I had a lot of fun preparing for and presenting on Silverlight 2 at the Utah .NET User Group the other night.  It was a great evening.  Thanks to all that come out to participate and help bolster the .NET development community. :)

I arrived to PDC 2008 (Professional Developers Conference) in Los Angeles, California yesterday and I can honestly say that the women have it lucky in one regard: no bathroom lines. :)

Today I had the opportunity to attend a great pre-conference session/workshop on Silverlight 2.0, presented by Jeff Prosise (pronounced Pro-sice) of Wintellect.

Having done s fair amount of Silverlight 1.0 development, I've been long awaiting the release of version 2.0 and with good reason.  Version 2.0 builds on a great platform and adds a slew of new capabilities.  These new features have long been touted, but I simply haven't had the chance to dive into them until RTM what with my day-to-day responsibilities.  These include some built-in support for Buttons, TextBoxes, ComboBoxes, ListBoxes, and Calendar controls to name just a few.  Additionally, you have one-time, one-way, and duplex databinding.  A nicely featured threading model and networking stack.

I'm looking forward to putting together a presentation of my own for the Utah .NET User Group on this very topic.  Stay tuned!