Dr. Dobb's Silverlight FlipBook: We're Releasing the Source Code

By now, you've probably seen the Dr. Dobb's FlipBook -- the special digital edition we created using Microsoft's Silverlight. I have to admit, it's pretty cool -- video, audio, graphics, text. You name it. Of course, the first thing you probably thought was that there is way too much Erickson, stuttering and stammering his way into the world of RIA. Oh well, my mother liked it.

But in the spirit of Dr. Dobb's Journal, we're taking another step with FlipBook -- we're releasing the complete source code for the application. And let me tell you -- that a lot of JavaScript, PHP, XAML, and the like. Since FlipBook was built within Visual Studio, so the usual suspects do apply.

Lucky for you, what we didn't include was the video files of yours truly and the audio podcasts. Not only would that have really bulked up the download, but who wants more of me (other than Mom, of course, and she says I've been pushing the envelope there)? Only the text articles remain. So what you have is essentially a framework for building your own FlipBook-like applications. And when you do so, I'd love to hear -- and see -- what you come up with. So when the time is right, keep us in mind. Of course, you might end up using only snippets of the overall code, or just reading the code to understand how the thing works. That's okay too. Let me know.

To download the source code, all you have to do is go to www.ddjsilverlight.com/flipbook/ and click the appropriate button. Have fun, learn, and enjoy. This is the fun part of the project.

-- Jonathan Erickson
jerickson@ddj.com

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