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This one’s for you @SteveHolstad! I was helping one of our teams ease the deployment of a Silverlight project into various server environments.  The project contained a ServiceReferences.ClientConfig file to reference some WCF services in the solution...

This probably falls under SharePoint Administration 101, but as a developer, I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to move our MOSS 2007 intranet to a new web front end. Our environment is very simple: 1 SharePoint WFE and a separate SQL Server...

A reader comment on my last post brought it to my attention that support for custom events actually already exists in jQuery ! I decided to take a look at their solution. You can find an example here (click on “Examples” and scroll to the bottom). It...

I’ve been working on a project recently that’s very JavaScript heavy. This probably makes some of you cringe, but I think JavaScript is probably one of my favorite languages. True, it has a lot of terrible quirks and gotchas, but the core of the language...

The WPF Line of Business seminar is a two day introductory provided by Microsoft outlining WPF, its benefits, architectural patterns practiced, and coding tips within line of business development.  After developing in WPF for over a year I thought...

The UseRegistration property on the ApplicationEndpointSettings object is one of those critical details that you always forget, much the same way you always forget your checkbook or library card at home the one time you actually need it. UseRegistration...

  Ran into this issue yesterday, thought I will post it out here for anyone who runs into the same issue, since this is a very common issue with open source projects. After wiring up the bits from CruiseControl.Net 1.4.4 SP1 with TFS on a machine...

I was reading some old posts on Wil Shipley’s excellent blog the other day, when a subtle (and very common) error caught my eye. I don’t mean to call Wil out by this; I was reading his blog specifically because I think he has great advice about software...

SharePoint Saturday Chicago was this past Saturday, June 13th at the Tribune Tower in Chicago. Kudos to Kris Wagner and the rest of the organizing committee for pulling off a great event, I’m already looking forward to next year. My session was titled...

I recently took on the role of INETA User Group Mentor for Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana.  As a user group mentor, my responsibilities include being the groups’ primary INETA contact, as well as being among the first to hear about exciting programs...

This long-awaited volume on Unified Communications development, which covers the Office Communicator Automation API and the Unified Communications Managed API (both Core and Workflow SDKs), has been released and is shipping. You can get your copy at Amazon...

Animations are a feature in WPF and Silverlight that greatly enhance the user experience of the application.  Animations provide a smooth transition from one scene or view to the next and can significantly improve the overall composition and flow...

If you’re looking for the definitive reference for programming against Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2, be sure to check out Programming for Unified Communications with Microsoft® Office Communications Server 2007 R2 , published by Microsoft...

A while ago I had a debate with my co-worker on when to put a resource in a User Control (whether it would be in XAML or in code behind) or put that resource in a Resource Dictionary.  We had this debate because we initially put all our resources...

For the last year and a half I have been working extensively on WPF applications.  During this time I have learned a great deal in architecting, coding and improving WPF application design and development.  This will be my first of a series...