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GPU Acceleration and 3D in Silverlight 3!

Yes, you read that right. Check out ScottGu's blog for the proof. Let the good times roll...

Posted to .NET & Funky Fresh (Weblog) by Rob Eisenberg on 11-17-2008
It's Time to Update Your Silverlight Tools

If you noticed, when Silverlitht 2 was released, they only released an RC1 of the tools. Today, they have released the Silverlight Tools RTW. You can get it here . You can read some more details on Mike Snow's blog .

Posted to .NET & Funky Fresh (Weblog) by Rob Eisenberg on 10-28-2008
Unit Test WPF Data Bindings with Caliburn

The Caliburn.Testability assembly contains various classes related to unit testing a UI. You can use the BindingValidator to validate data bindings on DependencyObjects, DataTemplates and Styles. The easiest way to access this functionality is through the static Validator class. It has several...

Posted to .NET & Funky Fresh (Weblog) by Rob Eisenberg on 10-25-2008
Caliburn Moved and Documentation Added!

Caliburn has a new home on CodePlex . You can find it at http://www.codeplex.com/caliburn . Additionally, I have added a full set of documentation that is available online . The documentation loosely follows the samples I have created for the framework which can be found in the 'samples'...

Posted to .NET & Funky Fresh (Weblog) by Rob Eisenberg on 10-21-2008
Caliburn Alpha for WPF AND Silverlight is Here!

Caliburn is a framework designed to aid in the development of WPF and Silverlight applications. It implements a variety of UI patterns that are geared towards solving problems encountered in real-world scenarios. It's goals are: Support building WPF/SL application that are TDD friendly. Implement...

Posted to .NET & Funky Fresh (Weblog) by Rob Eisenberg on 10-12-2008
Caliburn Progress

Some of you may be wondering about the status of Caliburn. I'm presently working on the new version and am having great success making it compatible with both WPF and Silverlight. It hasn't been easy, but it is going to work. There's a lot of under-the-hood improvements...

Posted to .NET & Funky Fresh (Weblog) by Rob Eisenberg on 09-18-2008
Silverlight Problems That Affect Me

I've blogged previously about inconsistencies between SL 2 Beta 1 and WPF. In my previous post I mentioned a few critical things that I felt would make it hard for WPF developers to move code between the two platforms. Most of my complaints were not addressed in the updated Beta 2 of Silverlight...

Posted to .NET & Funky Fresh (Weblog) by Rob Eisenberg on 07-26-2008
What's Up With Caliburn?

After asking some questions of the community and doing some thinking, I've finally devised a plan of action for Caliburn: I'm going to freeze the current source code where it's at. Anyone who is using it can be assured that it's not going anywhere. However, I will not be making...

Posted to .NET & Funky Fresh (Weblog) by Rob Eisenberg on 06-24-2008
Prism and Caliburn's Future

First I'd like to say that I'm stoked about the work the Prism team has been doing. I have to admit that when they started out in January to deliver a set of guidance for building composite WPF applications, I was skeptical. But they have come a great distance and I am truly...

Posted to .NET & Funky Fresh (Weblog) by Rob Eisenberg on 06-06-2008
Caliburn Tutorial Part 2

Hadi has just posted part 2 of his tutorial on building composite applications with Caliburn. In this post he covers basic usage of the EventBroker, ActionMessages and shows one way of putting the pieces together by using the PresenterHost control. Great job!

Posted to .NET & Funky Fresh (Weblog) by Rob Eisenberg on 06-05-2008