Jim Galasyn's Learning Curve
Adventures in developer learning.
How-do-I video series for WPF is live at WindowsClient.net
We've expanded on the success of Joe Stagner’s How-Do-I video series at ASP.NET by posting a bunch...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 07/02/2007
Media Barrage clip posted
I've posted a ten-minute sample of my Media Barrage app at YouTube: Media Barrage #23: The SubGenius...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 06/25/2007
Making your WPF apps power-aware
Andre Michaud has a nice story on dealing with the XP and Vista power APIs in this month's MSDN...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 06/18/2007
A little clarification on VS 2005 Extensions for .Net 3.0, aka Fidalgo
Rob Relyea has published a little clarification about the Fidalgo project templates. The upshot is...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 06/15/2007
So you want XAML tools
Vendors are producing tools and controls at an increasing rate. How to keep track of them all?...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 06/05/2007
Microsoft Surface Announced
A very cool user interface built with WPF: Microsoft Surface (Yes, it's a Flash site.) Gotta say I...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 05/30/2007
WindowsClient.net is up and running
The new Windows Client site is now available. Here's what the site has to say for itself: Welcome to...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 05/17/2007
Pointing a 3D Model Along a Direction Vector
Recently, I found it necessary to point a Model3DGroup instance along a direction vector. I've...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 05/08/2007
Here's a nice reference on 3D performance
I just discovered this great post by the WPF 3D team: Maximizing WPF 3D Performance on Tier-2...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 05/04/2007
More on Multithreaded UI in WPF
Multithreading support in WPF has been much on my mind lately, especially with my MediaBarrage app....
Author: JGalasyn Date: 05/01/2007
WPF Performance Suite Available with .NET Framework 3.5
Optimize your WPF app's perf. Here's what the SDK team has to say: The latest version of the WPF...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 04/27/2007
Now available: Windows SDK for Longhorn Beta3 and .NET Framework 3.5
The Windows SDK for Longhorn Beta3 is posted. You can download it from Windows SDK for Windows...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 04/26/2007
Another gorgeous XBAP from Japan
Here's the new site for the Asahiyama Zoo. It really shows off the capabilities of the platform with...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 04/26/2007
Infragistics releases WPF toolset
Today, Infragistics released the NetAdvantage for WPF toolset, complete with a DataGrid and other...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 04/23/2007
Light Up the Web: Silverlight Announced
Today at the NAB conference, Microsoft announces Silverlight, formerly known as WPF/E. Here's the...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 04/16/2007
DevConnections Day Zero: SpongeBob Mocks Me
It's my own fault. I registered late for the Visual Studio Connections conference, and all the rooms...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 03/25/2007
WPF team announces individual sample downloads
Now here's some good news: Individual samples from the WPF samples page on MSDN. Previously, you had...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 03/16/2007
I'll be at the Spring Connections 2007 Conference next week
If you're going to be in Orlando at the Visual Studio Connections conference, and if you want to...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 03/16/2007
Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Update for Vista is now posted
If you're developing with VS on Vista, you'll want install this: Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 03/07/2007
Orcas March CTP is posted
Come 'n' get it: VSTS Virtual PC Image TFS Virtual PC Image VSTS Self-extracting Install TFS...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 03/02/2007
If you like the Office 2007 Ribbon, here's a WPF version:
From our friends at DevComponents:
Author: JGalasyn Date: 02/20/2007
Cool XBAPs from Japan
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Author: JGalasyn Date: 02/01/2007
ITN's news viewer launched
Here's a pretty cool news viewer built with WPF: ITN Hub Works on XP and Vista. There's a neat...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 02/01/2007
WPF and Cider Wikis are available
The WPF and Cider wikis are now active at the Channel9 site. Note that these are distinct from the...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 01/30/2007
Orcas January CTP is posted
A new CTP of Visual Studio Codename "Orcas" is now posted. It has lots of new goodness. Here are...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 01/11/2007
SlideShow control: Loading files off-thread
I'm building a little app I call "MediaBarrage," which displays rapid-fire images of J.R. "Bob"...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 01/10/2007
Windows Home Server announced
I had no idea this was in the works, but it looks like Microsoft will be offering a solution for...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 01/08/2007
MSDN Wiki comes to the Windows SDK docs
I'm happy to report that the excellent MSDN Wiki is now available for the Windows SDK docs. MSDN...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 01/05/2007
Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1 is posted
From the blurb: New processor support (e.g., Core Duo) for code generation and profiling Performance...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 12/20/2006
2D on 3D: The new hotness
The WPF3D team have delivered one of the coolest features yet: Fully interactive 2D controls and...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 12/14/2006
RIP MDX 2.0
I have a side project in which I implement a model of load-propagation through a structure. Then I...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 12/12/2006
Visual Studio 2005 SDK 4.0 (December CTP) is available
I'm happy to report that the December CTP of the VS SDK is now available:...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 12/11/2006
Expression Blend Beta (formerly "Sparkle") is available for download
I'm pleased to report that the public beta of Expression Blend, formerly known as "Sparkle" and...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 12/04/2006
Sparkle Public Beta coming soon...
A little birdie just now told me that the Public Beta of Sparkle will be posted very, very soon. So...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 11/27/2006
Fidalgo November CTP posted
Well, we called it the "October CTP" last week, but it's the "November CTP" now. Here it is, the...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 11/07/2006
Windows SDK has been released to web
I'm pleased to report that the Windows SDK for Windows Vista has been released to web. On the...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 11/07/2006
Orcas October CTP is posted
I'm pleased to report that the October CTP of Orcas is publicly available. Enjoy: Microsoft...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 10/30/2006
October CTP and the last build of Fidalgo
The October CTP is ready and will soon be posted. When Vista RTMs in November, the final rev of .NET...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 10/30/2006
Scott Berry: Windows Forms/WPF Interop Gotchas
If you're doing anything with Windows Forms and WPF interop, be sure to check out Scott Berry's...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 09/08/2006
RC1 Windows Vista SDK docs are now online
Check out the Windows SDK RC1 docs online:...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 09/07/2006
The WPF/XAML Conversion Tool Contest
Head on over to Michael Swanson's blog to check out the new contest: ...build a freely-available...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 08/29/2006
New white paper on extending the Windows Forms Designer
My new white paper, "Creating a Design Surface Extender Framework for Windows Forms 2.0" is posted....
Author: JGalasyn Date: 08/21/2006
A System-monitoring Application
There's an old tool I've had on my desktop for many years. It was originally called NetMedic, and I...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 05/09/2006
Mike Localizes
Check out Mike Henderlight's new post, "Localizing a Hybrid Application"....
Author: JGalasyn Date: 04/01/2006
Manually Creating a WPF Project Using Visual Studio
It occurred to me recently that we haven't documented how to create a WPF project without the...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 03/31/2006
This is just too cool: WPF/E at Mix '06
Last year, the talented and beautiful Mike Harsh left our illustrious Client team for the WPF/E...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 03/23/2006
Moving Again
Long time no blog. I've been working a super-secret-squirrel project. If you've been following MSFT...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 03/22/2006
February CTP coming soon, with a little gotcha
The WinFX February CTP is coming together and should be available pretty soon. For devs interested...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 02/01/2006
More WMP Play, Part 2
In Part 1, I described some considerations for implementing a phase-space visualizer. Now I'll dig...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 01/11/2006
Dr. Dobb's Journal interviews Mike Henderlight
Check out the interview with Mike and Parimal:...
Author: JGalasyn Date: 12/14/2005