Use the visual state aggregator to fire events in Silverlight without resorting to code behind or artifacts on your view models such as delegates to trigger animations. The events are broadcast to subscribing controls that transition visual states based on the event.

The visual state aggregator. What is it? How many times have you found yourself adding freak methods and commands to your Silverlight projects just to manage some animations? It's a common issue, and I've even built solutions like the IAnimationDelegate to help solve the problem. While it works, one thing always bothered me. I know it's a ...

Over the past few posts I've been exploring models for modularized Silverlight applications that follow the MVVM pattern (using Prism/CAL). In this post, I'd like to cover unit testing, and writing appropriate tests not just for the view model, but the view itself. Before we continue, I'm going to assume you've read: Dynamic Module Loading with ...

I started a project to update my personal website using Silverlight. The goal is to use Prism/Composite Application Guidance to build out a nice site that demonstrates some Silverlight capabilities and make the source code available as a reference. One of the first pieces I chose to tackle was ensuring I could facilitate deep linking using ...

This is a simple example that covers a few advanced topics: Silverlight navigation combined with Prism and on-demand loading, search engine optimization, and use of the visual state manager. It is a shell for a biography site I was building.