Category Archives: C#

Simulating A Tab Control in a Windows 8 Application

Posted on October 3, 2012 by

I was looking through the forums on MSDN today and found someone asking how to implement a Tab Strip Control in Windows 8 Store applications.  They used the Store as an example, wanting functionality that behaves like the OverView, Details, … Continue reading →

Posted in C#, Metro, Mobile, Windows 8, WinRT | 15 Comments

Exploring the StorageApplicationPermissions

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

The other day I was researching the different file access scenarios available for Windows 8. I needed the research for my chapter on accessing data in my Windows 8 Book (more on that later). The restrictive sandbox that Windows 8 … Continue reading →

Posted in C#, Metro, Windows 8, WinRT | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Windows 8 is Coming….Should I Care?

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

Recently I have been using the Developer Preview of Windows 8.  Back in September Microsoft announced how developers can build the next generation Windows applications. So Microsoft is trying to revamp its tablet industry while moving their operating system forward. … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, C#, HTML5, Metro, Software Architecture, Windows 8, WP7 | 1 Comment

Code Once Use Twice….or More

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

If you have programed against any of Microsoft’s Xaml based user interface frameworks then you might have heard about the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel) pattern.  One of the benefits of this pattern is the separation of the view  from the view model.  … Continue reading →

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Controlling Silverlight Child Windows Using MVVM

Posted on April 22, 2011 by

A while ago I wrote a post called “Silverlight Child Window With MEF and MVVM Light” where I laid out an approach on how to implement a child window in Silverlight while following MVVM.  Some of the challenges of using … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, C#, MVVM, MVVMLight, Software Architecture | 3 Comments

Getting a User’s Windows Identity in WCF

Posted on April 11, 2011 by

I was recently asked by a coworker, “How do I get the Windows Identity of a user calling my WCF service from Silverlight?”  My answer to him was “To the Cloud!”   No seriously, I put together a little demo application.  … Continue reading →

Posted in C#, Software Architecture, WCF | 2 Comments

Why Repositories Matter!

Posted on March 21, 2011 by

I recently read a blog titled “Architecting in the pit of doom: The evils of the repository abstraction layer”. In it Ayende makes some pretty compelling points as to why you should not use repositories.  In his example he is … Continue reading →

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Implement an Entity Framework Trace Listener For Logging Application Block

Posted on February 10, 2011 by

I am working on a project that wants to implement a logging utilizing the Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0.  The project has a need to create different types of logs (Auditing, Exception, …). This log information is going to be stored … Continue reading →

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Some Silverlight Resources to Help Get Started

Posted on December 22, 2010 by

I seem to get this question a lot “I want to get started in Silverlight…Where do I begin?”  A while back I put together an email to a friend with some resources that I have found helpful.  The last couple … Continue reading →

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I can write my application in classic ASP but do I really want to?

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

I can write my application in classic ASP and satisfy all my requirements but do I really want to. There has been a lot of hype around Silverlight vs. HTML5. I started into the conversations with “The Future of Silverlight”  … Continue reading →

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