Episode 26: Laurent Bugnion on WPF and Silverlight

Jon talks to Laurent Bugnion about WPF and Silverlight. Laurent's an expert on WPF and Silverlight, and is the author of Silverlight 2 Unleashed. Topics

Differences between WPF and Silverlight
Thoughts on Silverlight offline
Model-View-ViewModel pattern and applications in Blend
WPF Disciples mailing list
Why use WPF instead of Winforms
Non-visual benefits of WPF and Silverlight
Benefits of the XAML format
Silverlight's VisualStateManager compared to WPF triggers
Laurent's experiences writing Silverlight 2 Unleashed

Links

Laurent Bugnion's blog
Post about Model-View-ViewModel
Laurent's demo application on design mode virtualization
Silverlight 2 Unleashed on Amazon

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