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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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Displaying Webcam Preview in a Metro App Using WinRT and XAML
Author: Filip Skakun
Date Added: 20120126

I was looking at the controls available in WinRT () and I’ve stumbled upon this control called – CaptureElement.

31 Weeks of Windows Phone Metro Design | #4 Hub & Spoke Navigation Model
Author: Arturo Toledo
Date Added: 20120126

Today we begin our preparation to get ourselves ready to define the Information Architecture (IA) for our app.

Blend Tutorial Part 2: Create the Project—Memory Game
Author: Christian Schormann and Pam Keesey
Date Added: 20120126

This tutorial includes the HTML and JavaScript code for the Memory game project.

Hello ObservableVector, goodbye ObservableCollection
Author: Diederik Krols
Date Added: 20120126

WinRT, the new Windows 8 runtime for Metro applications, introduces a new interface for collection change notification. IObservableVector<T>

Silverlight RichTextBox Scrolling Problem
Author: Asim Sajjad
Date Added: 20120126

When assigning value to the RichTextBox and there is larger text and vertical scrolling of the control display then it will scroll to bottom instead of scroll bar to top which need to fix

Part 50 - Windows Phone 7 - ColorPicker
Author: Sumit Dutta
Date Added: 20120126

In this article we will discuss how to make color picker using System.Windows.Media.Colors.

Yet Another Podcast #57–Kendo UI
Author: Jesse Liberty
Date Added: 20120126

I spoke with Burke Holland, Kendo UI Evangelist, and Todd Anglin, VP of HTML5ToddAnglin Tools for Telerik about their new platform for creating HTML5/JQuery applications: Kendo UI.

Video: Getting Started with Jounce MVVM and MEF for Silverlight 5
Author: Jeremy Likness
Date Added: 20120126

I created a quick video to help you get started with using Jounce

A mesmerizing burst of circles (Silverlight 5 & XNA)
Author: Jose Fajardo
Date Added: 20120126

Let’s give some love to Silverlight and in particular Silverlight 5’s 3DApi, which happens to be XNA.

Share Status and Link on Socials in Windows Phone
Author: Vikram Pendse
Date Added: 20120126

Today I am going to talk about 2 set of Tasks and how to use them effectively available with new Windows Phone SDK

Silverlight Windows Authentication (the Prism way
Author: Roy Dallal
Date Added: 20120126

Implementing Silverlight Windows Authentication using regular WCF services (and the problems I had using RIA)

Dynamic Theme Switching in Silverlight Prism App
Author: goldytech
Date Added: 20120126

In this post I explain you how to do dynamic theme switching in the prism application

Working with Prism 4 Part 3: Composite Command and Pub/Sub Events
Author: Brian Noyes
Date Added: 20120126

In this article, you will see how to define multiple modules that can communicate with each other through a combination of CompositeCommands and Prism events.

PivotViewer Basics : Basic Item Adorners
Author: Tony Champion
Date Added: 20120126

Continuing with the PivotViewer Basics series, this post looks at creating simplistic item adorners.

Databinding to an enumeration in WinRT
Author: Diederik Krols
Date Added: 20120122

This article demonstrates how to databind a radiobutton to an enumeration element, in a WinRT Metro application

Make image visible on both white and black background theme color on Windows Phone
Author: Igor
Date Added: 20120122

The interesting problem in Windows Phone development is how to make your png images visible on both black and white background

Using Different Edit Screens Based on Record Types (Table Inheritance)
Author: Beth Massi
Date Added: 20120122

I had a reader ask a question this week on how to use Visual Studio LightSwitch to open different Edit Detail screens based on the “type” of record.

Blend Tutorial Part 1: Design Your First Metro Style App with JavaScript, HTML5, CSS
Author: Christian Schormann and Pam Keesey
Date Added: 20120122

this tutorial series can help you get started with basic design tasks in Blend 5 for Windows Developer Preview.

Code to Share Status or Links on Social Media sites in Windows Phone
Author: Dhananjay Kumar
Date Added: 20120122

While creating application for Windows Phone you may come across requirement to share certain message from your application on social media sites configured on user device.

Silverlight RichTextBox Control For Beginners
Author: Asim Sajjad
Date Added: 20120122

Need to use the RichTextBox control of the Silverlight 4 and need ways to bind the RichTextBox control to the view model properties?

Part 49 - Windows Phone 7 - ExpanderView
Author: Sumit Dutta
Date Added: 20120122

In this article I will discuss about the ExpanderView crontrol in Window Phone 7

Silverlight Toolkit ToggleSwitch Databinding Bug
Author: Andy Wigley
Date Added: 20120122

Have you got a weird bug where a ToggleSwitch that has its IsChecked property databound to a bool or a bool? property of a ViewModel doesn’t always seem to display the correct ON or OFF value?

The Full Stack, Part 14: Taking a look at MVVM with John Papa
Author: Jesse Liberty
Date Added: 20120122

Jon and Jesse decide to start on a new application, so they begin with a discussion with John Papa to make sure they've got the MVVM part figured out.

Jounce 2.0 MVVM with MEF for Silverlight 5 Released
Author: Jeremy Likness
Date Added: 20120122

I'm pleased to announce the official release of Jounce 2.0 for Silverlight 5

“Metro Done Right” according to my tweeps
Author: András Velvárt
Date Added: 20120122

I turned to the wisdom of my Twitter followers, and asked them: “What Windows Phone 7 apps should I show an aspiring designer who wants to see examples of “Metro done right”?

Eloquent JavaScript - A Modern Introduction to Programming
Author: Marijn Haverbeke
Date Added: 20120122

Eloquent JavaScript is a book providing an introduction to the JavaScript programming language and programming in general.

A LightSwitch Web Installer Wizard
Author: Michael Washington
Date Added: 20120122

LightSwitch creates a normal ASP.NET application that launces a Silverlight application, so it is possible to package in a way that allows a person to simply FTP it to a server, and then run a wizard through their web browser to configure it. This method is used by applications such as DotNetNuke and ADefHelpDesk for years.

Modern Web Development - Part 2
Author: Shawn Wildermuth
Date Added: 20120120

in architecting what I needed to build, I wanted to adhere to the idea that there was common code and there was view-specific code

Windows Phone 7.5 - Using advanced tiles API
Author: Andrea Boschin
Date Added: 20120120

in OS7.5, the tiles gained new features and a new set of APIs that you can use to enrich your applications

WP7 PhoneGap Backbutton Support Re-visited
Author: Colin Eberhardt
Date Added: 20120120

Whilst PhoneGap makes the packaging of HTML / JavaScript / CSS and images into a breeze, one thing it doesn’t do is provide correct back-button support

How to host a Silverlight Application using JavaScript
Author: Kunal Chowdhury
Date Added: 20120120

In many cases we need to dynamically add the Silverlight application inside a webpage. In this post, we will learn the process to host it using JavaScript.

WinRT Quick Tip #1: Get the Constructor for a Type
Author: Jay Kimble
Date Added: 20120119

I ran into this on the Win8 Developer’s Preview.

How to Use the ConnectionSettings Task for Windows Phone
Author: Dhananjay Kumar
Date Added: 20120119

ConnectionSettings Task allows user to set and adjust device network settings.

New Videos Uploaded
Author: Jesse Liberty
Date Added: 20120119

I’ve recently uploaded a number of new Videos in the Windows Phone 7.5 video series.

Getting Started with Windows Azure
Author: Scott Guthrie
Date Added: 20120119

This is the second in a series of posts I’m doing on Windows Azure – which is Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Platform.

How to get the Tapped Item in a MultiselectList control
Author: WindowsPhoneGeek
Date Added: 20120119

In this article I am going to talk about how to get a reference to the item that has been tapped in a MultiselectList

metro colors for photoshop
Author: Timmy Kokke
Date Added: 20120119

I did some designing for a Windows Phone 7 App this week. I wanted to test some graphics using the accent colors. I’ve saved the color swatches I use.

Easing Functions in CSS3
Author: Kirupa Chinnathambi
Date Added: 20120119

In CSS3, by default, the property values change with a slight ease as they go from their start value to their end value

How to add Panorama to existing WP7 project
Author: Tianyu Zhang
Date Added: 20120119

While developing my latest WP7 app I came across the question how to add a Panorama to my existing WP7 project

Part 48 - Windows Phone 7 - pin to start by control
Author: Sumit Dutta
Date Added: 20120119

In this article I will discuss how to pin any application on Windows Phone 7 using button or any other control action

Windows Phone and PhoneGap - Article #11 - Make a Phone Call - Part 1
Author: Senthil Kumar B
Date Added: 20120119

In this blog post , i will show you a simple trick to make a phone call to a number using PhoneGap .