Category: Silverlight
Yesterday Popfly Game Creator was released (at least the alpha version 
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It allows you to write a Silverlight-based games, without actually writing any code. Once again, just as I think about the original Popfly, it is hard for non-developers to use this tool, but it can be great to people who lack a lot of advanced knowledge about development but are related to Computer Science (such as students or hobbyists).
One problem about the interface is that it is meant to be used in large resolution monitors. All the buttons are big, and even with a 1280×800 resolution I had some difficulties using the Game Creator.
Here’s a screenshot of the game editor. I like the childish look&feel.
Dan Fernandez has written a nice introduction to this tool on his blog. Take a look at it.
Here’s an example of a template which ships with this tool. It is called Big Race.
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Hoje tive o prazer de estar presente em mais uma edição das Jornadas Informáticas da Universidade da Beira Interior, organizada pelo NINF. Fui gentilmente convidado pelo MSP Lead João Viegas para realizar uma sessão sobre Silverlight 2.0.
Infelizmente só estive presente hoje na parte da manhã, tendo perdido a maior parte deste evento de 3 dias que decorreu ontem, hoje e amanhã. A outra sessão a que tive oportunidade de assistir foi realizada pelo MSP Alumni Gonçalo Chaves, tendo sido sobre XNA.
Tivémos uma excelente recepção por parte da organização, aos quais agradeço imenso pela atenção prestada. Também o público presente foi espectacular. Extremamente interessado, havendo desde pessoas que estão agora encaminhadas para dar os primeiros passos com a tecnologia, como pessoas que aproveitaram para tirar algumas dúvidas ou receber alguns conselhos sobre projectos em desenvolvimento.
Em relação à sessão de Silverlight 2.0 deixo alguns recursos que poderão ser úteis.
Demonstrações Realizadas:
Hello World, Acesso Web, Data Binding, LINQ to XML, Deep Zoom
Software para Desenvolvimento: http://silverlight.net/GetStarted/
Recursos para Aprendizagem:
Vídeos das sessões do evento MIX 08, Silverlight 2.0 - Tutoriais em Vídeo
Show Case:
Microsoft Live Labs: Photosynth, Microsoft Research HD View Beta
A while ago I talked about Slide.Show. Some one asked me how to dynamically look into a folder and create a slide show based on its contents. I suggested using an ASP.NET page that looks into the folder and generates a XML output that can be used by Slide.Show as a data source.
I’ve implemented a simple version that shows how to do it. Download it and change it as you wish.
Take a look at DataProvider.js where I have changed the Data.xml reference to Data.aspx file.
In the Data.aspx file I’ve deleted all the HTML output, and in the Page_Load event handler generated XML output.
Response.ClearContent();
Response.ContentType = “Application/xml”;
Response.Write(”{XML output}”);
Response.End();
I’ve included in the zip file only the required files to let the example work. It has only 1 image. I hope it will be useful to someone.
Os 2 Hands on Labs de Silverlight foram muito concorridos, tendo havido muitas pessoas que não tiveram oportunidade de realizar o laboratório por este se encontrar cheio, e outras existem que o realizaram e se mostraram interessadas em rever os conteúdos posteriormente.
Deixo então 2 pacotes referentes aos 2 tutoriais que foram utilizados por mim e pelo Gonçalo Chaves nos laboratórios:
Monster Factory (introdutório ao Silverlight 1.0 onde é utilizado o Expression Design e o Visual Studio)
Silverlight.net Navigation Bar (desenvolvimento menu Silverlight através de framework Javascript de MVC e framework de gestão de recursos Silverlight)
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Some time ago I talked about Slide.Show. A slide show web application made with Silverlight.
Now the same company has published Video.Show. It is an open-source video sharing portal system based on Silverlight.
Learn more about features in their website. The source code is available at Codeplex. Unfortunately I think that Video.Show it much more unstable than Slide.Show. If you interact with it before the whole page is loaded, you get some Javascript errors. The live demo is a little slow too.
