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Bermain Virtual Earth Interopability bersama si PHP ( part 1 )

rianthename — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:10:00 GMT

Setelah sekian lama mencari SDK Virtual Earth buat di interop ama PHP , dan hampir ajah nyerah .. :mad: . untung waktu semalam ada penyemangat yang bikin ane gak jadi nyerah .. akhirnya ,pukul 03.00 pagi kuputuskan membuka laptop lalu online online kaya lagunya saykoji . pertama setelah online sih gak langsung cari SDK nya tapi buka KASKUS dulu .. :ngakak: . berhubung liat jam dinding dah mau menunjukan pukul 04.00 maka ane stop dulu ngaskusnya kemudian buka pintu rumahnya om google dan search "Virtual Earth SDK for PHP" and voila ,,, teretetetett ketemu juga barang yang ane cari selama ini . ternyata barang yang ane cari selama ini sudah ada di codeplex .. huft dah nyari muter-muter ternyata di codeplex sudah ada .. abis itu download dah.. oia , tersedia dua versi , yaitu virtual earth integration with mysql dan virtual earth integration with sql server ( 2005 / 2008 ) , abis didongdot langsung deh ane baca documentationnya . ini screenshootnya :

Screenshot Testing

Untuk sementara baru itu yang ane ulik , tunggu ajah kelanjutan dari ulik2an Virtual Earth SDK Interopability bersama si PHP ini . :linux2:

:beer: gan ...

maaf kalo ada salah kata n mungkin agan2 dah pada tau atau :repost: hehe ..^_^

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SharePoint 2010: Howto start customize list form (New/Edit/View) using InfoPath Designer 2010

cakriwut — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:15:00 GMT

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In SharePoint 2010 there we have more option to customize list form. For instance, you can use SharePoint Designer 2010 or InfoPath Designer 2010. Since modifying list form using SPD is already exist in previous version. I will just show you how to customize list form using InfoPath Designer 2010.

When customizing list form using InfoPath Designer 2010, you will get all form designer benefit. For example, you can define the field validation rules, parent-child relation etc. And bet what, the process is straight forward. In this very basic how-to, I will demonstrate how to start customize list form using InfoPath Designer 2010. I will create an Book List with "Title" – "Author" – "Status" column. In the New form, I will only show "Title" and "Author" – while in Edit form, "Title" and "Author" will be readonly, but "Status" is editable.

How to customize list form using InfoPath Designer 2010.

Prepare the custom list.

Prepare custom "Book List" with 3 columns: "Title" – "Author" – "Status". "Status" field is choice "Available" – "In Used" – "Missing". After creating the list and preparing columns, we can start to use the list and add a new item in this form.
Start InfoPath Designer

Start InfoPath Designer and select to design SharePoint List form.

Type in the SharePoint site URL

And then select the Book List from the list of available data.

Finally, click on Finish.
When the form editor open , you can start to edit the New form. I add a title "Book List Entry" and delete the "Status" row.

And here is the result:
Add "Edit Form" view in the designer, and set Title and Author as readonly.

Type-in the view title.

Design the form – add "Status" column in the form.

Set "Title" and "Author" textbox property to "ReadOnly"
Publish the form to the list.
Configure the "Book List" to use designated form.

Open the list setting page, and expand context menu for the Forms.

Since the first view will be the default – our interest is only to the "(Item) Edit Form". Click on (Item) Edit Form link, and change the Form view.

You will realize that now you are seeing form services in web part.

Click on Web Parts Tools tab, and then click on Web Part Properties.

In the Web Part Properties, select the designated view.
And here we go with the custom "New Form" and "Edit Form" for the list.

New Form.

Edit Form.

Happy design

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Siaqodb sebagai Alternatif “Storing Data” di Windows Phone 7

ferrykur — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:44:00 GMT

Windows Phone 7 telah diluncurkan oleh Microsoft beberapa waktu yang lalu, untuk pengembangan aplikasi di Windows Phone 7 ini anda diberikan dua pilihan framework yaitu Silverlight atau XNA Framework. Timbul pertanyaan dari saya untuk teknik penyimpanan local database di Windows Phone 7 ini bagaimana caranya? Setelah beberapa saat mencari referensi akhirnya ketemu juga solusi alternatifnya yaitu Siaqodb. Apa itu Siaqodb dan bagaimana cara mengembangkannya anda dapat menuju ke TKP berikut ini. Berikut ini gambar contoh Siaqodb di Windows Phone 7. Bagi ada solusi lainnya mohon kiranya di posting di Blog, Terima Kasih & Semoga Bermanfaat :)

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Great opportunity for Student – In Windows Phone Development

Firstman — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:19:00 GMT

Lagi Iseng2 Coding kecil2an menggunakan Windows Phone 7 CTP, seorang teman MSP dari Unikom (Dani) memberikan Link Website yang di khususkan bagi Fakultas Non Teknik,design dan SMU/SMk yaitu www.dreamspark.com.

Ternyata pad Website itu telah terdapat sebuah software baru yang di tambahkan yaitu Windows Phone

yang menarik lagi ternyata di tambahkan pula Windows Marketplace for Mobile for Student.. Mantabbbb

juga tak ketinggalan Visual Studio 2010 dan Xna Game Studio 3.1

Jadi teringat perbincangan antara panitia event Mugi Di Upi kemarin dengan teman2 mugi bandung, saat itu andri yadi memberikan tantangan kepada panitia yang notabenenya adalah mahasiswa UPi dan beberapa MSP yang hadir berupa pertanyaan, “ Dalam sejarah, orang berpengaruh di IT mereka mengawali product/bisnis mereka ketika mereka masih kuliah, coba sebutkan yang bukan? “ :)

Pada saat itu gak ada yang bisa menjawab. dan di terukan dengan “hayoo lah kalian berinovasi selagi kalian mahasiswa, kalau kita2 ini senior mugi bandung, kalau mau berinovasi atau mecoba yang baru masih memikirkan besok keluarga makan apa? atau besok bisa gaji karywan kita ga? “ sedangkan mahasiswa kan tidak memikirkan itu, dan sangat bagus bagi teman2 mahasiswa untuk berinovasi :)

So, Bagi teman mahasiwa yang mempunyai fasilitas MSDNAA jangan mau kalah dengan teman2 lain yg “hanya” memiliki fasilitas dreamspark, Yuk Kita berinovasi dan memcoba sesuatu yang baru, mumpung kalian masih mahasiswa dan medapat banyak fasilitas dari microsft :)

Download segera, Visual Studio 2010, Xna Game Studio dan tak lupa Windows Phone 7 Kti CTP nya

Berharap Suatu saat hadir inovasi canggih dari teman2 mahasiswa di mugi ini, dan merubah sejarah IT : )

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Microsoft Silverlight Analytics Framework Released at MIX 2010

fantasista — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:34:00 GMT

Web analytics are very important to every online service, providing a way for companies to track their visitors' behavior and adjust the services to more user-specific needs. The recently released Microsoft Silverlight Analytics Framework integrates tracking tools for online, offline and out-of-browser Silverlight-powered applications. Outed to the world at MIX 2010 (see the official presentation video at the end of this article), the analytics framework addresses some issues introduced with Silverlight 3.

While with the first and second version of Silverlight, web analytics were possible through the usage of complicated JavaScript hacks, when Silverlight 3 hit, its offline and out-of-the-browser capabilities practically made those analytics cheats useless and powerless against more advanced Silverlight RIAs.

The Microsoft Silverlight Analytics Framework, released under the Microsoft Public License on CodePlex, addresses these difficulties providing support for out-of-browser scenarios, offline scenarios, A/B Testing, logging of video experiences with the Microsoft Silverlight Media Framework, multiple analytics services simultaneously without impacting performance and support for app designers in Microsoft Expression Blend for adding tracking capabilities without any coding knowledge.

Not an expert in analytics, the software giant reached out to some well established analytics providers that responded according to Microsoft evangelist and project leader Michael Scherotter with “[Excitement] about the prospect of integrating analytics with Silverlight.”

About 15-20 vendors were contacted, several making it in: ATInternetAnalytics (owned by AT Internet), ComscoreWebAnalytics (comScore, Inc.), GoogleAnalytics (Google), RuntimeIntelligenceAnalytics (PreEmptive Solutions), SitestatMeter (Nedstat), QuantcastAnalytics (Quantcast), GlanceGuideAnalytics (GlanceGuide), Telerik RadControls (Telerik) and ServiceOrientedAnalytics.

For now, the framework supports Silverlight 3, any support for Silverlight 4 being in the works. These include handlers for webcam and microphone access, printing, the Pivot Collection and elevated trust. The Redmond-based company isn't closing the door on other analytics providers, still accepting vendors for future releases.

As for real-time usage, the framework passed its fire test during the 2012 Vancouver Olympics covered by NBC. Michael Scherotter reported that the NBC video streaming platform was adapted to use tracking services from six analytics vendors. Present at MIX 2010, Alfonso Corretti, representative for Nedstat, also showed a case study and future implementation of the framework on RTL's video platform (Dutch television).

Microsoft Silverlight Analytics Framework is available for download here.

Sumber: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Silverlight-Analytics-Framework-Released-at-MIX-2010-137852.shtml

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Report Event : Kuliah Umum “Membangun Web Dinamis Menggunakan ASP .Net” di STMIK Banjarbaru

ferrykur — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Setelah minggu lalu Pak Suherman Ketua MUGI Banjarmasin bertandang ke Universitas Lambung Mangkurat untuk berbagi pengalaman tentang SQL Server 2008 disini, maka pada kesempatan hari ini tanggal 20 Maret 2010 saya ikut pula berbagi pengalaman di Kampus STMIK Banjarbaru. Materi yang saya bawakan bertajuk “Membangun Web Dinamis Menggunakan ASP .Net” dengan peserta kurang lebih 40 mahasiswa dimana acara ini berlangsung selama 2,5 jam.Terima Kasih ktak lupa kami ucapkan kepada seluruh jajaran dosen dan petinggi STMIK Banjarbaru yang telah memberikan waktu dan tempatnya.

Untuk selanjutnya minggu depan tepatnya tanggal 27 Maret di tempat yang sama, InsyaAllah akan diadakan lagi kuliah umum dengan judul “Membangun Aplikasi Berbasis Windows Mobile menggunakan Visual Studio .Net”. Untuk selanjutnya acara kuliah umum ini direncanakan nantinya akan dipresentasikan di hadapan para Dosen dan akan mengundang pembicara lainnya seperti Pak Reza Faisal dan Pak Suherman dari MUGI Banjarmasin. Mohon doa dan dukungan rekan-rekan komunitas semoga acara yang direncanakan nantinya dapat segera terwujud dan berjalan dengan lancar :) Amin. Berikut ini dokumentasi dari acara Kuliah Umum “Membangun Web Dinamis Menggunakan ASP .Net” :

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MIX 10 – Learn about oData

Risman Adnan Mattotorang — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:39:39 GMT

After the keynote session from Doug Purdy – there are two important sessions in MIX10 related to oData. Assuming that you already have the dData feed – Pablo Castro explained how you can consume and use oData services in his session. Cool demo using pre-built oData for MIX’s Sessions and Netflix. Prepare your Fiddler to learn what is oData.

Then you can follow the Mike' Flasko session that explained how you can create the oData using VS2010.

Enjoy those like I did :).

Cheers - RAM

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Design vs Development: Meet Microsoft Design Toolbox

Umi Fadilah — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:38:00 GMT

Seminggu belakangan ini saya jadi tiap hari mantengin Geeks Blog gara2 postingan beruntun Pak Risman tentang MIX10. I know!! Exciting huh? :) Salah satu yang cukup menarik perhatian saya adalah .toolbox. Kalo dulu jarang-jarang Microsoft memberi perhatian ekstra di bidang design, apalagi sampe bikin kuis berisi kurikulum belajar interaktif seperti ini.

Secara umum materi pembelajaran design dari Microsoft ini ide-idenya datang dari Robby Ingebretsen. Belum tahu dia siapa? Singkatnya, berdasar pidatonya saat MIX09 dia mengaku mantan employee Microsoft yang keluar sesaat setelah WPF di-launch, untuk mendirikan perusahaannya sendiri yang bernama “Pixel Lab”, which mostly do some major design & UX stuff. Dia juga yang membuat Kaxaml, sebuah editor XAML yang kompatibel dengan WPF maupun SIlverlight.

So yes, as he says, developer + designer IS possible:

A Little Brief about Microsoft Design Toolbox

Sekarang kita beranjak mendalami sedikit tentang .toolbox.

Sejauh ini menurut saya .toolbox menjadi cara paling cepat dan menyenangkan untuk belajar DESIGN dan DEVELOPMENT sekaligus. Jadi belajarnya bisa dua arah, yang pertama mengenalkan prinsip-prinsip desain ke developer, dan yang kedua sebaliknya: memberikan pemahaman fundamental (teknis) kepada designer tentang pengembangan aplikasi Silverlight di lingkungan Expression Blend. Hasilnya? Menurut saya, benar-benar efektif! Karena pada akhirnya yang sama-sama ingin dicapai adalah bagaimana supaya kolaborasi designer & developer bisa meningkatkan kadar user experience serta usability suatu produk/aplikasi :)

.toolbox terdiri dari 2 learning path: DESIGN SCENARIOS & DESIGN PRINCIPLES. Seperti yang sudah saya jelaskan sebelumnya, Design Scenario inilah yang berisi pertanyaan-pertanyaan trivia seputar pembuatan aplikasi Silverlight di Expression Studio. Sedangkan Design Principles berisi trivia seputar konsep fundamental design dari yang paling dasar seperti warna, komposisi, textur, sampai ke yang teori-teori design process, usability, interaction design, information architecture, business uX, dst.

Berasa mengulang kuliah IMK (Interaksi Manusia Komputer) kembali :D

Now, What Makes .toolbox Fun & Interesting?

Karena dikemas dalam bentuk game :) Siapa yang nggak suka game? Jauh lebih menarik ketimbang baca eBook atau slide presentasi sekalipun. Dan juga karena gambarnya lucu-lucu, hehe.. Memanfaatkan silverlight, proses kustomisasi avatar tiap pemain bisa jadi sangat menarik dan menyenangkan!

Mengenai sistem penilaian, dalam .toolbox tersedia badge-badge hasil pencapaian tiap kali berhasil melewati 1 dari 5 level yang tersedia di masing-masing path, baik Design Scenarios maupun Design Principles. Urutannya sebagai berikut: rookie > player > starter > captain > star.

Aturannya sangat sederhana:

1 level = 12 pertanyaan. Untuk level 1-4, Anda butuh 108 point dari keseluruhan 180. Sedangkan untuk level terakhir, level 5, kudu minimal meraih 180 point dari keseluruhan 300.

Kemudian kalo misalnya udah selesai 1 level yang sama dari kedua path, barulah path yang diagonal ke-“unlock”. Nah kalo udah komplit semua level (Total: 15!) kita akan dapat anugerah tertinggi yaitu ALL-STAR DESIGN :)

Sampai saat postingan ini diturunkan, dari kemaren baru sempet nyelesaiin path yang Design Scenarios. Entah kenapa nih yang Design Principles rada-rada susah untuk berhasil di first attempt, haha.. Pilihan & istilahnya membingungkan.. Ketahuan yang berangkatnya bukan dari jalur desain resmi :p

Selain kustomisasi avatar & sistem penilaian trivia yang bikin “ketagihan” saat bermain, kita bisa juga share status melalui Twitter maupun Facebook dan mengajak agar orang tertarik berkunjung dan ikutan main. See, this is the strength of social-network, you can even show n tell people that you’re having fun :)

Mari ramaikan peserta dari Indonesianya.

Cheers,

And enjoy the game! :)

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MIX 10 – Silverlight Analytic Framework

Risman Adnan Mattotorang — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:17:20 GMT

Event tracking in Silverlight applications is really important. For example in Agate Silverlight Games or e-Paper applications, we need an engine to provide a designer-oriented experience in Expression Blend for adding event tracking to Silverlight applications. Yes- I we need a designer-oriented experience (without writing codes) for the tracking feature. We also need this feature for out of browser (OOB) feature – because OOB supported by SL 3 and 4.

Microsoft Silverlight Analytic Framework is the answer for this. There are many web analytics services included in MSAF, as following:
- ContosoAnalytics: Sample service
- GoogleAnalytics: Google Analytics
- SitestatMeter: Nedstat Sitestat
- QuantcastAnalytics: Quantcast
- ServiceOrientedAnalytics: A vendor-neutral analytics service that supports HTTP GET and POST requests.

If you care about media streaming, the good news from MSAF is - it tracks a numbers of events in Silverlight Media Framework surfaces like:

AdCompleted
BufferingStatusChanged
DownloadBitrateChange
DownloadProgressChanged
FastForwardClicked
FullScreenChanged
InStreamDataError
JumpToLiveClicked
MarkerReached
MarkersSkipped
MarkerSkippedInto
MediaDied
MediaEnded
MediaFailed
MediaFailedRetry
MediaOpened
MediaRetrySucceeded
MuteClicked
NextChapterClicked
PlayControlClicked
PlayStateChanged
PlayVideo
PreviousChapterClicked
ReplayClicked
RewindClicked
ScrubCompleted
SlowMotionClicked
StatusTick
UnMuteClicked
VolumeLevelChanged
SmoothStreamingError
RetryAttempt

This is a great value of your smooth streaming application. Enjoy!

Cheers – RAM

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My Suzuki Katana ‘97 Will Run Windows Embedded (Preparation)

ferro — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:13:22 GMT

well sebagai mahasiswa , memiliki mobil sangat mendukung produktivitas, terutama di saat hujan seperti ini. kebetulan juga tahun lalu saya berhasil mendapatkan sebuah Embedded Device Via Artigo Board dari sebuah Kompetisi embedded development yang diadakan sebuah vendor software besar di Seattle sana .jadi setelah kompetisi selesai , sayang rasanya menganggurkan benda ini di lemari. maka ini akan menjadi duet maut antara Suzuki Katana saya di gambar bawah ini dengan Artigo Board.

Now, kembali membahas mobil, mobil katana tahun 97 ini adalah sebagai replacement dari Daihatsu Taft GT yang sudah uzur dan sering mangkir dari tugasnya dengan dalih mogok. dibeli di sebuah sudut kota di Bekasi sana dan kini ia menyusuri jalanan Jogja setiap hari. sekilas mobil ini nampak cukup oke , body masih mulus, AC dingin namun audio head unit yang masih berupa Cassete player cukup membuat malu, akhirnya , alih-alih pergi ke saloon modifikasi mobil , aku memutuskan untuk menghindari konsumtivitas dengan membangun sendiri sistem hiburan di mobil. how? ikuti terus Pimp My ride : Geeks Edition ini hehehe

apa yang kita butuhkan ?

di development environment , kita butuh =Visual Studio 2008 , Windows Embedded Studio , Windows Embedded Standard 2009 , USB FD 2.0

di Mobil kita butuh = mobil (ya dong), Power adapter ( buat catu daya dari Aki ke mini-PC) , Monitor LCD (idealnya ukuran 10 Inch, touch screen lebih bagus, jadi ga perlu bawa mouse ) , Embedded PC ( Via Artigo Board, pakai icop EBox juga bisa .. atur2 aja ) , kabel sound ( buat dihubungkan ke sound system mobil) , Sebuah USB Modem ( Biar Bisa Ngenet , baca email , nge tweet dan update status FB di mobil hehehe )

tentang Via Artigo dan Windows Embedded Standard

sebelum memulai hasta karya ini , mungkin temen2 geeks masih asing dengan embedded dev , oke saya akan coba jelaskan. jadi versi embedded yang saya pakai adalah Windows Embedded Standard 2009. benda apa ini ? gampangnya ini adalah windows XP yang di componentized untuk memenuhi syarat small footprint. jadi kalau kita beli XP tu kan dapetnya ya itu ,ga beda antara punya kita ama orang lain, kalau di embedded standard , kita bisa lepas komponen yang ga kita butuhkan dan bisa pasang komponen yang kita butuhkan aja, tools yang digunakan adalah embedded studio ( bukan Visual Studio OS Design seperti di Windows CE 6). di dalam embedded studio ini terdapat 3 bagian Utama

Component Designer = tiap penyusun OS disebut komponen dan komponen bisa berupa apa saja , driver component , application component dsb.
Component Database Manager = database SQL yang menyimpan semua komponen windows yang bisa kita masukkan ke OS design kita
Target Designer = kalau ini kita gunakan untuk menyusun komponen sehingga menjadi sebuah OS yang utuh.

Untuk station / PC mini yang saya pakai adalah Via Artigo , device ini menggunakan arsitektur X86 , cukup mumpuni untuk ukuran embedded PC , Clocknya saja 1 Ghz , dengan Memory 512MB dan harddisk 120GB !! ini yang aku suka, dengan harddisk segede itu .akan mampu menampung banyak media (Audio dan Video)

My requirements:

1. Bisa menyimpan dan memutar media ( Audio , Video )

2. Bisa connect internet ( via USB Modem ,saat ini modem SMART is the candidate, ada ide yang lebih bagus ?)

3. Main Game Mini ( Not Recommended while driving )

Development Phase

secara garis besar , development di embedded agak beda dengan software biasa, karena di embedded ada tahap tambahan , yaitu OS design building , jadi OS antar 1 embedded device dengan yang lain ga sama , setelah itu kita buat imagenya (Istilahnya kita bikin ISOnya) trus deploy ke media (CD,DVD,UFD) ,install OS nya. baru kita bikin aplikasi on top of OS windows custom yang kita buat . dalam kasus Embedded standard ini , fase nya bisa diilustrasikan seperti gambar berikut =

To Do

mengingat waktu –waktu akhir ini yang bentrok dengan Imagine Cup dan Semifinal Microsoft Spark contest 2010 , saya akan berusaha menyelesaikan ini dalam tempo yang sesingkat-singkatnya =) , secara garis besar , to do nya adalah Sbb=

1. Hunting dan Beli Monitor LCD second hand ( ada yang tau beli dimana yang murah ?? )

2. OS Design + Deployment ke Media + Instalasi ( Believe it or not, ini gampang banget , ga sesulit yang dibayangkan lho !)

3. Coding Aplikasi Embedded ( aplikasi ini akan berupa aplikasi pemutar media audio-video dan twitter client , untuk Facebook dan Cek email , pakai IE aja )

saya akan terus update progress ini di Geeks, dan ngebaca postingan yang panjang bisa bikin males, so cerita ini akan aku split dalam beberapa post , so stay tune for the next step. only in geeks !

Salam,

Ferro Ferizka | Microsoft Student Partner

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The Microsoft User Experience Kit Is Live

fantasista — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:12:00 GMT

Microsoft’s User Experience ecosystem is a universe complex enough for an overall perspective or deep insights to not easily come in handy. The Redmond company has worked to streamline efforts from what it calls technical and creative leads interested in taking a closer look at the relation between its UX collateral and the Microsoft “stack.” In this regard, the software giant announced the availability of the Microsoft User Experience Kit at SXSW.
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“The UX Kit is unique because while many technology-specific repositories exist, this is the first kit that helps ‘map’ the Microsoft ecosystem, technology, and tools stack to that of the user experience, agency, and creative world,” a member of the Silverlight team revealed.

The promise that comes with the kit is that the resource is capable of simplifying the understanding of the tools, technologies, and scenarios available to third-parties that leverage Microsoft’s User Experience ecosystem. Companies interested in a variety of scenarios from rich media delivery to content publishing, but also publisher advertising and additional media publishing, digital marketing, and campaign experience will be able to get insights from Microsoft via the dedicated UXKit website.

Microsoft even gave examples of three topics that could be explored in depth, such as “Building Immersive Multi-channel Solutions using Expression Studio” and “High fidelity and high Performing Desktop Touch Applications using Windows 7,” but also “Web Branding and Audience Targeting using SharePoint.” The Microsoft User Experience Kit Is Live offers companies videos, presentations, sample code, and additional resources to help them take advantage of the UX that comes with the company’s technology stack.

“Included in the UX Kit is a range of collateral and resources including: videos, reference implementations, sample code, live demos, installable tools, presentations, whitepapers and more. Featured technologies include Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows 7 Touch, Microsoft Surface, Windows Phone, SharePoint, Expression Studio, and Microsoft Advertising. Topics covered on the kit range from Rich Media Delivery using Silverlight and Deep Zoom to Multi-Channel Digital Marketing using Windows 7, SharePoint, Windows Phone, and Surface,” the Silverlight team representative added.

Sumber: http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Microsoft-User-Experience-Kit-Is-Live-137404.shtml

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Expression Blend 4 Beta Released

fantasista — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:05:00 GMT

As Microsoft’s alternative to Adobe Flash evolves, so does the development tools designed to assist developers in creating content for Silverlight. At MIX10, concomitantly with the unveiling of Silverlight 4 Release Candidate, the Redmond company also announced the availability of the first Beta for Expression Blend 4. At MIX10, the software giant emphasized the fact that Expression Blend 4 was designed to enable developers to build applications for the next version of Silverlight, which is scheduled to be released to web in April 2010.

In addition to being tailored to Silverlight 4, Expression Blend 4 also plays nice with Silverlight 3, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) 3.5 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and WPF 4. Developers can turn to Expression Blend 4 to build both websites and applications for Silverlight 3 and 4, and desktop apps for WPF 3.5 SP1 and WPF 4.

“Blend 4 now supports Silverlight 4 and WPF 4, and of course it works great together with VS 2010. As many customers still need to deliver SL3 (and of course, Windows Phone) or WPF 3.5 projects, Blend can now handle multi-targeting – which is the ability to target a project at either the current or the previous generation of the platforms,” Christian Schormann, responsible for product planning and definition of Expression Blend and Design, and for long-term product strategy of the Expression suite as a whole, revealed.

But, at the same time, Blend 4 expands beyond Silverlight and WPF, the tool allowing developers to create applications for Windows Phone 7 Series, according to Microsoft. But this is not the only evolution of Blend 4. SketchFlow, for example, was taken to the next stage, with the addition of new behavior.

Another change involves the extra flexibility introduced for the creation of layouts. Blend 4 is capable of translating drawings made by devs into custom layout panels, without requiring them to write a single line of code. “With the new PathListBox control, this is exactly what you do: You simply draw one or more curves or shapes, and Blend will layout elements or data along the geometry you created. A radial list box? Instead of writing a radial layout manager, just draw a circle. A spiral? Just draw it,” Schormann stated.

At the same time, Blend 4 brings to the table smooth layout morphing between layouts. This is done through a feature called Fluid Layout, which makes possible smooth transitions between layouts. In addition, the promise from Microsoft is that Blend 4 streamlines the process of building business applications, by simplifying the workflow between developers and designers, and that it introduces new transitions.

“In Blend 4, we’re adding transition effects that are applied during a state transition, just like transitions in a video editor,” Schormann explained. “Blend comes with a set of new shader effects specifically for transitions and you can also roll your own.”

Expression Blend 4 Beta is available for download here.

Silverlight 4 Release Candidate (RC) Build 4.0.50303.0 is available for download here.

Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP are available for download here.

Visual Studio 2010 Premium Release Candidate (RC) is available for download here.
Visual Studio 2010 Professional Release Candidate (RC) is available for download here.
Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Release Candidate (RC) is available for download here.

Sumber: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Expression-Blend-4-Beta-Released-137573.shtml

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jQuery JavaScript Library 1.4.1 Included in VS2010 and ASP.NET MVC 2

fantasista — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:58:00 GMT

Developers leveraging Microsoft’s development platform and tools have already been able to take advantage of the integration with jQuery JavaScript. If memory serves me correctly, at the end of 2008, Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President, .NET Developer Platform, announced that Microsoft would be shipping jQuery as an integral part of Visual Studio moving forward. Two years later, both Visual Studio 2010 and ASP.NET MVC 2 included jQuery JavaScript Library 1.4.1. Of course, now, the promise from the software giant is that it will work to do even more, essentially to actively support jQuery JavaScript Library development. google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);

“Guthrie announced Microsoft is taking a more active role participating in the open-source, community-driven development of the jQuery JavaScript Library,” stated Peter Galli, the Open Source Community Manager for Microsoft's Platform Strategy Group. “Microsoft will now work in concert with the jQuery JavaScript Library team to accelerate the creation of new features that make creating rich-web applications on any platform faster and easier.”

According to Galli, the work that Microsoft plans to do is designed to make sure that developers will be able to simplify the building of rich, JavaScript based client-side Internet applications. As a lightweight open source JavaScript library, jQuery has become a sweetheart with devs in a relative short amount of time.

“Gforward, the company also plans to assist in the development of both standards-based and ASP.NET based jQuery Plugins aimed to simplify interoperability between the two platforms, and Microsoft will now help make the jQuery JavaScript Library a primary development option on Windows,” Galli added.

Microsoft’s alignment with the evolution of jQuery fits perfectly into the patterns of the open source model. In this regard, devs will be able to not only provide their input, but also modify the materials added to the jQuery JavaScript Library by the Redmond-based company.

Sumber: http://news.softpedia.com/news/jQuery-JavaScript-Library-1-4-1-Included-in-VS2010-and-ASP-NET-MVC-2-137816.shtml

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Visualizing large code bases with Visual Studio 2010

wisnoe — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:18:00 GMT

Chris Lovett has just posted a *great* video on how to manage larger code bases with the new visualization tools in VS2010.

He shows techniques on how to use the “Custom…” dialog ( below ) to control how a DGML document is created as well as numerous techniques involving the cascading browser we call the “Architecture Explorer”, and layout strategies.

The video is 20 minutes that is highly leveraged, so please take the time and check it out! You’ll not only learn some great techniques on visualizing your larger code bases, but other little tips and tricks, such as hitting Ctrl-Alt-Shift-F12 twice inside Visual Studio will force the runtime to garbage collect! Great stuff!

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Expanding Your Code with Outlining

wisnoe — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:14:00 GMT

Versions Supported: 2008,2010

Keyboard Shortcut: CTRL + M, CTRL + M

Menu Command: Edit -> Outlining -> Toggle Outlining Expansion

Tip Code: vstipEdit0030

By default, Outlining is enabled in Visual Studio. When you encounter a collapsed area of code like this:

You can expand it again. There are three ways to do this:

1. Click on the plus sign to expand the area:

2. Click anywhere in the area to be expanded and hit CTRL + M, CTRL + M

3. Click anywhere in the area to be expanded and go to Edit -> Outlining -> Toggle Outlining Expansion on the Menu Bar

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Come On, Start to learn and Create Windows Phone 7 Application

Firstman — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:13:00 GMT

Tertarik dengan Windows Phone Development?

saat Ini telah tersedia Windows Phone Development Tool yang di beri nama Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP yang bisa di Download di Web Site Microsoft.

saat kita downlaod Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP, kita akan mendapatkan

Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone CTP,
Windows Phone Emulator CTP,
Silverlight for Windows Phone CTP,
XNA 4.0 Game Studio CTP.”

Semuanya Free, dan yang menarik adalah Developer Tool ini Sudah kompatibel secara exclusive dengan Visual Studio 2010 RC!!!

Bagi anda yang tertarik untuk mencobanya, Tool ini memerlukan Spec komputer sebagai berikut,

3 GB of free disk space pada system drive,
minimum 2 GB RAM
DirectX 10 atau later graphics card

Tidak hanya itu, Tersedia pula Portal Khusus Bagi Developer Windows Phone 7 yang menyediakan banyak source code untuk membantu kita mempelajari bagaimana membuat aplikasi diatas Windows Phone 7 ini

Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP bisa di download disini.

Windows Phone Developer Portal bisa di baca disini
Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Release Candidate (RC) bisa di download Disini.

saya sendiri sedang mendownloadnya, agak lama karena 290mb :)

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FYI: DotNetNuke 5.3.0 Released

Rossi Gelar — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:31:00 GMT

Good news... Great news... etc.

For DotNetNuke lovers, DotNetNuke 5.3.0 is released yesterday at 16 March 2010. Theres plenty of Major Highlights and few New features in this DotNetNuke development release.

The New features are :

Templated User Profiles - User profile pages are now publicly viewable
Photo field in User Profile - Users can upload a photo to their profile
User Messaging - Users can send direct messages to other system users
Search Engine Sitemap Provider - The sitemap now allows module admins to plugin sitemap logic for individual modules.
Taxonomy Manager - Administrators can create hierarchical category lists that can be shared and used across modules

You can read more about this release in Joe Brinkman blogs (couple of issues is described there). And you can download DotNetNuke 5.3.0 at Codeplex.

Do not hesitate to download and trying this new release

Hopefully helpful.

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MIX 10 – Orchard Project

Risman Adnan Mattotorang — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:14:23 GMT

Small group of developers at Microsoft doing Open Source CMS project called Orchard. Orchard aimed at delivering applications and reusable components on the ASP.NET platform. Orchard will create shared components for building ASP.NET applications and extensions, and specific applications that leverage these components to meet the needs of end-users, scripters, and developers. Additionally, we seek to create partnerships with existing application authors to help them achieve their goals. Orchard is delivered as part of the ASP.NET Open Source Gallery under the CodePlex Foundation. It is licensed under a New BSD license, which is approved by the OSI. It supports ASP.NET MVC, SQLite and SQL Server. Nice!

The good thing is – it has multi user blogs feature ready with Windows Live Writer. Go install it with Web Platform Installer with this guidance and enjoy it.

Cheers - RAM

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Integrating IE8 Web Slices into others Web Framework

ridi — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:47:46 GMT

Developing a web slices? cool we also do that… Have you ever install the web slices, the green icon is diplayed in the html markup BUT you get a notification like this… “ Error, this document is not support by the web slices” When this problems occurs you are using a base framework like Umbraco/CS/DNN you are using ‘single page display’ for your web slices and your web is xhtml 1.1 compatible Well doing a research and trial error… and found the problem is because my framework always generated the...(read more)

Silverlight For Symbian? YES IT CAN

Firstman — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:41:00 GMT

Trend Technologi sedang menuju Mobile Era, sekarang Sudah Benar2 terjadi, dimulai dengan munculnya Gebrakan dari Apple berupa Iphone dan iPad, ada juga blackberry, kemudian Google Dengan Androidnya dan yang paling Gress adalah Berita Tentang Windows Phone 7.

Tapi ada yang menarik dari MIX 10 di Vegas Kemarin, di beritakan bahwa microsoft sudah memberi brief tentang Versi Beta untuk Silverlight for Symbian, menarik bukan? Symbian yang tertanam dalam Handset nokia adalah salah satu Handset yang paling banyak di gunakan di negri kita Indonesia. Opportunitity bagi Mobile developer tentunya sangat2 terbuka.

berikuta adalah Deskripsi dari Tool Ini :

“The installable executable file enables users to run Silverlight applications on the Nokia S60 5th Edition platform. The executable file includes the Silverlight runtime for Nokia S60 5th Edition devices, the Silverlight runtime for Nokia S60 5th Edition emulator, sample applications, and developer documentation.”

dan Deskrip dari Silverlight For Symbian

“The installable executable enables user to run Silverlight applications on the Nokia S60 5th Edition platform.”

Aplikasi Silverlight for Symbian bisa kita gunakan untuk Nokia S60 5th Edition devices seperti Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 dan Nokia N97 Mini

Silverlight For Symbian Resources

Silahkan dowload Silverlight dan Tool pada link di bawah ini.

Kita bisa membangun Aplikasi Silverlight-based untuk devices dengan menggunakan Expression Blend 2 (free trial version), Visual Web Developer 2008 Express with SP1, Atau Visual Studio 2008 SP1 with Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1. dan tak lupa Visual Studio 2010.

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Emulating site that browsed through IE8 to always run as IE7

ridi — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:34:26 GMT

Have you ever have a complicated designer..who don’t have idea to make his design compatible with IE8..? He already refix the CSS do the master pages recode but still don’t have idea to make it works in IE8 machine. Well the root problem might be the CSS :) do the CSS clean check here If you already show the validation idea and the designer still experience the issue … that the developer need to runs his finger by adding this statement in the master pages. Here is a sample HTML Code block...(read more)

The “Sand Box” of Windows Virtual PC

ridi — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:25:38 GMT

Are you developer who borns to learn :) ? if yes..you might know that develop/configure in Virtual PC is just fun..you can install everything without messing the host system, you can do the installation, learning a set tools, testing the betas, and product testing in clean system. Furthermore, you can deploy the virtual PC files (VHD) right away as a virtualization computer in Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V. However we know that almost server system software is running in x64 system. If you want...(read more)

MIX 10 – Recorded Sessions + Slides

Risman Adnan Mattotorang — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:30:50 GMT

For you who want to learn from MIX10 but can’t attend to Mandalay Bay in Vegas – Microsoft provides a handy “all-in-one” list of MIX10 session recordings that are available to download and watch on-demand. While we commit to publishing the highest quality video of a session within 24 hours of its completion, it often takes many hours to encode, edit, and upload each video before it becomes available. So, if the session you’re looking for isn't here, be sure to check back later. Each session will be offered as a high-quality WMV, a regular quality WMV, and as a MP4 file for mobile devices. For most sessions, the PowerPoint deck will also be provided.

Check out and enjoy it here: http://live.visitmix.com/Videos

Cheers – RAM

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MIX 10 – Toolbox SL and Expression Curriculum

Risman Adnan Mattotorang — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:21:54 GMT

I’m excited to announce .toolbox for Indonesian designers and developers! One stop online training to learn Silverlight and Expression Studio.

.toolbox is a free online training program where designers and developers can learn to create Silverlight applications using Expression Studio and to apply basic UX concepts to their solutions. .toolbox provides fun integrated environment that takes an individual from a level 100 to 400 understanding of using the design aspects of Silverlight and Expression. .toolbox is a structured curriculum-based program that features two core learning tracks with materials that increase in difficulty to build individuals’ knowledge and understanding. In Design Scenarios, designers and developers learn to create dynamically-rich Silverlight applications using Expression Studio. They learn to add code-free functionality to designs by following step-by-step tutorials that illustrate how to create interactive user experiences. In Design Principles, designers and developers learn fundamental UX concepts (e.g., choosing the right colors) along with tips in how to apply them. Badges are earned and accumulated in both tracks upon successful completion of the evaluation found at the end of each level.

What Next for You : Explore .toolbox and tell others about it

a)    Go to .toolbox and sign up using your Windows Live ID
b)    Visit the School section and explore the curriculum.
c)    Select a module, watch the videos, and follow along using the provided guide and assets.
d)    Take the evaluation for a completed level to achieve a badge.
e)    Broadcast your achievements by posting to Twitter and Facebook.

Cheers - RAM

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MIX 10 – Silverlight Media Framework

Risman Adnan Mattotorang — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:15:04 GMT

Creating Silverlight video player for progressive download and smooth streaming – sometime is not simple task. Instead of doing that from ground up – you may take a look on SMF project in CodePlex. SMF is built on a proven code base with dozens of leading Smooth Streaming deployments, including Wimbledon, Sunday Night Football on NBCSports, the UEFA Super Cup on Canal+, Roland Garros and the Tour de France on France Télévisions and many others and by providing developers with source code they can more easily build these experiences for their deployments. Key features in the framework include DVR, rewind, alternate language tracks, in-stream data feeds and analytics tracking. The SMF is designed for future third-party extensibility and component modularity, as well as support for other media delivery scenarios beyond Smooth Streaming.

Below is the architecture diagram of SMF, go here for How Do I videos on to use SMF : http://smf.codeplex.com/

Enjoy more here: www.mediaevangelism.com

Silverlight Installation and Logging Framework (SILF)

Silverlight install issues

Alex Zambelli's Blog - lots of Silverlight and Media goodness.

Silverlight Introduction and for developers

IIS Media Framework

Offbeatmammal - very random

Cheers – RAM

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