10 Minute Tutorial - JavaFX: Hello World

Over the past couple of months, I wrote a number of Microsoft Silverlight tutorials both to learn Silverlight and help other developers ramp up their Silverlight skills quickly. Now however, I’ll turn my attention to one of Silverlight’s competitors: JavaFX. If you read the JavaFX section of my introductory post, you already know that Sun has taken a very different approach than Microsoft in implementing a framework for developing easily deployed, highly-interactive, “rich” applications. So, I want to jump right in and create an application that will have everyone hanging on the edge of their seat with enthusiasm (or rolling their eyes and groaning in almost physical pain): Hello World. Read more

August 23, 2007 | Filed Under Tutorial, JavaFX | Comments Off 

10 Minute Tutorial - Silverlight: Event handling using Managed Code (C#)

Managed code.

In the browser.

All my dreams have come true.

Well, not quite. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Lucy Liu still haven’t returned my calls. But, it’s a start! ;)

I wrote this tutorial to illustrate how Silverlight communicates with managed code. So, as a simple example, we’ll use C# to handle click events inside of a rectangle rendered on a Silverlight control. And, like always, you can complete this tutorial sans-IDE, for those users who don’t want to install Visual Studio just to get a taste of Silverlight. Read more

August 10, 2007 | Filed Under Tutorial, Silverlight | Comments Off 

10 Minute Tutorial - Silverlight: Application Framework

In our last Silverlight tutorial, we created the simplest Hello World application possible, using a single HTML file. Starting at the bare minimum allowed us to see exactly what components go into a Silverlight application without using Visual Studio as a crutch or Javascript as a buffer.

So, while the previous tutorial served its academic purpose, it didn’t necessarily create a good foundation for building future Silverlight applications. In this tutorial, we will put a Silverlight application together in the way recommended by Microsoft. Read more

June 25, 2007 | Filed Under Tutorial, Silverlight | Comments Off 

10 Minute Tutorial - Silverlight: Hello World

Today, we will create a VERY basic “Hello World” Silverlight application. Since this is my first tutorial, as an experiment, I will break this tutorial up into three (hopefully self-explanatory) sections including: Prerequisites, QuickStart and Lesson. Over time, I will tweak my tutorial format based on your feedback. But, enough talk…let’s get started! Read more

June 18, 2007 | Filed Under Tutorial, Silverlight | Comments Off 

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