Check out the new WPF toolkit that was released today on WPF codeplex site . The new stuff: Chart Controls Bug fixes for common issues, including: - DataGrid.DeleteCommand requires a current cell (as reported here) - DataGridColumn DisplayIndex ArgumentOutOfRange exception (as reported here) - DatePicker IsEnabled=False does not gray out (as reported here) - DatePicker Enter, Escape, and Spacebar inputs do not correctly commit/cancel edits and close the popup - VSM steady state animations fail to...
Are you intrigued by multi touch? The Windows Engineering team just posted a great article on how Touch was implemented in Windows 7 and on how software developers can tap into this: http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2009/03/25/touching-windows-7.aspx#comments Check out these labs to find out how you can use Windows 7 touch with WPF 3.5 SP1: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsTouch This WPF 4.0 session from PDC shows you what you can expect next: http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/PC03/ ...
If you are interested in using MVVM (Model View ViewModel) design pattern for your applications you should definitely take a look at the screencasts made available on Josh's site . Implementing Model-View-ViewModel in WPF Implementing Model-View-ViewModel in Silverlight Implementing MVVM & Exploring UX Design Patterns
According to Inbar Gazit almost all of the System.Collection classes (and Queue<T>, Stack<T> from Generic) we be removed/obsolete starting from the next preview version of silverlight 1.1 (size considerations). Quote: The following types will be completely removed: ArrayList BitArray CaseInsensitiveComparer CaseInsensitiveHashCodeProvider CollectionBase Comparer CompatibleComparer DictionaryBase EmptyReadOnlyDictionaryInternal Hashtable IHashCodeProvider KeyValuePairs ListDictionaryInternal...