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Learning PRISM - 05/09/2008

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:31:45 GMT

A article about some of the basic building block making up PRISM. The first article covers unity... what is it, where is it used, ect.

XAML Power Toys

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:01:09 GMT

Karl has released a excellent add-in for Visual Studio called the XAML Power Toys

WPF in LOB

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:16:18 GMT

A link to 2 videos of LOB applications developed using WPF!!!

Disposing my crap

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:04:23 GMT

A simple example of how to use the best of both worlds... Finalize() and Dispose()

Silverlight 2 + WCF Service Deployment Issue

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:15:46 GMT

This blog shows how to fix a common deployment issue using silverlight 2 and a silverlight wcf enabled service

The WPF DataGrid is finally here

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:01:02 GMT

The CTP of the WPF DataGrid is finally released!!!

ConferencePlanner: Tech-ed South Africa 2008

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:43:11 GMT

A WPF based application that can be used to plan for a confrence (Like Tech-ed)

Cars SmashPack

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:46:54 GMT

How to create a very simple "SmashPack" for BabySmash

TuneTweeter

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:01:07 GMT

A simple WPF app with a simple goal - Monitor iTunes. Whenever the song iTunes is playing changes, post some information about that song to the user's Twitter account. Beta testers and suggestions welcome.

WPF Links 21 July 2008

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:46:02 GMT

A link list of the latest news on WPF of the last 2 weeks!

"Serialize" a DependencyObject

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:46:03 GMT

A short article on how to "serialize" a DependencyObject derived class

myHealth

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:18:30 GMT

myHealth is a new WPF based application I recently released on codeplex. This article discusses some of the things I learned while writting myHealt (Like DependencyObject vs INotifyPropertyChanged, etc)

Performance: IEnumerable<>.Sum

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:31:02 GMT

A article about the performance hit created by the IEnumerable<>.Sum extension method!!!

Protecting my intellectual property/XAML

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:19:50 GMT

How to use Lutz Roeder's Reflector to view a applications BAML/XAML and how to protect these files

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Br0ke my LINQ-to-SQL

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:46:02 GMT

A article on how VS 2008 SP1 broke my LINQ-to-SQL (And how to fix it again)

Your own WPF PropertyGrid control in a couple of hours

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:14:42 GMT

An excellent article on how to create your own PropertyGrid

My WPF Build Environment

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:16:04 GMT

A article on how I setup my build environment for easy WPF application development

Scrolling Performance in WPF

Fri, 23 May 2008 17:01:02 GMT

A article showing some of the enhancements made in .NET SP1 relating to scrolling, including recycling and deferred scrolling!

Using Binding.StringFormat

Mon, 19 May 2008 14:01:04 GMT

.NET 3.5 SP1 added a new StringFormat to the Binding object... This article shows how to use it!

WPF + ADO?

Mon, 05 May 2008 08:42:51 GMT

A very simple example of how to bind to ADO.NET disconnected data objects

Podder Skinning Competition

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:55:47 GMT

Josh Smith is hosting a awesome new competition... create a skin for his podder application!

Pimp my ListView

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:31:04 GMT

A detailed article on how to create a dat bound ListView, change its header and make it use alternating colors for each row!

Why WPF Rocks (Custom Layout Panel showcase)

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:16:08 GMT

This article discuss why WPF Layout model is great... The attached code of some of the best layout panels available on the net is also included (ie. FishEyePanel, FanPanel, TimelinePanel, AnimatingStackPanel, etc)!

Cool style themes for controls

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:32:51 GMT

A list of some free control themes available for silverlight and a example of converting these themes to be used in WPF!

The Code Project Articles Update

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:54:00 GMT

A update on some interesting Code Project articles relating to WPF recently released!