui c'est un gros défi alors assurez-vous de vous concentrer sur l'essentiel et le message que vous voulez passer. Une première présentation en publique: Le concours est ouvert uniquement aux personnes qui n'ont jamais fait de présentation technique dans un user group ou une conférence. Date limite: Vous avez jusqu'au lundi 26 mai 23h59 pour soumettre votre candidature. Veuillez envoyer une brève description (200 mots max.) de votre présentation ainsi que votre bio à [email protected] Nombre maximum de participants: Parmi les candidatures reçus, les 8 meilleures seront choisies pour présenter. L'annonce des candidatures retenues sera faite le vendredi 30 mai. L'ordre des présentations: En ordre alphabétique des noms de famille. Panel d'expert: Après chaque présentation un panel d'expert va donner un retour aux participants basé sur Maitrise du sujet Qualité de la présentation Aptitude à faire passer votre message Qualité du PowerPoint Important: les experts sont là pour vous aider à vous améliorer en vous donnant des conseils. Ce qui va être fourni: Un laptop avec les plus récents outils Visual Studio et SQL Server Express.  Si vous avez besoin d'outils particuliers veuillez apporter votre propre laptop. Ce que vous devez amener: Dans tous les cas assurez vous d'avoir une clé USB avec votre présentation PowerPoint et votre code. Vote du publique: À la fin de la soirée le publique dans la salle vont voter et des prix seront remis aux meilleures présentations (1 par participant, voir la liste ci-haut). Le gagnant aura la possibilité de faire une présentation complète d'une heure la prochaine saison.

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• Win a free pass for Silverlight Tour in Vancouver, D-10!!

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  As you may know, the Silverlight Tour Training is coming to Vancouver in may. If you plan to attend, this might be interesting: you can win one free pass to this Vancouver Silverlight 4 workshop in May 3-6, 2010 ($1,995 CAD value) by visiting the SilverlightShow.net community website and participate in the draw! (the pass does not include travel and hotel, only the course). Take the chance to get an intensive course on Silverlight 4 in this four-day training! Learn the ins and outs of design, development and server-side programming with Silverlight in an exciting way, through a mix of lessons, demonstrations and hands-on labs. Enter the draw before April 1st, 2010! The winner will be announced on April 2nd, 2010 in www.silverlightshow.net. Good Luck! Technorati Tags: Silverlight training,Silverlight Tour

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• UX Design Principles Pluralsight course review

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  I've just finished the "Creating User Experiences: Fundamental Design Principles" course on Pluralsight, I am glad I took it, and here is why you should. The course is held by Billy Hollis, an internationally known author and speaker focused on user experience design. It was published in May 2012, so it is quite fresh (You’ll hear some reference to XAML, even if the content is not focused on any particular technology). I think what I liked the most about this course is the fact that Billy is not just imposing design ideas and pushing them in your throat (which would be too confronting for us developers, even if he was right), he spends a fair share amount of time explaining each topics, and illustrate them with great metaphors. If you are a minimum open minded you should get great value out of this course. Billy makes you think outside the box, he encourages you to use your right side brain, and understand design principles by simply looking at what’s around us (physical objects, nature, …). During the course he refers several time to "don't make me think" a book on UX design, which is about giving confidence to users, by making it easier for them to achieve their goals when using your app. Billy thinks that every developer can participate in elaborating good design when building software, not only designers should be involved. Get away of the easy path "let's build functional stuff for now and we will hire a designer later if we have time and budget". The course is also live and interactive as the author suggests that you do some live exercises during each module. He actually makes you realize and understand by yourself the need for change. We’re in a new era of software and devices, where grids and menus aren't enough. You can’t remain satisfied by just making things possible, you need to make them easier for your users. Understanding some fundamental design principles will help. This course can definitely be followed by any developers who wants to improve user experience of software they are working on, and I definitely recommend it.

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• Expression Blend 4 available and training resources

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  As you may know Expression Blend 4 has shipped! It is still part of Expression Studio, which now comes in 2 “flavors”: Expression Studio 4 Ultimate Expression Blend SketchFlow Expression Web + SuperPreview Expression Encoder Expression Design Expression Studio 4 Web Professional Expression Web + SuperPreview Expression Encoder Expression Design So the version you want for Silverlight is Expression Studio 4 Ultimate (because you can’t buy Expression Blend alone). Expression Blend is an awesome tool but might be difficult to approach at first, specially for people coming from Visual Studio… this tool target designers so it can takes time for a developer to get comfortable enough. Good news is the availability of a free “Blend Fundamentals Training” which contains plenty of resources to help you master Expression Blend in 5 days: http://www.microsoft.com/expression/resources/BlendTraining/   Also don’t forget the .toolbox: http://www.microsoft.com/design/toolbox/ This Microsoft website contains courses and tutorials to help you learn UI Design for Silverlight with Expression Blend.

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• Silverlight Tour in Montreal this summer

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  Get an awesome Silverlight training this Summer! The Silverlight Tour has a new class in Montreal, and provide top Silverlight 4 content!!! >> This course will be taught in English << What: Silverlight training When: July 19-22 (4 days) Where: Montreal, Qc Registration/info: http://www.runatserver.com/SilverlightTraining.aspx   Also note that we offer a free license of Telerik's RadControls for Silverlight to every attendee ($999 value)!! For more information on RadControls, visit: http://www.telerik.com/products/silverlight.aspx.      Technorati Tags: Silverlight,Silverlight training

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• BUILD 2012 day 1 Keynote recap

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  On October 30, 2012 Steve Ballmer kicked off the first BUILD conference keynote. Steve shared some insights around Windows 8: 4 million customers upgraded to Windows 8 over the weekend since the October 26 release (so in 3 days only!). Focus on sharing code between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. Syncing everything through SkyDrive Xbox Music free streaming and Xbox Smart Glass. He did all the demos himself, showing off great “Windows 8 generation” devices already available (including an 82-inch Windows 8 “slate” by Perceptive Pixel). Steve Guggenheimer (Microsoft's Corporate Vice President DPE) talked about The Business Opportunity with Windows 8.   Notable announcements of day 1: The Windows Phone 8 SDK is now available at dev.windowsphone.com (includes SDK, free version of VS2012, Blend 5, and emulators). Release of the .NET Framework for Windows Phone 8: Ability to use C# 5 or Visual Basic 11 features in your code (async programming mode, ...), share code between WP8 and Windows Store apps. Windows Phone 8 individual developer registration is reduced to $8 for the next 8 days! (hurry up…) Note: strange absence of Steven Sinofsky on stage…   Watch the entire keynote online: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2012/1-001 Read the full transcript: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Speeches/2012/10-30BuildDay1.aspx

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• Silverlight Training Montreal in April 2011

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  The Silverlight Tour deliver one more class in Montreal, come and learn top Silverlight content from local experts!!! >> This course will be taught in French * << What: Silverlight training When: April 25-28 (4 days) Where: Montreal, Qc Registration/info: http://www.runatserver.com/SilverlightTraining.aspx Also note that we offer a free license of Telerik's RadControls for Silverlight to every attendee ($999 value)!! For more information on RadControls, visit: http://www.telerik.com/products/silverlight.aspx. * We do english class as well… check our website!

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• Jesse Liberty at the Montreal User Group, take 3

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  This is our last attempt to get Jesse Liberty at the Montreal User Group (and there won’t be any take 4 as this is the very last meeting of the season), so we cross fingers that everything will be fine this time! RunAtServer Consulting is the proud sponsor of this event. What: Silverlight 4, MVVM and Test-Driven Development When: June 16, 2010 at 6:15pm. Where: Microsoft Montreal office at 2000 McGill College, 4th floor, Montreal, QC, H3A 3H3. Price: Free for members of the User Group, 5$ for anyone else.

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• Silverlight Training Montreal in January 2011

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  Start the new year with an awesome Silverlight training! The Silverlight Tour has one more class in Montreal, and provide top Silverlight 4 content!!! >> This course will be taught in French * << What: Silverlight training When: January 17-20 (4 days) Where: Montreal, Qc Registration/info: http://www.runatserver.com/SilverlightTraining.aspx Also note that we offer a free license of Telerik's RadControls for Silverlight to every attendee ($999 value)!! For more information on RadControls, visit: http://www.telerik.com/products/silverlight.aspx.  * We do english class as well… check our website!

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• My session at the Vancouver Silverlight User Group

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  Next week I will be in Vancouver and talk at the local User Group: the Vancouver Silverlight User Group. Title: HTML5 and Silverlight 5: facts, assumptions and near future Abstract: In this session, I will try to clarify what we hear (and not hear) around these technologies, maybe add a few guess on their role in Windows 8... as well as presenting a technical comparison between HTML5 and Silverlight 5: HTML vs XAML, tools, languages, databinding, performance, etc. Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2011 Thanks Telerik to sponsor the room for this event. More details and registration: http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Silverlight-User-Group/events/22849231/

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• Sample Browser for Visual Studio 2012!

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  Remember the "All-In-One Code Framework", a set of cool code samples available on CodePlex ? Well, the same team along with MSDN just released a Sample Browser Visual Studio Extension for Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2010. The Sample Browser Visual Studio Extension allows developers to search and download 3500+ code samples from within Visual Studio 2012 and Visual Studio 2010. If you are into Windows 8 dev like me, you’ll be happy to know that it already offers samples for WinRT with XAML and C#. Installation: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/4934b087-e6cc-44dd-b992-a71f00a2a6df

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• BUILD 2013 day 1 Keynote recap for devs

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  Only 7 months after the previous BUILD event, Microsoft is hosting a new BUILD conference in San Francisco (June 26-28, 2013).   Notable announcements of day 1: The Windows 8.1 preview is available today Preview of Internet Explorer 11 Visual Studio 2013 Preview and .NET Framework 4.5.1 Preview are both available The Windows Store has been redesigned and is now much more interesting, both for users and developers Windows Phone 8 annual Dev Center registration is reduced to $19 for the next 60 days! (normally $99 for individuals and companies)     Also to check out: Windows 8.1 Preview Product Guide for Developers http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/apps/bg184615 F12 Tools in Internet Explorer 11 Preview has been rebuilt from the ground up: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/bg182632   Watch the entire keynote online: http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2013/1-001 Read the full transcript: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Speeches/2013/06-26Build2013.aspx

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• Windows Store is open for business!

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  In case you didn’t know, you don’t have to wait for the launch of Windows 8 on October 26 to start building and deploying your apps. Developers from 120 markets (including Canada) can publish Windows Store apps right now! How to start ? Anyone with an MSDN Subscription, Dreamspark account (students) or BizSpark account (startups) get a 1-year Windows Store membership for FREE!! If you don’t have such account, an annual membership is only CAD $49 and lasts a full year. Just go to the Windows Store Dashboard on the Windows Dev Center and sign up. The dev tools are free and the SDK is ready.

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• Vancouver .NET User Group

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  While in Vancouver for my Silverlight training in early May, I will give a free Silverlight presentation at the local .NET User Group, .netBC. When: May 5, 2010, 6:30 PM Where: Building SW3 room 1750, BCIT Burnaby Campus, 3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby, BC, V5G 3H2 What: Silverlight 4 Business Applications “In this session a live demo will be built to show the new features of Silverlight 4 that helps you create business-oriented applications easier than ever. Importing/exporting data, printing, drag drop target, data visualization, context menu, WCF RIA Services and design-time enhancements in Visual Studio 2010.” Read all the details here: http://www.netbc.ca/DNCal/EventDetail.aspx?date=2010/05/05 See you there!   Thanks Telerik for helping this event to happen!   Technorati Tags: Silverlight,Silverlight Training

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• DevTeach Montreal 2012

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  Like every time I am extremely pleased to see DevTeach coming back to my city! DevTeach Montreal will take place in Delta Hotel Centre-Ville on December 10-12th 2012. Note: You need to register to attend. Awesome Content 48 sessions in 8 tracks. 3 Post Conference workshops: Azure, Windows Store apps, BI.     Free events But everything is not paid! DevTeach is strongly dedicated to the dev community and you will also find those free activities (meaning you don’t have to be a conference attendee): Keynote On December 10th at 6:30pm DevTeach keynote is free for anyone (but you need to register). The keynote will be done by Howard Dierking who is a Program Manager on the Azure Application Platform and Tools team. > http://www.devteach.com/Keynote.aspx   Windows Server 2012 Hands-On IT Camp On December 11th at 6:30pm IT Camps presented by Pierre Roman. > http://www.devteach.com/community/   A Whirlwind Tour around Windows Phone 8 Development On December 11th at 6:30pm Windows Phone 8 Camp presented by Paul Laberge. > http://www.devteach.com/community/   See you there!

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• Free Webinar week by Telerik

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  Telerik offers a series of free Webinars to discuss the latest innovations for Windows 8, Visual Studio 2012, Data Visualization and their Leading Product Portfolio. These “What's New Webinar” will have live demos that highlight the hot features from their latest release (Telerik DevCraft Q3). Webinar week will take place on October 22 – 26, 2012. For more information and to register: http://www.telerik.com/developer-productivity-tools/whats-new.aspx Bonus note: all participants will have a chance to win a free DevCraft Ultimate license (worth $1999!)

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