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.NET
5 Apr 2011   Updated: 5 Apr 2011   Rating: 4.82/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.30
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A Silverlight Developer’s look at TFS 2010 Remote Hosting
Desktop Programming
WPF
31 Jul 2011   Updated: 31 Jul 2011   Rating: 4.86/5    Votes: 13   Popularity: 5.25
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A look at the new Surface SDK 2.0 that was recently released by Microsoft
XAML
5 Aug 2011   Updated: 5 Aug 2011   Rating: 4.71/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.25
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A look at how to communicate between two local Silverlight Applications
7 Sep 2011   Updated: 7 Sep 2011   Rating: 2.50/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 0.75
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A look at how to get started working with the Silverlight 5 RC
12 Sep 2011   Updated: 12 Sep 2011   Rating: 4.82/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.37
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A look at how to get started working with P/Invoke in the Silverlight 5 RC.
23 Sep 2011   Updated: 23 Sep 2011   Rating: 4.83/5    Votes: 7   Popularity: 4.08
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A look at how to enable Frame Rate Counter for XAML Applications in Windows 8
1 Nov 2011   Updated: 1 Nov 2011   Rating: 4.63/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.23
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A look at how to add an Application Bar to your XAML Metro applications.
Mobile Apps
Windows Phone 7
31 Aug 2011   Updated: 31 Aug 2011   Rating: 4.92/5    Votes: 11   Popularity: 5.12
Licence: CPOL    Views: 22,600     Bookmarked: 25   Downloaded: 0
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A look at how to update the Application Tile Information in Windows Phone 7 Mango
3 Sep 2011   Updated: 3 Sep 2011   Rating: 4.78/5    Votes: 9   Popularity: 4.56
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A look at how to extract a SQL CE DB from Isolated Storage in Windows Phone 7 Mango
22 Feb 2011   Updated: 22 Feb 2011   Rating: 4.46/5    Votes: 8   Popularity: 4.03
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This article describes how to attach a command to the Windows Phone 7 Application Bar.
14 Feb 2011   Updated: 11 Mar 2011   Rating: 4.97/5    Votes: 10   Popularity: 4.97
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A look at the new Windows Phone 7 controls by Coding4Fun
22 Mar 2011   Updated: 22 Mar 2011   Rating: 4.85/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.39
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Easy way to add Analytics to your Windows Phone 7 App with Preemptive Solutions
Programming Languages
C#
6 Jan 2011   Updated: 6 Jan 2011   Rating: 4.55/5    Votes: 11   Popularity: 4.74
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This article describes how to prevent your Silverlight XAP file from caching in your browser.
11 Mar 2011   Updated: 11 Mar 2011   Rating: 4.90/5    Votes: 6   Popularity: 3.82
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Here is an easy way to profile your Silverlight Applications after installing Visual Studio 2010 Service Pack 1
24 Sep 2011   Updated: 24 Sep 2011   Rating: 4.82/5    Votes: 4   Popularity: 2.90
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A look at how to download all of the Build Videos using Juice or PowerShell
Silverlight
21 Jan 2011   Updated: 21 Jan 2011   Rating: 4.71/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.25
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We will explore if a Silverlight application must end in .XAP.
Web Development
7 Aug 2011   Updated: 7 Aug 2011   Rating: 4.76/5    Votes: 8   Popularity: 4.30
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A look at how easy it is to use the “Copy XAML” feature in Expression Design to create HTML5 SVG Path Data
HTML
7 Oct 2011   Updated: 7 Oct 2011   Rating: 4.71/5    Votes: 7   Popularity: 3.98
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A look at how to enable Frame Rate Counter for HTML Applications in Windows 8
HTML5
1 Aug 2012   Updated: 1 Aug 2012   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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Showing the AppBar for HTML Metro Applications in Design Mode using Blend for Visual Studio 2012.

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All Topics
23 Nov 2010   Updated: 23 Nov 2010   Rating: 4.91/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.34
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Here are some tips/tricks for Silverlight developers
24 Dec 2010   Updated: 24 Dec 2010   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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Part 4 of a series of blog posts that get right to the point and is aimed specifically at Silverlight Developers.
22 Nov 2010   Updated: 22 Nov 2010   Rating: 0.00/5    Votes: 0   Popularity: 0.00
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Visual Studio Async CTP for the rest of us…
Mobile Apps
Windows Phone 7
22 Nov 2010   Updated: 22 Nov 2010   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 5   Popularity: 3.49
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How to submit a Windows Phone 7 Application to the market
5 Feb 2011   Updated: 6 Feb 2011   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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Quick run through of the WP7 Developer Tools January 2011
MVVM
18 Apr 2013   Updated: 18 Apr 2013   Rating: 0.00/5    Votes: 0   Popularity: 0.00
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I hear this question a lot.. Should I use code-behind or MVVM in my application? What are the pros/cons of each and can you show me a simple example of how a Command works?
Operating Systems
Windows 7
8 Mar 2011   Updated: 8 Mar 2011   Rating: 0.00/5    Votes: 0   Popularity: 0.00
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Taking a look at the Mindscape Phone Elements for WP7
Programming Languages
C#
29 Nov 2010   Updated: 29 Nov 2010   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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Tips/Tricks for Silverlight Developers
13 Dec 2010   Updated: 13 Dec 2010   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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Part 3 of 4 : Tips/Tricks for Silverlight Developers
VBScript
4 Jan 2011   Updated: 4 Jan 2011   Rating: 4.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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I have read a few Silverlight 4/Expression books in 2010 and decided to post the “best of” collection.
Silverlight
4 Jan 2011   Updated: 4 Jan 2011   Rating: 0.00/5    Votes: 0   Popularity: 0.00
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A better way to organize your Silverlight Code Snippets
17 Jan 2011   Updated: 17 Jan 2011   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.39
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Ten things I would say if I were in a Silverlight focus group
Silverlight5
6 Dec 2010   Updated: 6 Dec 2010   Rating: 4.00/5    Votes: 1   Popularity: 0.00
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What's new in Silverlight 5
Web Development
HTML
22 Nov 2010   Updated: 22 Nov 2010   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 1.51
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Customize the Silverlight Installation Experience in about 15 Minutes
22 Nov 2010   Updated: 6 Jan 2011   Rating: 4.88/5    Votes: 37   Popularity: 7.65
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Here is a list of 15 things I've discovered about Silverlight

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Mobile Apps
Windows Phone 7
16 Mar 2011   Updated: 20 Mar 2011   Rating: 5.00/5    Votes: 3   Popularity: 2.39
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This article will show you a tip/trick to help your ad display properly.
Silverlight
14 Apr 2011   Updated: 14 Apr 2011   Rating: 3.00/5    Votes: 2   Popularity: 0.90
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Silverlight 5 enables support for multi-click input on left and right mouse button

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Software Developer (Senior) Telerik
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Michael Crump is a Silverlight MVP and MCPD that has been involved with computers in one way or another for as long as he can remember, but started professionally in 2002. After spending years working as a systems administrator/tech support analyst, Michael branched out and started developing internal utilities that automated repetitive tasks and freed up full-time employees. From there, he was offered a job working at McKesson corporation and has been working with some form of .NET and VB/C# since 2003.

He has worked at Fortune 500 companies where he gained experience in embedded systems design and software development to systems administration and database programming, and everything in between.

His primary focus right now is developing healthcare software solutions using Microsoft .NET technologies. He prefers building infrastructure components, reusable shared libraries and helping companies define, develop and automate process standards and guidelines.

You can read his blog at: MichaelCrump.net or follow him on Twitter at @mbcrump.