XAML User Controls

Are we ready for some hands-on XAML user control development? Silverlight and WP7 are still moving fast with new features on the way with Mango, WP7 Toolkit Update, and Silverlight 5. We're still writing XAML based applications with unique user control requirements. In this next meeting, we'll all be developing a few user controls in the three major XAML environments; WPF, SL4, and WP7. To get the most out of this meeting, please bring a laptop with Visual Studio 2010 installed with at least one of these environments ready. We'll move at a pace more like the Hands-On-Coding user group for the entire group to code and experiment with user controls. Here are some questions that we'll discuss before we start writing code. What's the difference between: Data Template and a Control Template, User Control and a Custom Control, ContentControl and ContentPresenter, ContentControl and ItemsControl, ItemsControl and ListBox, Styles and Control Templates, Databinding and TemplateBinding. When should we style, subclass, or apply a template to our controls? This meeting will give us more understanding of XAML user controls and how to best develop them in different situations.

• Vince Blasberg

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  Vince Blasberg is an independent software developer and founder of FreshMetrics, LLC., a full service software development firm specializing in System Integrations, Silverlight, and WPF development. He has spent over 19 years as a developer and architect on platforms such as AS/400, DOS, and Windows since version 3.0. For years, he has completed full development lifecycle on a variety of software product types including accounting, income tax, telecommunications, CRM, and eCommerce retail. Vince obtained an MCSD in the C++ / COM days as well as two masters’ degrees. He has spoken at several user groups on topics such as CLR Internals, Remoting, TSQL Optimization, DLINQ, SQLCLR Development, and Design Patterns. For two years, Vince was the leader of the Dallas C# SIG at http://dallas-csharp-sig.com. He occasionally blogs at http://VinceB@VinceB.com. Lately he’s been speaking and leading the Dallas XAML User Group (http://DallasXAML.com).

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