Recommendation: CODE Magazine

I recently got a renewal to CODE Magazine.  This great magazine has really good articles for developers, and the source code in the magazine is color-coded, just like it is in the Visual Studio editors.  They also have sample code available on their website that you can copy for projects as well.

In the most recent issue, Jan/Feb 2011, they have an interesting article by the publisher of the magazine, Markus Egger. The story covers the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight ListBox. In the article, Markus shows that by using styles and templates you can turn that ListBox into almost any representation of multiple items that you can imagine. It is really fascinating and something I think that every WPF/Silverlight developer should know. In fact, if you are still doing Windows Forms, and really needed convincing that it was time to switch to WPF, this should do it. 

Another recommended article for reference is Getting Started with Windows Phone 7 Development. 

- Leslie Koorhan, .NET Expert; MCT, MCSD (.NET), MCTS, MCDBA, MCPD LinkIn with Leslie