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Thriple - a library of 3D WPF components

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:08:23 GMT

A CodePlex project by Josh Smith that contains 3D WPF components.

WPF ICollectionViewExplained

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:31:23 GMT

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

Silverlight: Live Mesh Integration, Surviving the Olympics and Futures

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:12:46 GMT

Scott Guthrie and Craig Shoemaker take some time out of PDC 2008 to discuss Silverlight and highlights from the keynote address. Scott shares about current-day Silverlight integrations with Live Mesh, living through the Olympics and what might be expected from Silverlight in the future.

Crack.NET - A runtime debugging and scripting tool for .NET

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:16:15 GMT

Crack.NET is a runtime debugging and scripting tool that gives you access to the internals of any .NET desktop application running on your computer. If you love Snoop and Mole for Visual Studio, you'll love Crack.NET, too. Crack.NET allows you to "walk" the managed heap of another .NET application, inspect all kinds of values on objects, and even manipulate those objects via IronPython scripts.

Tool: Crack.NET

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:31:02 GMT

Introducing : Crack.NET

WPF: Binding a ConverterParameter value

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:09:52 GMT

It is a shame that ConverterParameter cannot have a Binding as a value.... Yet with some tricks you can actually do this.... Have look for yourself.....

WPF: Reducing CPU consumption for animations « C# Disciples

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:46:02 GMT

Lately I've been working on a project at work and the application was performing pretty well. The CPU Usage was below 2% and I was quite happy with it. Then I decided to add a simple animation that continues executing forever. the results 15% CPU consumption . I was amazed at how much CPU was being wasted. Yet I am a stubborn guy and if I want an animation to execute forever, I will do it no matter what..

Debugging in WPF - WPF Disciples tips and tricks « WPF Disciples

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:46:02 GMT

It is proven that we software developers spend more time debugging than actually writing code. Guess what?!! WPF is no different. We have to debug and debug and debug! So the WPF Disciples decided to make a list of articles that can help WPF developers make the debugging process easier.

WPF Disciples in 3D « WPF Disciples

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:16:12 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.

The WPF Podcatcher Series - Part 3 (The Podcast Management Conundrum)

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:07:02 GMT

Discusses the solution to a tricky problem related to structural skinning in Podder, the WPF podcast player application created by Josh Smith.

More than Just MVC for WPF

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:16:02 GMT

This article shows some problems you can find when using the MVC in WPF for a large project. The article describes how one can use the Mediator Pattern together with the MVC to fix such issues...

CodeProject: The WPF Podcatcher Series - Part 2 (Structural Skinning).

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:46:03 GMT

About two months ago I unveiled a pet project of mine, named Podder. It is an audio podcast player (a.k.a. podcatcher) built in WPF. The application comes pre-loaded with a dozen or so podcasts, so you can start listening to episodes right away. If there are other podcasts that you would like to listen to, it is easy to add them into Podder at any time. Podder is free, fun, and easy to use. The first article in this series explained that Podder supports what I call "structural skinning." This article explores what structural skinning is, how I implemented it, and even shows structural skinning in action as we examine a truly fantastic Podder skin built by Grant Hinkson, a professional Visual Designer.