In the first part of this series, I demonstrated a very simple project that used MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) along with the Managed Extensibility Framework to produce a simple screen that toggled between a square and a circle. In this next video, I am re-designing the original project. This video starts with the original solution, but then I ...

In preparing for an upcoming talk I'll be giving on the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF), I wanted to demonstrate how fast and easy it is to use in a sample, reference application. This application creates a dynamic plugin. I first link a plugin and show it active, then I create a second plugin and show how it is dynamically added to the ...

As I continue to work on a reference project (basically building my portfolio site out in Silverlight) I keep going back to what it takes to put a Silverlight application ''out there.'' When is it really ''code complete?'' There are tons of blog posts and articles about unit testing, frameworks, line of business, etc, but often I believe people ...