Learning how to use Value Converters in Silverlight(dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to use and harness the power of Value Converters. A Value Converter (IValueConverter) allows for you to perform custom logic during Bind time in XAML based applications. With a value converter you can implement pretty much any type of complex logic you want (bool to visibility, changing styles, etc) at runtime and have this logic extracted away in a stand alone class. read more...

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Getting Started w/ NuGet(dimecasts.net)

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Learning how to use the NuGet Package Management System. We will start off by looking at how to install NuGet inside of Visual Studio. We will then learn how to use NuGet to install/uninstall packages. We will end the episode by looking at how to create our first NuGet Package. read more...

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Working with Advanced Aspects with Postsharp (dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 8 months, 26 days ago

Taking a look at how to use the AOP (Aspect Orientated Programming) framework Postsharp. In this episode we will focus on how to use the OnMethodBoundry, MethodInterceptions, LocationInterception and EventInterception Aspects. We will look at how each of these can be used and how they can be used in conjuction with each other to build a better application. read more...

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Getting Started with AOP using Postsharp(dimecasts.net)

submitted by dwhittaker(13.1k) 8 months, 26 days ago

Taking a look at how to implemented AOP (Aspect Orientated Programming) with PostSharp. We will be using the Postsharp library in this episode and we will take a look at how to create our first Aspect as well as how to use the metadata with the aspect to provide real business value in your application. read more...

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Learning how to use Behaviors in Silverlight(dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to use and harness the power of Behaviors. A Behavior in Silverlight is a way to extend an existing UI element in order to add additional state or actions to it. We can create these Behaviors and attach them to pretty much any UI element you could hope for. read more...

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WP7: Using Location Services (www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to use the Location Services (GPS) built into the Windows Phone 7 platform. We will first take a look at how we can use the location servcies library on the phone to get the phones current GPS information. We will then take a look at how we can use that information in conjuction w/ the Bing Services to get the street address for the GPS coordinates read more...

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WCF: How to create Custom Message Interceptors(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to extend WCF to create custom Message Interceptors We will first take a look at how we can create our custom interceptors and hook them into the WCF pipeline. We will then take a look at how we can intercept both inbound and outbound messages to allow us to perform some sort of actions agains the messages. read more...

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MVVM - How to create a ViewModelLocater(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how we can create a simple ViewModelLocator to inject our ViewModel into our DataContext at runtime via conventions. The ViewModelLocator Pattern will allow you to create a very flexable application because it will decouple your Views from your ViewModel. The approach in this episode will take a convention based approach to determine which ViewModel should go with a given View. read more...

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WP7 - Learning how to use Live Tiles(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how we can use Live Tiles in WP7 (Mango). WP7 Mango has introduced not only the ability to create Application Tiles via code but they have also added the ability to create Secondary Tiles, tiles which can deep link into your application. These Secondary tiles can also be created, updated and deleted in code and can provide a very powerful feature for your application. read more...

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Expression Blend Book(www.developingfor.net)

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Entity Framework: Making changes to the T4 Templats(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how Entity Framework uses T4 Templates (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) when building out the entity model. We will first learn how EF is using the templates, we will then learn how to view and access these templates and finally we will take a look at how to modify these templates to meet your own specific needs. read more...

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WP7: Learning how to detect Themes(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how the phone uses themes and styles. We will focus on how to determine which theme is being used as well as learning how to swap out our resource files which are used by our application based on the active theme. Knowing which theme is in use will allow your application to better conform to either the light or dark user experience. read more...

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WP7: Writing and Reading from Isolated Storage(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at store data in Isolated Storage on the phone Storing data in Isolated Storage on the phone is critical because there is no SQL database which can run on the phone at this point. In this episode we will look at how we can store and retrieve data to storage on the phone. read more...

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Entity Framework: Intro to Database First Design(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to use the Entity Framework via its database first design concepts. When building out an application which is based off of the Entity framework you have multiple options, you can either build your model off of your existing database or build your database of your existing model. This episode will explore how you start with your existing database and build your entity model. read more...

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WP7: Learning how to handle Tombstoning(www.dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to handle tombstoning (when your application is not longer in focus, but is not shut down yet) in your WP7 application. When building out a WP7 application it is critical that your application can handle Tombstoning and rebuild itself as needed. This is to allow the user to have their work flow interrupted by an action, but still gives them the ability to back into your app and resume from there last usage point. In fact if you fail to take Tombstoning into account your application will fail certification. read more...

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Entity Framework: Intro to Model First Design(dimecasts.net)

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Taking a look at how to use the Entity Framework via its model first design concepts. When building out an application which is based off of the Entity framework you have multiple options, you can either build your model off of your existing database or build your database of your existing model. This episode will explore how you start with your entity model and build out your databas read more...

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