Louis-Philippe Pinsonneault

Expression Blend for Developers at TechDays 2009 Montreal – Part 2 – Creating Glass Effect

lppinson — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:45:33 GMT

For the second part i will show you how to create some glass effect. Just as a reminder i’m not a graphic artist, i’m .NET Developer. As you can see Expression Blend allow any developer to improve the design without the help of a graphic artist or images...(read more)

Expression Blend for Developers at TechDays 2009 Montreal – Part 1 – Using gradient

lppinson — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:24:42 GMT

Two week ago i presented a session on Expression Blend for developers. I had a great time presenting (even if i had some issues remembering my slides). But what was interesting wasn’t the slides but the demos. So today i will show you some tips and tricks...(read more)

Samedi.NET was a huge success

lppinson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:22:18 GMT

This Saturday the .NET Montreal User Group presented a full day of presentation on Silverlight. The main topic of the day was “How to build a business application with Silverlight”. There was more people than we expect to have on a Saturday (more than...(read more)

Reporting and Printing within Silverlight 3.0

lppinson — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:49:36 GMT

Since a couple of week i was looking for way to create reports within Silverlight or generate printable version of the content of the Silverlight application. I found some solutions (with the help of Dominic Sévigny ). As a reminder, Silverlight doesn't...(read more)

New version of the AJAX Toolkit

lppinson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:16:30 GMT

Yesterday a new release of the AJAX Toolkit was release. What’s new in that release? There is 2 new controls: Seadragon - Seadragon enables you to pan, zoom, and make an image full screen. You can use it, for example, to display interactive product pictures...(read more)

Montreal User group (Special Event in french)

lppinson — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:10:00 GMT

On October 24th, there will be a special training event on Silverlight. I’m very please to be part of the event as a presenter. My presentation will focus on Expression Blend. Here is the complete schedule (in french): Intro (15 min) Design du prototype...(read more)

Introduction to XAML

lppinson — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:15:00 GMT

This morning while i was reading my RSS feed, i seen something interesting for anyone who want to start developing in Silverlight or WPF. Microsoft Learning have just released a new course "Introduction to XAML" which is free. To activate the...(read more)

Silverlight 3 and Expression Blend 3

lppinson — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:08:00 GMT

Today is a big day for Silverlight. The version 3 of Silverlight is now in RTW (Release To Web) and have been released. http://silverlight.net/GetStarted And Expression Blend 3 is now in Release Candidate. This release also include the long awaited feature...(read more)

Microsoft TechDays Canada 2009

lppinson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:56:47 GMT

Save the date: Microsoft TechDays Canada will have its second edition in 2009 and is coming back to Montreal on December 2, 3. For others cities/dates go to: www.techdays.ca...(read more)

My Code Camp Presentation

lppinson — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:54:58 GMT

Saturday, i did my presentation at the Montréal Code Camp. I’m very proud of myself. This was my first time as a speaker. My presentation focus on some advanced features of Expression Blend. I tried to show the feature available in Blend 3 based on my...(read more)

Code Camp Montreal – May 30th 2009

lppinson — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:57:31 GMT

I’m proud to announce that I've been selected to present a session at the Code Camp Montreal on May 30th 2009. My session will focus on the advanced feature of Expression Blend. I will present some of the new feature of Expression Blend 3 (which should...(read more)

How to retrieve a DLL from the GAC

lppinson — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:33:21 GMT

Sometime we have some question that we don’t get the answer right away. This one was one of them. I often ask myself “How to get a DLL from the GAC?”, and i didn’t really search for the answer because i was able to retrieve the DLL from another location...(read more)

MIX 09: Review Day 3

lppinson — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 20:48:19 GMT

The last day of the MIX 09, was interesting and also a little bit frustrating, because i had to left Las Vegas :) But i will always remember the good i had there with my friend Laurent Duveau. Session #1 – Consuming Web Services...(read more)

Silverlight 3 training now available in Montréal for the first time!

lppinson — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:08:34 GMT

Be ready for the next version of Silverlight! Laurent Duveau as announced that he will give a french Silverlight 3 training at the end of this month in Montreal, Qc . http://weblogs.asp.net/lduveau/archive/2009/04/03/the-very-first-silverlight-3-training...(read more)

MIX 09: Review Day 2

lppinson — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:41:56 GMT

The second day was more about the tools like Expression Blend and Expression Web. Those tools are now part of the toolbox of any web developer or designer. The feature that attract more my attention are the SuperPreview from Expression Web (this allow...(read more)