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SilverlightCream grew out of a series of blog posts of the same name to try to bring the best of the community Silverlight code to the forefront for developers.

This site is simply an aggregation of links and information about Silverlight applications, code, games, tutorials, or resources produced and hosted by others. The "Search" link on the left provides multiple options to search through the stored information.

If you're a developer and want to contribute your links to our database, please select the "Submit" link on the left and follow the instructions on that page.

As material is submitted (and moderated) I will post links and information about them based on submittals to this site.

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A convention-based data template selector for Windows 8 XAML Store apps
Author: Diederik Krols
Date Added: 20130507

This article describes how you can use naming conventions to hook a XAML Data Template to a ViewModel or a Model in a Windows 8 Store app

Windows 8 Access Forbidden
Author: Jason Farrell
Date Added: 20130507

“An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions 192.168.1.18:80”

Using the ProgressIndicator in the SystemTray in Windows Phone
Author: XAMLGeek
Date Added: 20130507

In many cases Windows Phone developers implement and place their own progress indicators in Windows Phone apps.

Development Tip – Dispatching calls to the UI thread
Author: Avi Pilosof
Date Added: 20130507

In Silverlight and WPF, if you wanted to update the UI from a thread you had launched, it was important that the UI update be executed on the UI thread

f.lux Better lighting...for your computer
Author: f.lux
Date Added: 20130507

During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn't be looking at the sun.

AutoCommand For MVVM – More tricks With Lambdas and CallerMemberName
Author: Anoop Madhusudanan
Date Added: 20130507

here is a may be useful, still crazy AutoCommand for your next basement MVVM application - See more at: http://www.amazedsaint.com/2013/03/autocommand-for-mvvm-more-tricks-with.html#sthash.RNv5hBWZ.dpuf

Solved: WWAHost.exe remote endpoint was not reachable error in JavaScript Windows Store App
Author: Dhananjay Kumar
Date Added: 20130507

While working I opened a JavaScript based Windows Store Application. When I tried to run application I got an exception,

FallFury – now available on Channel9 Coding4Fun and CodePlex
Author: Den Delimarsky
Date Added: 20130507

FallFury – a 2D game that was designed to demonstrate the capabilities of the Windows 8 (specifically, Windows Store) development platform when it comes to creating hybrid applications (C++/XAML/DirectX).

Odd Issue With Camera Preview on Surface RT
Author: Peter Foot
Date Added: 20130507

When directly integrating video capture in your Windows Store app you can use the MediaCapture class.

How Did Kevin Ashley Make $100K?
Author: Michael Palermo
Date Added: 20130507

Michael Palermo welcomes Kevin Ashley to the show as they discuss how Kevin has made over $100k on his Windows 8 apps

Disney Fairies: The evolution of hub screen box layout in Windows Store apps
Author: Pete Brown
Date Added: 20130507

A large number of apps in the Windows Store follow the "bunch of boxes in a GridView" approach to the hub screen. This can work in some cases, but I encourage developers and designers to move beyond that look, and consider either evolutions of it, or completely different approaches.

A Fluent Approach to Windows Store Tiles
Author: Jeremy Likness
Date Added: 20130507

I wanted to create a more straightforward and fluent method for defining and setting tiles.

Some useful async extension methods
Author: Nigel Sampson
Date Added: 20130507

inq is awesome, async / await is awesome, but combining them can be a little awkward

Introduction to Speech Capabilities in Windows Phone 8 – Part 2
Author: Vikram Pendse
Date Added: 20130507

Today I am going to demonstrate how we can leverage the SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) using Speech APIs in Windows Phone

Kinect Interaction with WPF Part II: Getting Started Easier
Author: András Velvárt
Date Added: 20130507

you can get started with your own Kinect project purely in Blend, without writing a single line of code

Windows 8 Live Tiles – take 2
Author: Alex Golesh
Date Added: 20130507

remember – the minimum timeslot with background permissions is 15 minutes

Oxygene & WP8 – Creating First Windows Phone 8 Project
Author: Senthil Kumar B
Date Added: 20130507

This blog post will demonstrate how to get started with the Windows Phone 8 development using Oxygene by creating a simple “Hello World” app.

Custom DataPager With PageSize DropDown – Silverlight
Author: Manas Patnak
Date Added: 20130506

Here in this post we will customize the Datapager control to have a Page Size Combo(Or Dropdown) ,which will have the options to change the page size dynamically based on the data source.

Setting up a Command (MVVM) in Windows Phone 8 Video Tutorial
Author: Michael Crump
Date Added: 20130506

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?

Widows 8: The Featured App Effect
Author: Andy Beaulieu
Date Added: 20130506

As you can imagine, having a featured app is a huge impact to the number of downloads and visibility of your app.

Introduction to Speech Capabilities in Windows Phone 8 – Part 1
Author: Vikram Pendse
Date Added: 20130506

oday let’s build a Hello World type App to understand TTS (Text To Speech) Capabilities.

Kinect Interactions with WPF - Part I: Getting Started
Author: András Velvárt
Date Added: 20130506

there are so many new and awesome stuff in it, that it should be called 2.0 :)

#wp8tip: Adapt images to different resolutions
Author: Andrea Boschin
Date Added: 20130506

it is really important to be able to support these new resolutions seamless, but it may be annoying when we have to deal with a number of images

Understanding The LightSwitch HTML Client
Author: Michael Washington
Date Added: 20130506

The Visual Studio LightSwitch HTML Client creates Single Page Applications.

Share charm stopped working while debugging Windows Store app?
Author: Andrej Tozon
Date Added: 20130506

Something went wrong with Share. Try again later.

Using the predefined buttons styles for the ApplicationBar in Windows 8
Author: Laurent Bugnion
Date Added: 20130506

The app bar button styles are defining not only the icon, but also the text that will be used for this button

Use PathIO in WinRt to simplify file access
Author: Walt Ritscher
Date Added: 20130506

How many times have you found a solution for a problem that seems overly complex... The PathIO class is just that

Enumerating Cameras and Camera Locations on Your Surface RT
Author: Jeff Prosise
Date Added: 20130506

It’s easy to enumerate camera devices in WinRT, but distinguishing between front-facing and back-facing cameras requires a little more work

Windows Phone 8 navigation part 2–routing, route details,tombstoning–and testing
Author: Joost van Schaik
Date Added: 20130506

we still have to honor the other two requirements – in needs to be testable and serializable so we can support tombstoning

Oxygene & WP8 – Setting up the Development Environment
Author: Senthil Kumar B
Date Added: 20130506

For the last few weeks, I have been trying out something interesting in Windows Phone 8 development . Yes, it’s the WP8 development using Oxygene for .NET ;)

Oxygene & WP8 – Introduction
Author: Senthil Kumar B
Date Added: 20130506

Currently, the developers can build the native Windows Phone 8 app using C# or Visual Basic .NET.

What’s New in Windows Phone 8 (8 out of 8)–Wallet
Author: Alex Golesh
Date Added: 20130506

Windows Phone 8 adds new interesting feature – the Wallet – which helps users to manage their virtual cards (membership, credit, debit), coupons and use them for in-app and real-world transactions. This post is dedicated to this new addition to Windows Phone 8

ValueConverters Intro: BoolToVisibility Converter
Author: Dave Campbell
Date Added: 20130505

I'm starting a XAML series here... this could be XAML stuff or it could be Silverlight, WPF, or Windows 8... point being it's probably going to all be C# and XAML.

Windows 8, Background Tasks and the ‘Noisy’ NetworkStatusChange Trigger
Author: Mike Taulty
Date Added: 20130505

There’s not, as far as I know, any way to register the app’s background tasks when the app is installed so if the app never got ran, I don’t think its background tasks could run

Building A Powerful Platform for Windows Store Mapping apps
Author: Morten Nielsen
Date Added: 20130505

When Microsoft announced WinRT at the Build conference in Anaheim, I instantly started researching and prototyping what this new platform could mean for the company I’m working for.

Testing your Windows Phone app – Part 1
Author: Craig Horsfield
Date Added: 20130505

Testing your app throughout the development process helps to ensure that your app has a high level of performance and quality

Ready to start developing for Windows 8?
Author: Jeremy Foster
Date Added: 20130505

Windows 8 development is not only a blast, but it can be very lucrative as well

Remote Debugging to your Surface Machine
Author: Daniel Egan
Date Added: 20130505

I thought I would do a post to show people how to do remote debugging to test it on their ARM device

Windows Store apps with XAML and HTML: Using Typescript in Windows Store apps
Author: Andrea Boschin
Date Added: 20130505

Windows Store apps can be written in Javascript so is it possible to use Typescript in this scenario. Unfortunately it is only partly true.

Develop a cutting edge app with NFC
Author: Priya Dandawate
Date Added: 20130505

Near Field Communication (NFC) is an emerging, short range wireless technology.

Windows 8 Store Applications Vs. WPF Applications
Author: Jesse Liberty
Date Added: 20130505

Today’s Windows Developer faces a crucial decision: whether to build for the new (shiny!) Windows 8 Store or to build for the Desktop

Windows Phone 8 navigation part 1–geocoding, tombstoning–and testing
Author: Joost van Schaik
Date Added: 20130505

After my post about reverse geocoding I set out to make a little app to demonstrate routing in Windows Phone 8

How to expose properties of a User Control in Windows Phone
Author: GeekChamp
Date Added: 20130505

In this article I am going to show several techniques you can use to expose properties of a User Control in Windows Phone.

How to use the Accelerometer in Windows 8 C#/XAML Applications
Author: Derik Whittaker
Date Added: 20130505

This post is part of a mulit-part posting series on how to use some of the onboard device sensors in Windows 8 applications

Windows 8 Game Kit updated with Settings Panel
Author: David Isbitski
Date Added: 20130505

I have updated the Win8GameKit with a quick and easy example of how to add a settings panel to your own games

Alignment Grid Overlay for Windows Phone Projects in Visual Studio 2012
Author: Senthil Kumar B
Date Added: 20130505

Alignment Grid Overlay for Windows Phone Projects in Visual Studio 2012

What’s New in Windows Phone 8 (7 out of 8)–In-App-Purchases
Author: Alex Golesh
Date Added: 20130505

This post dedicated to new monetization feature in Windows Phone 8 – In-App-Purchases (IAP).

Detect if the Debugger is attached via JavaScript in a Windows Store app
Author: Caio Proiete
Date Added: 20130505

There are some cases where we want a block of o code or function to be executed only when we are debugging

New Course: The Art of Public Speaking and Effective Presentations
Author: John Papa
Date Added: 20130504

Learn from John Papa how to best tell a story, engage the audience, leave them inspired.

All about Windows Store Live Tiles: Tile Properties
Author: GeekChamp
Date Added: 20130504

This is the third article from the "All about Windows Store Live Tiles" series of articles

Compressing and decompressing files in a Windows Store App with GZipStream class
Author: Iris Classon
Date Added: 20130504

I don’t know about you, but working with streams in WinRT has proven to be a challenge