Andry’s getting started guides round up

Andry, CTO of Intersoft Solutions, has been extensively blogging this week to bring you complete getting started guides with the next Intersoft Presenter and data source controls for Silverlight 2. This blog post is to round it up in for easier understanding and discoverability.

For those who haven’t downloaded Feb’09 CTP of Intersoft Presenter, please visit http://www.intersoftpt.com/ctp/ to obtain yours now. Please keep in mind that Microsoft Expression Blend 2 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1 with Silverlight 2.0 client are required.

• Get Started: Intersoft February 2009 CTP for Silverlight

  This is the most basic getting started. It shows you how to run the sample so you can have a quick overview on what this CTP version of Intersoft Presenter and data source controls are capable of.

• Data Binding to Silverlight Data Bound Control using Intersoft Data Source™

  With Intersoft AstoriaDataSource, you can cut down your lengthy databinding codes elegantly. Andry’s is showing you how to bind native Silverlight controls, such as: data grid, list box, and combo box.

• Performing CRUD to Silverlight Data Grid using Intersoft Data Source™

  this is more or less the next episode after successfully binding Silverlight data bound controls via AstoriaDataSource. Andry is showing you how to perform CRUD operations which rely on the two-way data binding concept in Silverlight.

• Intersoft Presenter™ Codeless Data Binding

  With Intersoft Presenter and Intersoft data source controls for Silverlight, you can deliver world-class data presentation in just a minute.

• Extending Intersoft Presenter™ through IDataPresenter

  One of the key features of Intersoft Presenter is the highly extensible view. This means you can create your own data view and implement it into Intersoft Presenter while at the same time maintaining all functionalities. This step-by-step tutorial will guide you to implement your own custom view into Intersoft Presenter.

• Performing Child Data Retrieval using Intersoft DataSource™

  Intersoft datasource controls are truly a powerful datasource. This blogpost shows you one of its capability to easily fetched child data in Silverlight.

• Virtual Scroll™ implementation in Intersoft Presenter™

  One of the serious limitation in almost any data grids for Silverlight is the scrolling capability, especially when you have a rich column with lots of fancy images and information. VirtualScroll™ is the definitive answer. You can also try this feature in our CTP demo site.

• Behind The Scene: Astoria Data Source Control

  A special blogpost to uncover the AstoriaDataSource control and a quick step-by-step tutorial for configuring it.

Please enjoy the special Feb’09 CTP release. If you ever have any specific questions, feedback, comment, or just want to drop a few words, please visit Andry’s blog at http://ansoesil.wordpress.com

Best regards,

Jemmy.