I am chuffed to be talking at the user group meeting tonight, along with Ian Smith.
Details here
I will be talking about two things :
Silverlightpulse.net
This was the micro app I created before the Mix 09 conference in anticipation for the Silverlight 3 announcements and why I was originally invited to talk at the user group meeting (it’s a bit of a long story as to why it has taken so long for that to actually materialize – filled with stories of product launches and twisted ankles!).
I still think this is a very interesting app though, and has some potential that I have yet to realize. Tonight I will be going into why I think that and asking: “is this a worthwhile community project and who wants to be involved?”
Using RIA Services with Silverlight
To me RIA services offer a prescriptive pattern that will be useful for a majority of projects. ScottGu called out 80% as the take-up figure when he talked about it recently and John Papa said in a recent tweet “I think RIA Services could be the best thing to happen to Silverlight LOB apps”. I agree, though some may not entirely. I only have an hour in total this evening but I hope to give a flavour of RIA services and what it can bring to the party.
Hope to see you there!
Cheers
Ian
