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Initializing Compound Values by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 09, 2009
Lambda expressions and extension methods provide us with everything we need for queries that simply filter members out of a sequence of values.

Deferred Query Evaluation by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 09, 2009
Observant readers may have noted that the standard Where operator is implemented using the yield construct introduced in C# 2.0.

Extension Methods by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 08, 2009
Lambda expressions are one important piece of the query architecture.

Lambda Expressions and Expression Trees by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 08, 2009
Many query operators allow the user to provide a function that performs filtering, projection, or key extraction.

Getting Started with Standard Query Operators by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 07, 2009
Getting Started with Standard Query Operators

.NET Language-Integrated Query by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 07, 2009
After two decades, the industry has reached a stable point in the evolution of object-oriented (OO) programming technologies.

Window Resizing by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 06, 2009
Although absolute positioning of objects by using a Canvas is useful in some scenarios.

The Layout System in Silverlight by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 06, 2009
The term layout describes the process of sizing and positioning objects in your Silverlight-based application.

The Silverlight Plug-in Position and Dimensions by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 06, 2009
The Silverlight plug-in defines the area that the Silverlight-based application is displayed in.

Colors and Brushes for Text Foreground by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 05, 2009
The Foreground property enables you to specify a Brush for the rendered text.

Text Elements in Silvelight by Dinesh Beniwal On Oct 05, 2009
Text Elements in Silvelight

Delegates in Silverlight by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 26, 2009
Delegates are reference types that serve a purpose similar to that of function pointers in C++.

Interfaces in Silverlight by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 26, 2009
An interface defines a contract that specifies a "can do" relationship or a "has a" relationship.

Enumerations in Silverlight by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 26, 2009
An enumeration (enum) is a value type that inherits directly from System

Structures in Silverlight by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 18, 2009
A structure is a value type that derives implicitly from System..::.ValueType, which in turn is derived from System..::.Object.

Classes in Silverlight by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 18, 2009
A class is a reference type that can be derived directly from another class and that is derived implicitly from System..::.Object.

ASP.NET Controls for Silverlight by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 14, 2009
The Silverlight 2 Software Development Kit (SDK) includes two ASP.NET server controls, the MediaPlayer control, and the Silverlight control.

XamlName Grammar by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 12, 2009
The following is the normative grammar for a string that is used as a name or key in Silverlight.

x:Class Attribute by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 12, 2009
Configures XAML compilation to join partial classes between markup and code-behind.

XAML Processing Differences Between Silverlight and WPF by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 12, 2009
Silverlight uses a particular implementation of a XAML parser, with that parser being part of the client libraries for Silverlight.

StaticResource Markup Extension by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 10, 2009
Provides a value for any XAML property attribute by evaluating a reference to an already defined resource.

XAML, Type Conversion, and Creating Objects by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 08, 2009
XAML, Type Conversion, and Creating Objects

XAML Namescope Considerations by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 08, 2009
In this article you will learn how to use XAML Namescope Considerations.

XamlReader.Load and Parsing Behavior by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 08, 2009
In this blog you will learn how tou use XamlReader.Load and Parsing Behavior.

Using XamlReader.Load by Dinesh Beniwal On Sep 08, 2009
Read XamlReader.Load.