The religion of dependency injection(www.lostechies.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 2 years ago

Disadvantages of using "poor man's dependency injection" read more...

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Implementing HTML 5 canvas tag using Silverlight(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 2 years, 9 months ago

describes a way to get a Silverlight object to implement many of the features of the HTML 5 canvas tag read more...

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Having Fun with the New Editor in VS 2010(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 2 years, 10 months ago

A brief demo of how easy it is to customize the new WPF-based text editor in VS 2010 read more...

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What is Unit Testing?(codethinked.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 2 years, 10 months ago

good introductory article explaining what unit tests are (and are not) and why you should use them read more...

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Life After Loops(codethinked.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 2 years, 11 months ago

Eliminating cumbersome looping code using Linq read more...

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Arguments against using an ORM layer - an ammunition stockpile(ifdefined.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 3 years, 4 months ago

Interesting read questioning the conventional arguments for using ORM. Always useful to hear the "other" side of the argument once in a while. read more...

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KAXAML tutorial videos(blog.nerdplusart.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 3 years, 4 months ago

Three short videos demonstrating some little known "power user" features in the excellent freeware XAML editor KAXAML The features are Snippets, Color Picker and Pasting Images read more...

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The WPF Mindset(cromwellhaus.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 3 years, 4 months ago

An excellent short example of how developing using WPF requires a different mindset to traditional winforms / ASP.NET development. A listbox is completely customised to layout markers on a map. read more...

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WPF Model - View - View-Model Screencast(blog.lab49.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 3 years, 6 months ago

A really helpful screencast from Jason Dolinger showing how to use the M-V-VM pattern in a simple WPF application. He starts off with the code that a Windows Forms developer might use and refactors it to M-V-VM. Also includes a demonstration of how it is nicely unit testable utilising Moq and how to use the Unity IoC container. 1 hour 30 mins long. read more...

4 comments |category: Windows Presentation Foundation |Views: 554

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A Base Class Which Implements INotifyPropertyChanged(joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 3 years, 8 months ago

A very useful trick that saves time implementing INotifyPropertyChanged and can even detect spelling mistakes in property names read more...

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Silverlight Training Screencasts(silverlightscreencasts.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 4 years ago

A nice collection of Silverlight training screencasts from Mike Taulty and Mike Ormond covering data binding, layout, controls, networking, DOM interaction, media playback, templating and more. read more...

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Great New Silverlight Control Skins(blogs.msdn.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 4 years, 2 months ago

Brad Abrams links to some really cool Silverlight control skins from Silverlight lead designer Corrina. They are viewable online, and the source is freely downloadable read more...

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Embedding fonts in Silverlight 2(timheuer.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 4 years, 2 months ago

How to use your own fonts in Silverlight 2, including loading from a zip file all in pure XAML. read more...

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Buying themes for WPF applications(joshsmithonwpf.wordpress.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 4 years, 3 months ago

Can't see any advantage to building your LOB app in WPF over WinForms? How about if you could buy a completely new look and feel for your app only requiring a few lines of code to change? Josh Smith suggests that we will start seeing increasing numbers of commercial and open source WPF (and Silverlight) themes that will be able to give a professional gloss to your applications. read more...

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Inkscape to support XAML Export(weblogs.asp.net)

submitted by markheath(1485) 4 years, 4 months ago

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

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Kaxaml 1.0 released(notstatic.com)

submitted by markheath(1485) 4 years, 4 months ago

Kaxaml is a deluxe XAML editor, with syntax highlighting, auto-completion, the ability to save to an image file, plus other cool features read more...

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