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WPF Toolkit DataGrid Part IV: TemplateColumns and Row Grouping

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:57:55 GMT

This post is part of the WPF Toolkit DataGrid series. In this part we will have a look into more advanced concepts. First we will see how we can use the DataGridTemplateColumn to imitate the behavior of a DataGridComboBoxColumn and to show a small chart representing the age deviation from average for each player. We will then have a look on how we can group rows on our DataGrid using two separate methodologies.

The best way to learn new API's; TDD!

Mon, 04 May 2009 20:31:04 GMT

In this post I will tell you a story about how I used TDD (Test Driven Development) to learn new a new API, and how I successfully managed to accomplish my task before expected, and delivered 100% working code (no defects), even though I did something I've never done before - interested? I thought so ;)

Context Sensitive Help in WPF

Mon, 04 May 2009 16:01:15 GMT

Demonstrates how to provide context sensitive help through attached properties - simple and clear :-)

Download M-V-VM Project Template/Toolkit

Mon, 04 May 2009 17:31:02 GMT

Download M-V-VM Project Template/Toolkit today!!!!

Introduction to Mixins For the C# Developer

Fri, 01 May 2009 05:39:00 GMT

If you are a C# developer then you may keep hearing about all the cool kids from Smalltalk, Ruby, Python, Scala using these crazy things called mixins.

I Spose I'll Just Say It: You Should Learn MVC

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:31:21 GMT

I'm never shy about my opinion - why start now? I've been reading a lot of posts flying about on whether you should learn MVC, Summing up the differences so you can decide when to use it, I even found a post that offers a scorecard approach! I remember reading the latter post thinking to myself "how can you possibly put a number next to Testability? And why it is only 2 more points than "using a RAD designer"? Isn't this missing the entire point?

ASP.NET MVC and the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:46:14 GMT

Microsoft's Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is a .NET library (released on CodePlex) that enables greater re-use of application components. You can do this by dynamically composing your application based on a set of classes and methods that can be combined at runtime. Think of it like building an appliation that can host plugins, which in turn can also be composed of different plugins. Since examples say a thousand times more than text, let's go ahead with a sample leveraging MEF in an ASP.NET MVC web application.

jQuery Search box and Asp.net MVC

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:16:03 GMT

This is a simple tutorial on how to create a fancy search box, that has suggestions underneath the input box, and that also can do autocomplete.

5 Minute Tutorial on Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:01:04 GMT

A quick, to the point tutorial on exposing and consuming a plugin architecture created with MEF.

Database driven Asp.Net JQuery Tree

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:32:43 GMT

Asp.net implementation of the famous treeview from Bassistance.de

Walkthrough: full example of using MvcContrib grid w/jQuery datatable.

Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:46:02 GMT

How to create a grid layout in ASP.NET MVC using the MvcContrib extensions and jQuery.

Creating SOLID Code: Dependency Inversion Principle

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:01:04 GMT

Taking a look at how to create SOLID Code: Creating SOLID Code: Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP). This is a last episode in a series where we will take a look at each of the parts the SOLID Princi

To Inject Or Not To Inject

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:01:06 GMT

The benefits of Dependency Injection are very hard to see when only dealing with very simple examples. I tried to come up with an example that is simple enough to fit in a blog post, but is able to show the benefits of using Dependency Injection.

Mix 09 Quick Video Link List

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:01:20 GMT

Mix 09 Quick Video Link List in a format allowing easy search & download

David Kaneda On jQTouch The jQuery Plugin For iPhone Development

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:17:46 GMT

Many developers have found their answer to developing for the iPhone in the iUi framework. For those who are already well versed with jQuery, a jQuery based solution would be ideal. jQTouch comes to the rescue! To learn more about jQTouch and what it holds for developers, I hooked up with David Kaneda of Morfunk

New jQuery Plugin - ImageSwitch, amazing effect with simple code

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:58:22 GMT

ImageSwitch is a new jQuery plugin and this is one of my most favorite plug-ins. The main point of this plug-in is to make an easy-to-use, simple and fast plug-in to create effect when you switch between images. Minimize the arguments you need to input and still give you beautiful effects

Creating SOLID Code: Open/Closed Principle (OCP)

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:46:13 GMT

Taking a look at how to create SOLID Code: Creating SOLID Code: Open/Closed Principle (OCP). This is a second in a series where we will take a look at each of the parts the SOLID Principle

All New DSL's will be 2nd Class Citizens until at least 2018

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:14:21 GMT

Very soon we have to answer a very important set of questions. How do we use the language? Text Editor? Smarter tools such as Eclipse or Visual Studio? How does it integrate with other languages?

A New Look for Visual Studio 2010!

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 04:46:02 GMT

At the PDC and TechEd EMEA last year we described our new editor support built on the WPF technology in .NET Framework 4.0. Today I'm happy to reveal the new UI for Visual Studio, also built on WPF:

Some Common GroupBy Operations on List<> using LINQ

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:01:11 GMT

The 'GroupBy' feature in LINQ is amazing and very powerful. In this article, we will see some common GroupBy operations using LINQ

Yet another Singleton Yada-Yada

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:01:04 GMT

Using a static-constructor in a singleton, affects it's laziness. Here's a generic singleton that is thread-safe using a static-constructor, and still lazy.

Have you ever wondered why CodePlex is so slow?

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:31:21 GMT

Taking a look at one feature on CodePlex that is much slower than it needs to be, due to indiscriminate use of UpdatePanels and bloated ViewState, and then comparing it to similar functionality on Stack Overflow to illustrate how much more efficiently the same feature can be implemented.

WPF ICollectionViewExplained

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:31:23 GMT

Tips and tricks on ICollectionView for WPF Apps and how it can be used in M-V-VM

WPF Model - View - View-Model Screencast

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:46:09 GMT

A really helpful screencast from Jason Dolinger showing how to use the M-V-VM pattern in a simple WPF application. He starts off with the code that a Windows Forms developer might use and refactors it to M-V-VM. Also includes a demonstration of how it is nicely unit testable utilising Moq and how to use the Unity IoC container. 1 hour 30 mins long.

Creating a culture of quality: Part 1

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 21:00:28 GMT

Starting our new series from tech start-ups, Bob from Huddle explains how they tackle the challenge of maintaining high quality code, when the last thing developers want to do is test.