Silverlightplooza! It’s a wrap!

Posted on June 22, 2010 by

I had a great time over the weekend teaching and working with folks from all over South Central at our first ever Silverlightpalooza!  This two-day event was a combination instructor-led introduction to Silverlight, WP7, Blend and RIA Services and hands-on instructor-led-labs + code-a-thon.  Space was limited to 50 people to make sure we had enough mentors at the event to help people during their coding time with any question they had or to help them work through any issues that came up. My job was to give a Silverlight Development 101 session and help proctor the labs for 50 very excited attendees. Most had little to no Silverlight or WP7 development experience, so they were really starting from scratch when it came to XAML, Blend, Data Binding, etc.

At the end of the 2 days, there were several very interesting projects made during the weekend, including a live-camera feed WP7 application for horse shows, the beginnings of a Silverlight 4-powered tank game, and a WP7 controller for a Roovio Robot!  All in all, the projects were very well done considering the amount of time folks had to work on them, and all said that they were committed to completing their applications as soon as possible.

Everyone in attendance agreed that the weekend went off without a hitch – the instructors and mentors were well prepared, the attendees were excited, the food was great and the time was a total blast!  Teresa Burger did an amazing job of getting everything organized, as well as showing us all a thing or two about how truly powerful Expression Blend has become.

I can’t wait for the next one!

For more information about Silverlightpalooza, check out the web site at http://silverlightpalooza.dynamitesilverlight.com/. Teresa has added some posts on the individual development projects, and (hopefully soon) some pictures – or links to pictures – from the event.

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