I've just started a new project on CodePlex called Silverlight Contrib. The aim of this project is to offer the most comprehensive collection of free and open source Silverlight controls. The first drop is very small, but with support from the community, I hope to grow this collection into a full suite of controls that you can incorporate into your solutions.
Interesting in Contributing?
I really need your help for this project to succeed. I am currently seeking people that are interesting in working on the project with me. If you are interested in contributing or helping with the code base, please send me a message.
If you have a control that you would like to incorporate into Silverlight Contrib, please let me know. I am open to ideas for this project and I want community needs to drive this project as much as possible.
Feedback
Without your feedback, we are guessing. Is there a feature that you would like to see added to Silverlight? Please feel free to tell us your ideas, based on your input, we hope to incorporate these features into Silverlight Contrib for the world to use.
Current Release
The current release consists of controls that you may have already seen on my site in the past. I've compiled these into Silverlight Contrib as a starting point. I hope to continue to progressively improve these controls while adding new controls with each official release:
Future Ideas
I've compiled a short list of items that I was hoping to add to the project. These are just ideas, and may not be good or even possible, but I figure it is a start! What would you like to see in Silverlight Contrib?
- Wheel-Mouse Capture
- US Map Selector
- Upload Control
- Tree View
- Round Gauge
- Range Selector Control
- Progress Bar
- Pie Chart
- Password Box
- Number Up/Down Control
- Masked Text Box
- Logging
- Image Reflection Wrapper
- Save File Dialog Hack
- Drawing Brush
- Clock Control
- Clipboard Access
- Accordian Panel
- Common Effects Library
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
Brian Hitney
Topic: Introduction to ASP.NET MVC
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008, is the next meeting of the Pee Dee Area .NET User Group.
Brian Hitney will give us an introduction to ASP.NET MVC and how this affects the way you write ASP.NET applications. ASP.NET MVC is an alternative to the commonplace Web Forms framework. It helps to promote the following:
- Clear separation of concerns
- Testability - support for Test-Driven Development
- Fine-grained control over HTML and JavaScript
- Intuitive URLs
Brian Hitney
I graduated in mid 90's from Plattsburgh State University (New York) and have worked for major companies including Group W Network Services, Scholastic, Inc., and Coldwater Creek, Inc. Currently, I'm a developer evangelist (DE) for Microsoft, working in the Carolinas region. You can meet me at various locations around North and South Carolina, where I'll be interacting and presenting content to developers, communities, and companies. Prior to my DE role, I worked on a Windows Vista team in Redmond, Washington.
Blog: www.structuretoobig.com
Here is the tentative schedule:
6:00 PM - 6:20 PM Socializing / Free Dinner
6:20 PM - 6:30 PM Introduction, Sponsor Time, and News.
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Presentations
