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WPF Disciples

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:16:18 GMT

This post list all the WPF Disciples blogs and feeds for easy access. The webfeeds are also supplied as a OPML file for easy consumption into IE7 or outlook

Crack.NET - A runtime debugging and scripting tool for .NET

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:16:15 GMT

Crack.NET is a runtime debugging and scripting tool that gives you access to the internals of any .NET desktop application running on your computer. If you love Snoop and Mole for Visual Studio, you'll love Crack.NET, too. Crack.NET allows you to "walk" the managed heap of another .NET application, inspect all kinds of values on objects, and even manipulate those objects via IronPython scripts.

WPF: Binding a ConverterParameter value

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:09:52 GMT

It is a shame that ConverterParameter cannot have a Binding as a value.... Yet with some tricks you can actually do this.... Have look for yourself.....

Namescopes in WPF

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:31:24 GMT

This articles explains how Namescopes work and tips and tricks you can do with them....

WPF: Reducing CPU consumption for animations « C# Disciples

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:46:02 GMT

Lately I've been working on a project at work and the application was performing pretty well. The CPU Usage was below 2% and I was quite happy with it. Then I decided to add a simple animation that continues executing forever. the results 15% CPU consumption . I was amazed at how much CPU was being wasted. Yet I am a stubborn guy and if I want an animation to execute forever, I will do it no matter what..

Effects in .Net 3.5 SP1 for WPF « C# Disciples

Fri, 16 May 2008 06:26:45 GMT

Have you heard? The guys at Redmond impressed the world once again! .Net 3.5 SP1 is now Beta.. If you didn't already, I would suggest that you read this brilliant post from Tim Sneath to get more info on what's new in WPF. Today, I wanted to experiment a bit with the new Effects that were included in the SP1 Beta. These effects are the same as the BitmapEffects that were previously in WPF. One can also say that these are the replacement for the BitmapEffects. Why?

Debugging in WPF - WPF Disciples tips and tricks « WPF Disciples

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:46:02 GMT

It is proven that we software developers spend more time debugging than actually writing code. Guess what?!! WPF is no different. We have to debug and debug and debug! So the WPF Disciples decided to make a list of articles that can help WPF developers make the debugging process easier.

WPF Disciples in 3D « WPF Disciples

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:16:12 GMT

Welcome to the blog of the WPF Disciples group! This is the first post to our group's blog. Recently, Josh Smith posted on his blog about an application that displays the items of an ItemsControl in a 3D panel. You can check it out here.

Have you gotten Pixel8ed yet?

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:10:14 GMT

Infragistics has launched a really cool podcast called Pixel 8 that focuses on great UX.