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WPF Elliptical Layout Control II - 3D Carousel anyone?

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:16:06 GMT

A follow up post to my elliptical layout control which takes it in to the third dimension. The result is a FrameworkElement derived control which takes a collection of UIElements as its content and internally wraps them in Viewport2DVisual3D objects, displaying them in a Viewport3DVisual. Using the elliptical layout code with a few enhancements we essentially have a 3D carousel control where the parameters used to define the imaginary layout ellipse are fully configurable. Source code and a demonstration app are included and free to use for whatever.

CodePlex launches support for TortoiseSVN

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:01:03 GMT

No longer do you need to host SvnBridge yourself, or use the Team Foundation Client or the CodePlex client. Now you can use your favorite SVN client and connect directly to your repository!

The Death of Software Engineering

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:31:03 GMT

Why software engineering is fading away.

Path to .NET 3.5 Developer Certification

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:31:05 GMT

If you are trying to figure out the new certification exams for Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) or Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist (MCTS) for .NET Framework 3.5 / Visual Studio 2008 then you may be interested in a diagram that I put together to helped me to visualize the path through the required certification exams.

13 reasons for UML's descent into darkness

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:01:03 GMT

UML lost the programmers. There is no doubt about it. in my mind. And when a software design technology loses the programmers it fades away no matter what the academia thinks. This happened because UML was pushed in a direction that most code writers don't like: it started to look a lot like bureaucratic paper work.

Using CSS to Do Anything: 50+ Creative Examples and Tutorials

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:31:03 GMT

"CSS can powerfully open the doors to a lot of rich and unique techniques. Today we are presenting a round-up of CSS coding, creative approaches and techniques."

.NET Runtime Embedding

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:01:08 GMT

Hi all, One interesting product, BoxedApp, can be used to pack .NET runtime with .NET application into a single exe. Instead of other solutions (Salamander), you will see which files are embbeded and how does it work at all, you will see the whole picture. BTW, I've tested it under my Win2k3 machine and it really works well...

Massive BlogEngine.Net Security Hole - Fix Provided

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:16:02 GMT

A massive security hole in BlogEngine.net was just revealed that allows anyone to see your passwords... Danny Douglass explains the issue and provides a patched BlogEngine.Core assembly to resolve the issue until the next release of BlogEngine is available.

WPF Disciples in 3D « WPF Disciples

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:16:12 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.

New features in the next BlogEngine.NET

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:46:02 GMT

Mads Kristensen describes many of the features coming in the next release of BlogEngine.net. "This is by far the biggest release in BlogEngine.NET history"

How DotNetKicks posts are being ripped off for other sites!

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:01:02 GMT

How posts from DotNetKicks are being copy-and-pasted wholesale into other sites. Is your hard work blogging just being stolen for other companies traffic?

13 Tips to Comment Your Code

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:31:02 GMT

Following are 13 tips on how to comment your source code so that it is easier to understand and maintain over time.

WPF Snippets

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:16:02 GMT

Links to 2 must have snippets if you develop WPF or Silverlight products!!!

Input Prompt support in WPF « C# Disciples

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:25:26 GMT

If you look at Vista User experience guide, one thing that is a must have is the Input Prompt. I think that this is very important to improve the user experience. Yet unfortunately this is not supported natively by WPF :( But don't worry because AvalonControlsLibrary is at the rescue

Write more empty lines! They will be read!

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:31:02 GMT

Using empty lines in source code may seem like a waste of precious screen space, but it's crucial to writing readable code.

AvalonControlsLibrary v2 has been released ! « C# Disciples

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:31:02 GMT

Finally I had some time to release the new version of AvalonControlsLibrary v2. This release includes - RangeSlider - All properties are now Dependency properties so that you can easily databind with. - RangeSlider - The RangeSelectedChanged event has been refactored into a Routed event. - DatePicker - Add a DateSelectedChanged routed event - TimePicker - Add a TimeSelectedChanged routed event - DateTimePicker (this will be the DatePicker and TimePicker joined) - DockableContainer (aka Docky- This is a brand new control which supports docking of element and undocking. While elements are un docked you can drag around the element :) Just like Blend Toolbars) - Bug Fixes Masked TextBox IsReadonly click here for more info

Italian ALT.NET miniconf: small in size, high in value

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:16:02 GMT

Yesterday there was the first ALT.NET meeting in Italy: here some impressions on it

.NET 3.5 Client Product Roadmap

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:01:02 GMT

Scott is introducing upcoming features of client part of .NET 3.5

.NET Framework Library Source Code now available

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:46:02 GMT

Scott Guthrie announces that the .NET framework source code can now accessed in Visual Studio

Inkscape to support XAML Export

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:07:38 GMT

The open source vector graphics tool Inkscape now supports export to XAML.

Extending the string object in c#

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:31:04 GMT

Four methods to extend your string, ToCamel(), Capitalize(), CapitalizeAll() and ToPascal().

Exists Vs. Count(*) - The battle never ends...

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:01:03 GMT

Exists Vs. Count(*) - The battle never ends... why you should use exists and not count(*)

Uninstalling Previous Versions of Visual Studio 2008

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:31:06 GMT

Here are the instructions to follow before you install Visual Studio 2008 RTM.

Decorator Design Pattern

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:46:02 GMT

One of the beautiful patterns in GOF's (Gang Of Four) bucket is a Decorator Pattern. The purpose of Decorator pattern is to add extended functionality to the class without making any change in it. The blog describes architecture and has sample which shows pattern in work.

LINQ To Sql tutorial Series By Scott Guthrie (Pdf Book Format)

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:16:02 GMT

Scott Guthrie's great 'LINQ To Sql' tutorial series in PDF book format.