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Design Calendar in Expression Blend 4

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Step 1 Open  Expression Blend 4  -> select  Silverlight-Application  -> select  Silverlight-Application  -> change  Name and Location  accordingly -> hit  OK. Step 2 Select  Assets  -> select  Shapes  -> select  Rectangle,  draw an rectangle, manage the  width & height, background color, margin  and  shadow-effect  as shown below:  Step 3 Select  Text-Box  from the  Toolbox , enter a  Month-Name  according to your choice to the  left  of the rectangle shape and  2008  to the  right  of the rectangle shape, manage the  width & height, font family  and  font size  as shown below:  Step 4 Select  Assets  -> select  Shapes  -> select  Ellipse , draw an  ellipse  as the Handler for the calendar, manage the  width & heigh...

Introducing Xamarin - A REST API based HackerNews application that works on iOS, Android and Windows Phone

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Abstract:  This article introduces Xamarin and demonstrated how to create a C# REST API based application that can run on all the major platforms - iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Windows Phone The past 5-7 years has been extremely interesting in the mobile world, especially considering the release of iPhones, Androids and Windows Phones. There has been a lot going on in the mobile spectrum even outside these three different brands. These three in particular share something though; they’re all easy to create applications for. This is of course subjective, it’s easier for some than for others, but if we compare the way we create native mobile applications for these three different platforms to what we saw 10 years ago; this is easier. This article is published from the  DotNetCurry .NET Magazine – A Free High Quality Digital Magazine for .NET professionals  published once every two months.  Subscribe to this eMagazine for Free  and get access to hundreds of ...