The date has been selected for the 2009 Raleigh Code Camp. It’s going to take place this year on Saturday September 15th in Raleigh, NC. The call for speakers is out, and you can submit your talks at www.codecamp.org for the event. We’re looking forward to another stellar event!

If you have never attended a Code Camp before, they are a free day of developer training put on by other developers. The speakers volunteer their time (and travel) to present on topics they are passionate about. With typically draw a number of MVP’s and other experts in a variety of topics areas. The cool things is that you don’t need to be a conference speaker or have some special title to speak, and in fact some of the best presentations I’ve seen are from people who are just passionate about their area of interest. The event is free, but you must register to attend. Attendee registration will begin in August.

On a side note, WPF MVVM Superstar Karl Shifflett is planning attend and may also be presenting a special version of his MVVM LOB training talk on Friday before. We’re looking at the interest and availability of venue right now. Karl’s an amazing and passionate WPF expert, and his talks have packed rooms across the country and around world. If you are interested in attending please let me know.

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Friday at a launch event host in San Francisco and streamed live around the world, Microsoft publically released Silverlight 3 and Expression 3. The event include on overview keynote highlighting some partner projects as well as deep dive silverlight training sessions. Much of the content is available at http://seethelight.com .

While Silverlight 2 made some steps providing a strong development foundation the brought .Net to the a multi-browser, multi-platform environment. In just 22 months since the launch of Silverlight 1, it’s remarkable to see where to platform is at. Silverlight 3 is polished, robust, and ready to change to web.

At the beginning of the launch event S. Somasegar, Senior VP of Microsoft’s Developer Division talked a bit about Microsoft’s role in creating a development platform and tools that “helps you build great software that you want to build, that your users want to use". there are over 6 million .Net developers around the world with the core skills and tools in place already to develop Silverlight applications.

In the next few days we’ll be seeing a lot of new Silverlight 3 projects released as developers move their projects to the latest bits. There are a few breaking changes from the public beta, so please be sure to read through the changes documents. 

The must read posts:

Silverlight 3 Released

Business Apps Example for Silverlight 3 RTM and .NET RIA Services July Update- Part 1- Navigation Basics

Silverlight 3 Released! What is new/changed?

Welcoming Silverlight 3 RTW

What Happened to the asp-Silverlight Control-

Shawn Wildermuth - Biggest Suprises in Silverlight 3

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The following arrived in the inbox tonight via MSDN Flash:

Microsoft Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 Launch
Microsoft Silverlight 3 and Expression 3 will be unveiled at a virtual launch event on July 10, 2009. Attend the event at www.seethelight.com on July 10 to watch the keynote sessions and see new in-depth sessions. Stroll through the customer and partner pavilions in the Exhibition Hall or stop by 'The Visual Kitchen' TV show and watch the chefs as they dish up digital designs and development entrees as part of this exclusively produced online experience.

Looking forward to Friday!!!

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