Hi folks!  Just a super-quick note: in the last week, I’ve updated most of my old samples (it should be everything except for the one from my PDC talk – that one is a fair amount more work due to breaking changes in RIA Services since the Silverlight 4 Beta) that were build on the Silverlight 4 Beta and RC.

In addition, if you are commenting on a post here and need to post some code (in particular XAML), take note that my commenting system automatically strips out XML tags, so XAML’s a no-go.  I’ve just added a plugin for my blog that allows you to use a “[code][/code]” tag to mark a section of your comment as code, and it will be monospace-formatted with XML tags converted for display.  Hopefully this will clear up some issues people have had with commenting in the past!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hiya, folks!  Welcome to my brand new blog.  My name is David Eitan Poll, and I’m a recent addition to the Application Framework (AppFx) Program Management (PM) team.  I’m a Southern California native, and until my move up to Redmond, I called the O.C. my home.  After high school, I scurried up to the Bay Area to work toward a degree (or two) in Computer Science at UC Berkeley (Go Bears!).  Between years at Berkeley, I continued my trek up the west coast to Redmond to do not just one, but two PM internships with my current team.

Well, now I’m back in full force, and I’m excited to be sharing my blog with you, “the public”.  I’m thrilled to be working on Silverlight – there’s lots to be excited about.  On the eve of MIX ‘09 in Vegas, there will doubtless be plenty to talk about when it comes to Silverlight and business applications.

In the meantime, I’ll leave you with an obligatory snippet of Silverlight XAML:

<UserControl x:Class="SimpleApplication.MainPage"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Width="400" Height="300">
    <Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot" Background="White">
        <TextBlock Text="The David says: Hello World!"
                   HorizontalAlignment="Center"
                   VerticalAlignment="Center" />
    </Grid>
</UserControl>

Ok, it doesn’t do much, but it’s an opportunity to post a first snippet on my blog.  Don’t be mad!

Happy trails – I’ll see you soon!