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Flexible layout on Steriods

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:00:55 GMT

In this article I show how to use the SizeTemplateControl to create very powerful and flexible layouts in WPF!

The power of ICommand

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:31:26 GMT

In this article we have a look at some custom implementations of the ICommand in WPF

Announcing TeamCity.CodeBetter.com

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:31:02 GMT

CodeBetter - in collaboration with JetBrains, IdeaVine, and Devlicio.us - is proud to announce the launch of TeamCity.CodeBetter.com - a continuous integration server farm for open source projects. JetBrains is generously supporting our community efforts by funding the monthly costs of the server farm and providing a TeamCity Enterprise license. Volunteers from CodeBetter, IdeaVine, and Devlicio.us are administering the servers and setting up OSS projects on the build grid.

Understand closures with JavaScript

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:46:04 GMT

Closures are a programming concept that can be a bit intimidating but it shouldn't be this way. Hopefully this short article can clarify how that works and how to avoid problems when using it.

UX patterns vs UI patterns

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:50:36 GMT

Distinction between UX and UI

An Essential Tip for Working With XAML

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:56:08 GMT

This is actually a couple of great tips for XAML editing in Visual Studio.

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

WPF-BASICS: Loading large datasets

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:16:14 GMT

a article on how and when your should load large datasets in WPF. Constructor vs Loaded event, UI thread vs background thread, etc

HOWTO: Create vector based backgrounds in WPF

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:01:02 GMT

A example of how to create a vector-based background followed by a tip on how to increase the performance of this background...

PhotoSuru released!!!

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:16:05 GMT

PhotoSure, a photo-viewing application created by the WPF team is finally released! This is a excellent example of how rich client applications should look!!!

On Oxite

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:58:32 GMT

Excellent comments from Glen Block on Oxite, great quote: "...if you want to develop something that will be useful to the community as guidance, don't built it behind closed doors, build it WITH the community. Don't tell them it's good guidance, let THEM tell you."

When Should I Write Tests?

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:46:03 GMT

The definitive answer to a question that comes up all the time...

Programming Asp.Net MVC by O'Reilly

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:16:07 GMT

Well, it is about time we (Tim, Chris and myself) actually made this announcement. We will be doing a MVC book with O'Reilly titled 'Programming MVC'. We are super excited and super pumped to get this out the door. All three of us are huge fans of the MVC framework and know that this is framework going to be smashing success.

Update on Silverlight 2 - and a glimpse of Silverlight 3

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:16:21 GMT

ScottGu unveils the plans for Silverlight 3, shipping next year

Testing is hard but debugging just sucks A$$

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:31:02 GMT

"At the users group I asked the question to the group 'who creates automated tests as part of their daily development cycle?'. After I asked this question I followed it up with, and if you don't WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY...... Below are some of the answers I received (btw, not the first time I have heard these reasons)."

Unit Testing Change Notification

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 05:33:50 GMT

Simplifying the way I assert change notification for properties in unit tests.

WPF Themes Released

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:16:05 GMT

A collection of 8 free themes to be used in WPF!

NHibernate Profiler: A guided tour

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:01:31 GMT

Ayende provides an introduction to his upcoming tools for analyzing NHibernate usage.

Crazy Talk: Reducing ORM Friction

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:01:12 GMT

Let's get this out of the way: I know you're going to think I'm nuts as you read this. You may "pfft" to what you're about to read - know that I know you're "pfft"-ing me. All I ask is that you consider what I'm about to suggest...

Ian talks about L2S Being killed

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:16:13 GMT

great post from Ian on the choice of EF over L2S decision from Microsoft.

Boy Scout Check-ins

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:16:02 GMT

How to leave your code campground cleaner than you found it.

Microsoft kills Linq to SQL

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:01:13 GMT

Ayende (aka Oren) expresses disbelief at Microsoft's decision to effectively kill off LINQ to SQL.

5 Things I didn't know about Blend

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:13:43 GMT

Some cool things I learned about Expression Blend

Show me the detail

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:08:47 GMT

A example of how to show more details of the current selected item in a DataGrid using the WPF Toolkit!

Frame-based Bitmap Animations in Silverlight

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:47:32 GMT

A quick tip for those who are animation with raster graphics in Silverlight.