The new Get Tree from List example demonstrates how the Uize.Node.Tree.getTreeFromList static method of the Uize.Node.Tree module can be used to build a tree data object by analyzing the structure of a nested list defined by an HTML ul tag. A tree data object like this can be supplied to a tree menu widget, or can otherwise be used to build UI for navigating to different sections of the document (a contents tree, for example).

The new Uize.Node.Tree module provides convenience methods for generating a tree data object by analyzing HTML on a page. A tree data object is an array, where each element of the array is a Tree Item. Because a Tree Item may itself contain a child Tree Data Object, specified by its items property, a Tree Data Object can be used to represent an arbitrarily complex, hierarchical structure for information. A Tree Data Object can be used in any number of ways, but is commonly used for building tree-based user interface elements such as contents lists, structured dropdown menus, etc. A number of widget class support data in the Tree Data Object format, such as the Uize.Widget.Tree.List, Uize.Widget.Tree.Menu, and Uize.Widget.Tree.Select classes. Outside of widgets, tree data objects can be used to drive the generation of HTML, in build scripts or Web applications, using JavaScript Templates.

The first thing I do when creating a new project in Visual Studio (regardless of type) is change the project name, assembly name, and default namespace. I like for the names of all these to be consistent. However, I have noticed in Silverlight, you must make changes in five different places for everything to work alright otherwise you will get errors. I’m no Silverlight expert, but I thought this post would be useful for people like me who only dabble in it from time to time. When you create your new Silverlight project, right click on the project name and bring up its properties. Go ahead and change the default namespace and assembly name just like you would in any other project.

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The first thing I do when creating a new project in Visual Studio (regardless of type) is change the project name, assembly name, and default namespace. I like for the names of all these to be consistent. However, I have noticed in Silverlight, you must make changes in five different places for everything to work alright otherwise you will get errors. I’m no Silverlight expert, but I thought this post would be useful for people like me who only dabble in it from time to time. When you create your new Silverlight project, right click on the project name and bring up its properties. Go ahead and change the default namespace and assembly name just like you would in any other project.

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The recent release of the Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta introduces a variety of notable changes to the Windows Phone platform and I've been meaning to update my Data Visualization on Windows Phone sample so I could continue to refer people to it...(read more)

Microsoft’s stock price may stink but its P&L numbers are pretty much sweet perfume. In the June quarter, Microsoft’s fiscal fourth quarter and the end of its fiscal year it made $4.52 billion, 51 cents a share, up 48% on record revenues of $16.04 billion, up 22%.

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Microsoft’s stock price may stink but its P&L numbers are pretty much sweet perfume. In the June quarter, Microsoft’s fiscal fourth quarter and the end of its fiscal year it made $4.52 billion, 51 cents a share, up 48% on record revenues of $16.04 billion, up 22%.

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In this episode of Silverlight TV, Brian Noyes discusses strategies for building Silverlight business applications . Brian is an advisor working with the Patterns and Practices team on the current and future versions of Prism. John and Brian discuss what...(read more)

JavaScript can save your day or it can cause you nightmares. JavaScript and XHR (XmlHttpRequest) enable what the industry considers to be Web 2.0 – meaning highly interactive web sites where some application logic is pushed down to the client into the browsers JavaScript engine. As with any application code – regardless of the language and runtime environment – it is easy to not follow Best Practices which ultimately negatively impact the end-user experience with the site.

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Have you ever attended software training? If yes, have you enrolled voluntarily or your employer required you to get re-trained to get extra points for your annual review? If so, was that class useful other than getting these points? In my blog “Notes of a traveling contract trainer ” I promised to write a sequel from the student’s point of view. You got it. If you work for a large corporation, the chances are high that you are entitled for taking one or two training classes each year. In some cases you even get to choose which classes to attend. I mean off-sight training. But most likely, you are enrolling a class offered onsite by an invited instructor.

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The data binding infrastructure for Silverlight and WPF is extremely powerful and makes it easy to write powerful, dynamic applications without worrying about synchronizing the UI with every change to the underlying data. By leveraging this power, developers...(read more)

It appears that MSDN’s new blog engine has started more aggressively marking comments for moderation. I started getting suspicious at not receiving any comments on our posts, so I checked and it turned out there was a huge queue of comments waiting to...(read more)

If you’re using RIA Services then you might be using the “Silverlight Business Application” template which has an issue with out-of-browser debugging which causes it to throw an exception rather than start your debugging session properly. Fortunately...(read more)

A Busy Week, But a Good One

Mapping Quest Drives .NET ORMs

Telerik Pushes Design, Testing Tools

This certification can help set you apart from other IT professionals and demonstrate your skills and knowledge with Flex.

This is Windows Client Developer roundup #33. A little early this week The Windows Client Developer Roundup aggregates information of interest to Windows Client Developers, including WPF , Silverlight , Visual C++, XNA , Expression Blend , Surface , Windows...(read more)

Exciting news for beach volleyball fans: watch live coverage of the AVP Nivea Tour Hermosa Beach on AVP.com powered by Ooyala’s new Silverlight player. Check out the Ooyala blog and learn about the Ooyala player for Silverlight , which leverages the Silverlight...(read more)

The new MultipleMessagesPerPoll mode added to PollingDuplex in Silverlight 4 , comes with some new timeouts , so I thought it would be useful to post a detailed description of how those work. Unfortunately this is not currently covered by our documentation...(read more)