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This Blog Has Moved - Update your links to nokola.com/blog
I'm very happy to announce that I'm moving this blog to https://nokola.com Click here to visit the...
Date: 09/14/2009
Exposed: 5 methods to create game loop: which is the best?
Edit: fixed broken links What is the best method to create a game loop? I created a small experiment...
Date: 08/19/2009
Nice background image
My latest creation last night... space view of a planet on a starry background The image is...
Date: 08/13/2009
Large Star Field - Take 2, how to make it look "deep" and more reallistic
Check out the new starfield and compare it with the old one. Edit: thanks to fashai for pointing out...
Date: 08/11/2009
Large Star Field in Silverlight - Taste of Game, Part 2
Edit2: After posting this, I made a significant improvement on the star field... will post it...
Date: 08/10/2009
A Taste of What's To Come - My New Game Concept Art
Here...a quick bite from the new game coming out... Silverlight 3, full screen, Got an idea for a...
Date: 07/17/2009
Human Movements - The Easiest Motion Capture File Format
This is the second post of the "Reallistic Human Movements with Silverlight" series. I'll spend a...
Date: 05/29/2009
Reallistic Human Movements in Silverlight - My Own Motion Capture Viewer!
Hoho! yes! How to make reallistic human movements in Silverlight? Check out this stickman animation...
Date: 05/26/2009
Silverlight: Super-fast Dymanic Image Generation Code (Revisited)
I decided to give a third spin of Joe Stegman's dynamic image generation code. This time, it's many...
Date: 03/04/2009
Windows 7 Look-alike Taskbar Button Control in Silverlight
Last night, inspired by the cool taskbar in Windows 7, I decided to see how easy it will be to make...
Date: 02/28/2009
Silverlight Game Competition - $5000 prize
Submission deadline is April 30, 2009 Check it out: https://www.serverquestcontest.com/ Too bad I...
Date: 02/22/2009
Anatomy of a Silverlight Game: Avoid Common Mistakes When Building Online Games
Last week I created a document that incorporates my experiences developing the Shock Silverlight...
Date: 02/05/2009
Play this Silverlight Game Online: Shock v2
I'm very proud to announce version 2 or my online Silverlight game "Shock": Play it...
Date: 02/05/2009
Cool All-age Silverlight Game
I found a pretty cool chill-out style game in Silverlight. Just go and draw your first animal :)...
Date: 10/27/2008
XAML PowerToys for VisualStudio - Speed up Development of Business Apps and Just Edit XAML Faster!
Check them out - including screenshots - on Karl’s (one of my friends) site:...
Date: 10/05/2008
3 Easy Steps to WPF Pixel Shaders. Template Project and Five Shader Samples (Twirl UI, Light, Blobs, Grayscale and Wave reflection)
In This Tutorial: · Template project and simple 3-step instructions to kick start WPF pixel shaders...
Date: 09/04/2008
Cool Silverlight Splash Screen Concept Demo (including Source Code)
In this tutorial: Creating a cool (and easy) Vista-like "ray of light" effect in Silverlight...
Date: 08/14/2008
7 Easy Steps to Learn C#: Silverlight C# Compiler and Loading DLLs from a server at runtime in Silverlight
In This Tutorial: · C# compiler demo for the web - type code in a web page, compile and execute it...
Date: 07/27/2008
ASP.NET Authentication for Silverlight Applications (Accessing ASP.NET Membership, Profile and Role Services)
This is very good for web sites that have ASP.NET Authentication (or plan to have) and have...
Date: 07/08/2008
Building the Reallistic Water Ripples Sample in Silverlight
In this tutorial: - creating and rendering water ripples - optimized image generation - JPEG...
Date: 07/04/2008
Optimized Joe Stegman's Dynamic Image Generation (Twice the Speed)
I needed a good and relatively fast dynamic image generation code for Silverlight (for the next...
Date: 07/04/2008
EasyHyperbar Navigation Control - A hyperbar, only easier (in Silverlight)
In this Tutorial · Analysis of the usability of the typical Hyperbar Control · Silverlight sample...
Date: 07/03/2008
Ray Tracing in Silverlight
I had some free time today and did this: I'd like to note that LukeH made the core raytracing engine...
Date: 06/10/2008
Silverlight: How to Make Your WCF Web Service Work for All Users
Specification of the Problem A WCF web service works when a user types site in his browser with www...
Date: 06/08/2008
Silverlight 2 Beta 2 Is Released!!!
Oh, yes! :) Install tools and runtime from here: https://silverlight.net/GetStarted/ There are so...
Date: 06/07/2008
Deep Zoom - Redefining Any Web Site Experience (super cool, check it out)
These are completely new and revamped web sites (I don’t mean just “silverlight added” or a cool app...
Date: 06/02/2008
LayoutTransform control in Silverlight 2
I found a very good post: How to do LayoutTransform in Silverlight. Currently Silverlight supports...
Date: 06/02/2008
Building 1977 Computer Emulator in Silverlight
In This Sample · How to build a 1977 PC emulator with Silverlight · Dynamic image generation · 25...
Date: 05/21/2008
What's new In the WPF 3.5 SP1 Visual Studio Editor with Erick Ellis and Mark Wilson-Thomas
Erick Ellis and Mark Wilson-Thomas talk about what's new in the WPF editor for Visual Studio in .NET...
Date: 05/16/2008
Create Your Own Silverlight HD Video Tutorial: From Video File to Working Silverlight Streaming Application
In This Tutorial · Learn how to process video file with the Expression Encoder to prepare it for...
Date: 05/16/2008
Reading Embedded Resources
Just a small reminder for myself. I have to do this way too often recently to remember. This is how...
Date: 05/14/2008
Super Cool Visual Studio Color Schemes and Fonts
Update: I kind of like the following one, optimized for XAML editing too: Nikola's_XAML.vssettings...
Date: 05/08/2008
Deep Zoom: Creating Working Application in Less than 5 Minutes Using the New Deep Zoom Composer
This post shows how to: · Create working deep zoom application in less than 5 minutes* · Upload a...
Date: 05/07/2008
.NET Debugging Tricks: Formatting Class Appearance in the VS Watch Window
These are two cool tricks that I just learned from a friend and colleague - Mike. Formatting How...
Date: 04/28/2008
Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines: Designing controls, text style and tone, placement and many more
· What is the correct style and tone for user UI? · How to make a good looking UI for Vista · What...
Date: 04/28/2008
We're Hiring - Part 3 (Revolutions)
Update on job positions! Do you want to work as part of the Microsoft Visual Studio Product Team? If...
Date: 04/25/2008
Image Effects with Silverlight: Creating the Saturation Light Sample
This sample demonstrates the following: 1. Simulating any image effect with Silverlight 2. Using the...
Date: 04/23/2008
Setting Cookies in Silverlight
Here is a simple way to set, retrieve and delete cookies from within a Silverlight application....
Date: 04/14/2008
Binding Animation To and From Properties
When trying to bind animation To and From properties to something else you may get this exception:...
Date: 03/20/2008
Silverlight 2 Beta 1 Links to SDK Help, Reference and Samples
Here are some interesting Silvelright 2 Beta 1 documentation links: High-level portal to the Managed...
Date: 03/16/2008
Calling Web Services and Accessing UI from Timer Event in Silverlight
If you try accessing UI from a timer event, you'll Exception: Invalid cross-thread access. This...
Date: 03/13/2008
Visual Studio 2008 Walkthrough: Creating, Hosting and Using WCF Services with Silverlight 2
Before we Start The final project is a sample that sends a string to WCF web service from...
Date: 03/12/2008
Configuring IIS 7 to work with WCF Web Services for Silverlight 2
I've tried these, and there are some interesting parts that can take some time figuring out by...
Date: 03/06/2008
We're Hiring Reloaded!
Update on job positions! For the people that contacted me already: thank you. I've been forwarding...
Date: 03/04/2008
We're Hiring!
Do you want to work as part of the Microsoft Visual Studio Product Team? If "yes", please contact me...
Date: 02/12/2008
WPF Application Quality Guide v0.1 Released
This is a v0.1 white paper that we hope upon completion to be a one-stop point for guidance and best...
Date: 01/31/2008
Visual Studio 2008 is Out!
Nice. I'm so happy. Our product is RTM now!!! Yes!!!!!!...
Date: 11/19/2007
Optimizing WPF 3D scenes for Tier-2 Hardware (roughly Pixel Shader 2.0+)
I just found this very nice blog entry with hints for WPF 3D Summary of the hints that I found more...
Date: 06/01/2007
Converting RTF on the Clipboard To XAML
Here is a simple function that will convert RTF data on the clipboard to XAML: /// <summary>...
Date: 02/18/2007