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Use Bing Maps SetView method with MVVM messaging on Windows Phone 7

Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:59:26 GMT

When you are developing on the Windows Phone 7 and want to use Bing Maps, you'll notice not everything is 100% MVVMable. On example is the use of the SetView method, here I explain a solution by using the MVVMLight messaging features.

Clientside charts with Asp.net MVC and jQuery through jqPlot

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:43:46 GMT

Create dynamic charts through use of Asp.Net MVC in combination with clientside jQuery and the charting plugin jqPlot.

Entity Framework - usage hurdles and tips

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:23:04 GMT

Some tips and tricks I found out when trying out the Entity Framework in a Winforms application.

Entity Framework - Some common hurdles

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:21:08 GMT

This is a post that tries to address some of the "issues" in the Entity Framework such as 'Eager Loading' and 'Change Tracking'

Generic Dijkstra's Algorithm

Wed, 14 May 2008 03:22:11 GMT

Through various projects, I've had to do some shortest-path finding in a connected graph. An efficient and straight-forward way to do this is using Dijkstra's Algorithm. While I've used the algorithm on several occasions, it's only now that I've rewritten it in generic form.

Serialize/Deserialize objects in .Net

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:04:47 GMT

It seems new members of a .Net class get set to Null when deserializing from an older binary version.

In depth: The ASP.NET MVC Pipeline

Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:46:02 GMT

Lots of technical details about the new ASP.NET MVC framework, with a comprehensive diagram of the whole pipeline. A great way to get to know the new framework.

Change default windows user through LCID

Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:53:33 GMT

Change the default windows xp ( or vista ) users regional settings through the use of a LCID code with .Net c# ! This default user is the template that gets used to create new users in Windows.

My new little friend, Enum<T>

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 13:16:01 GMT

Some description of a help class for working with Enumerations.

Clean .Net program install package through ILMerge

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 11:01:01 GMT

Get a nice small clean install base package of your software assemblies through use of ILMerge !

DateTime formatting the .Net way

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:13:04 GMT

Some weird 'thruths' about the DateTime formatting in .Net, that wouldn't actually seem obvious !

FolderSize for Windows

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:01:01 GMT

Folder Size for Windows adds a new column to the Details view in Windows Explorer. The new column shows not only the size of files, but also the size of folders. It keeps track of which folders you view, and scans them in the background so you can see complete size of all files within the folder. It's very useful for cleaning up your disk. Once you get used to having that information available, a directory listing simply looks incomplete without it!

Disable Theming and StyleSheet theme for one specific page in Asp.Net

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 07:52:53 GMT

Disable all layouting for one specific page, when using Theming in Asp.net 2.0