May 2007 Entries



There was a good post by Scott Guthrie part 1 of Using Linq to sql.  It is a nice start for those beginning Linq including updating, deleting and server side paging of data:

http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/ 05/19/using-linq-to-sql-part-1.aspx

 




Today I was browsing around for things "Silverlight" and ran into a new service coming out from Microsoft called Popfly.  At first it just seemed like a place for kids to do mashups.  After watching the video though, I wonder where this is going and just how it will relate to developers.  It is not that I think it will take our work away, but it might be another door performing more projects.  At the very least, it is a good example of the basics of Silverlight.

I have posted more on teh Silverlight blog at:

http://blog.silverlightcity.com/archive/2007/05/21 /Popfly-Check-this-out.aspx

 




Well, once Silverlight was announced by Microsoft, I quickly tried to grab some of the domain names I had been waiting to get.  My first choice domain name was SilverlightFiles, but it had already been taken (actually, my registrar did not find it taken when I ordered it but by the time they got the order through it was already taken). 

One of the domain names I managed to get that I have planned to build out is:

http://www.SilverlightCity.com

While I do not have the site built out at this time, I do have the blog of the site running at:

http://blog.SilverlightCity.com

The plan for the blog is to keep information about Silverlight that others might have overlooked along with other content I find interesting relating to Silverlight.  There seems to be a flood of information now about Silverlight and I find it hard to keep up, but I am sure others are in that same boat.  Hopefully, this will be another avenue developers can use to keep up with the latest about Silverlight that they may have missed elsewhere!

Two more Silverlight sites and the main part of the SilverlightCity site will be coming this summer.