Don Xml's Grok This

	Xamlon Rocks! The guys at Xamlon release a new beta of their XAML rendering engine for .Net 1.1 and it is absolutely incredible.   Adam Kinney has a great clock example on his blog, and Kevin Lindsey published a knowledge base article on how to use the XamlPad application to convert Illustrator CS files (as SVG) to XAML. The new beta also features VS.Net 2k3 integration (designing forms with XAML), declarative 3-D support, great declarative coding samples, and a simple XAML editor. I’ve got to hand it to Paul Colton and his staff (Kevin, Adam, and Ingo Muschenetz), they have done a great job.  If you want to see what all the XAML hype is about, but can’t wait for Longhorn, definitely check this out.  I’ll have to dedicate some time and create some more examples.  I wonder who is going to finish the XAML based Solitaire game first, Chris Sells or the Xamlon guys? Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Published Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:40 PM by donxml Filed under: .Net, WPF (aka Avalon) Comment Notification If you would like to receive an email when updates are made to this post, please register here Subscribe to this post's comments using RSS Comments TrackBack said: August 25, 2004 12:46 PM TrackBack said: Via Don:Wow, the Xamlon stuff looks really good. I still know very little about it , but it's got my... August 25, 2004 10:52 PM TrackBack said: August 27, 2004 3:32 PM Lawrence (Larry) C. Bell said: I tried to use Xamlon while I was creating my own software. I found that it put a big orange X on my buttons. I didn't like that. I suppose it could be better now. It did have some other cool GUIs. I like to use Mobiforms Corona Browser to display the GUI from my code. It doesn't mess with the buttons. I am pleased to offer a text editor that can be used to create XAML files. I created the program as a part of my senior project for my BS degree. It is still a work in progress but works. It can be downloaded from http://lcbell4.tripod.com/SeniorProject/Senior_Project_XAML_Editor.htm For any comments about the software just send me an email. Users of my software are encouraged to make a donation for the software as listed on my web site and in the software. Lawrence (Larry) C. Bell softwareman4life@yahoo.com September 8, 2005 11:54 PM

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I’m an independent consultant, specializing in .Net solutions architecture, based out of New Jersey who also doubles as an evangelist for XML, Domain Driven Design, enterprise architecture and .Net. I do not work for Microsoft, the W3C or any other big company that you may know of (at least not yet). I’ve been an indie for over ten years, and although I’ve been tempted a couple times to take a job with companies like Microsoft, I’ve haven’t found something better than my current situation. I work mostly with the large pharmaceuticals that are based here in New Jersey, and usually find myself on long term contracts. Definitely not the prototypical indie consultant, but it lets me dedicate time to my non-income generating activities like the developer community stuff, plus financing open source projects like XPathmania and MVP-XML. If you would like to talk to me about doing some contract work, just contact me via the contact page. My rates vary widely, depending on lots of different variables, but mostly distance from Jersey, and type of work. Plus, I’ve been known to donate some of my code for various projects.