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Silverlight Unit Testing and the Incorrect CLR Problem

Thu, 13 May 2010 20:37:52 GMT

Unit Testing in Silverlight should be second nature. Beware frameworks that do not use Silverlight when running the unit tests themselves.

Understanding Navigation on Windows Phone 7

Thu, 13 May 2010 15:00:52 GMT

Taking a look at the Windows Phone 7 Api and understanding how to navigate between pages. In this episode we are going to focus on learning about the various ways you can navigate from page to page within your application. Because WP7 is based off of Silverlight 3.x you are able to utilize all the native silverlight navigation techniques such as static routing (hard wiring the .xaml path), using routes and using the NavigationService.

Silverlight DropShadowEffect and Redraw Complications

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:13:08 GMT

In Silverlight 3.0, effects were added to the API. These effects allowed a developer to easily add common UI effects to controls in a very simple way. However, there are performance implications that need to be looked at.

Avoid List<T>.FindAll

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:14:10 GMT

In .NET 3.5, the FindAll method was introduced allowing you to supply a predicate to Find items in the list. This blog posts investigates and finds out why to avoid it.

Converting Existing Web Applications for use in Azure

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:40:44 GMT

Using Azure WebRoles, Visual studio will automatically create a web application for you. Most users will want to use an existing web application for deployment, however this is not support out of the box. This blog post describes how you can convert your existing web applications to support Azure.

Should I Invest in Azure?

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:42:08 GMT

With all the new technologies being released by Microsoft, should you spend the time in Azure?

Subtext 2.1 - A great .NET Open Source Blogging Platform

Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:31:02 GMT

If you are looking for a free .NET based open source blogging application, Subtext may be for you or your company. It's a mature and established blogging framework founded by MS employee Phil Haack. My site is using Subtext and I've been very happy with it as compared to solutions such as Telligent Community Server which are not free and are quite heavy and complicated just for running a simple blog for you or your company. Here is the rundown of its current benefits as I've experienced:

Creating Watermarked Textboxes in WPF

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:00:36 GMT

Creating a textbox with a watermark in WPF is simple! Read on to find out how.

DotNetNuke Moves to CodePlex

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:46:02 GMT

Find out why the DotNetNuke project moved to CodePlex from SourceForge.

Unit Testing and INotifyPropertyChanged

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:10:49 GMT

Ever wanted to automatically test properties on classes and hate writing the code. With INotifyPropertyChanged, bugs can quickly come into existance because of the string based Setters and Getters. Never fear, code can help!

Building a Web Part UI

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:57:56 GMT

Recently I've been spending a lot of time working on various SharePoint projects, none more challenging than the Citroën site launched earlier this year. I'm going to take the time to explain how we put together our web parts and server controls, particularly from the point of view of a WCM scenario where the complexity of our mark-up was significantly greater than that of a traditional "vanilla" intranet SharePoint due to the various accessibility guidelines we needed to adhere to as part of the project.

WPF Model - View - View-Model Screencast

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:46:09 GMT

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.

Unit Testing and INotifyPropertyChanged

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:42:42 GMT

Want to test classes implementing INotifyPropertyChanged but hating all the code. Look no further

Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2010. Developers Respond.

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:01:13 GMT

Microsoft's development environment offers new tools for Agile development, software testing enhancements and improved support for cloud computing. Microsoft showed CIO.com a sneak peek, and the author invited developers to chime in with their feedback.

Subtext 2 supports OpenID

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:46:02 GMT

Jon explains how OpenID works in Subtext 2 and how to configure it.

Subtext 2.0 "Poseidon" Released!

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:46:02 GMT

Subtext 2.0 is hot off the CI Server and the new bits are packed with a metric crap-load of bug fixes, new features, and patches.

WPF Memory Leak in Command Binding

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:15:13 GMT

In a medium sized project I'm working on at the moment, we've had a rather large memory leak issue. It revolves around binding to commands and was a suprising end.

LINQ to XML Video Demo

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:16:18 GMT

Mike Taulty, an evangelist from Microsoft UK, does a demo on features in LINQ to XML for the Vista Squad user group. A great demo by a great speaker.

Is your intellisense broken after the LINQ installation?

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:15:22 GMT

After installation of LINQ, you'll find your intellisense and smart tags have stopped working. There is a solution!

How to make a Gmail-like loading indicator with ASP.NET Ajax

Thu, 17 May 2007 08:46:02 GMT

A step by step tutorial on how to build a loading indicator like the one Gmail, using ASP.NET Ajax and the core UpdateProgress control

CruiseControl.NET Monitoring Gadget for Vista Sidebar 0.8

Sun, 06 May 2007 20:46:01 GMT

A Vista gadget for monitoring CruiseControl.NET build servers, like CCTray but better.

.Net 3.0 Usergroup Launched in the UK

Sun, 11 Mar 2007 21:42:18 GMT

A new .Net 3.0 usergroup was launched today providing a means for interested developers and users of the .Net 3.0 and Vista platforms a way to meetup and discuss the plethora of new technologies coming out of Microsoft. First meeting is scheduled for the 28th of March. Sign on up!

SetData to clipboard failing on VirtualPC

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:16:01 GMT

A strange behavior sometimes happens on VirtualPC when programmatically adding object to the clipboard. This is a small workaround to fix that problem

Subtext v1.9.4 "Windward" Edition Released

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:01:01 GMT

subText v1.9.4 has been released, and Steve Harman has all the details.

Word 2007, Metaweblog API and newMediaObject

Sat, 06 Jan 2007 14:05:37 GMT

Word 2007 implements the Metaweblog API but has a small quirk. This article investigates how to work around it if implementing the API yourself.

DotNetKicks.com : Stories kicked by twyford

Silverlight Unit Testing and the Incorrect CLR Problem

Understanding Navigation on Windows Phone 7

Silverlight DropShadowEffect and Redraw Complications

Avoid List<T>.FindAll

Converting Existing Web Applications for use in Azure

Should I Invest in Azure?

Subtext 2.1 - A great .NET Open Source Blogging Platform

Creating Watermarked Textboxes in WPF

DotNetNuke Moves to CodePlex

Unit Testing and INotifyPropertyChanged

Building a Web Part UI

WPF Model - View - View-Model Screencast

Unit Testing and INotifyPropertyChanged

Microsoft Announces Visual Studio 2010. Developers Respond.

Subtext 2 supports OpenID

Subtext 2.0 "Poseidon" Released!

WPF Memory Leak in Command Binding

LINQ to XML Video Demo

Is your intellisense broken after the LINQ installation?

How to make a Gmail-like loading indicator with ASP.NET Ajax

CruiseControl.NET Monitoring Gadget for Vista Sidebar 0.8

.Net 3.0 Usergroup Launched in the UK

SetData to clipboard failing on VirtualPC

Subtext v1.9.4 &quot;Windward&quot; Edition Released

Word 2007, Metaweblog API and newMediaObject

Subtext v1.9.4 "Windward" Edition Released