Category Archives: MVVM

Using the Metro Share Contract With Custom Data

Posted on July 21, 2012 by

In a few months Windows 8 will be released.  This is an exciting, reimagining of the Windows operating system.  With this new operating system comes a new application paradigm.  Metro applications are optimized for tablets device.  These new applications operate … Continue reading →

Posted in Metro, MVVM, Windows 8 | Tagged , | 6 Comments

What is This ‘LayoutAwarePage’ You Speak Of

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

The other day Microsoft released the Consumer Preview of their  next version of Windows.  The next version of Windows will bring Microsoft in direct competition with iPad and the various Android tablets.  I was excited about this release since I … Continue reading →

Posted in MVVM, Windows 8 | 5 Comments

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

Isolating OData Calls in Silverlight.

Posted on April 18, 2011 by

As Software Engineers we strive to build elegant solutions.  We tend to layer our architecture so that our code is modular so that our code is testable and maintainable.  With Silverlight this poses some particular challenges specifically when dealing with … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, MVVM, OData, Software Architecture | 3 Comments

Silverlight Child Window With MEF and MVVM Light

Posted on July 24, 2010 by

UPDATED: I created another post that updates my approach for working with Silverlight Child Windows. So it has been a long time since I did a pure technical post.  In fact I  have completely blown my goals for the year.  … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, 2010 Goals, C#, MEF, MVVM, MVVMLight, Silverlight | 8 Comments

Day 1 of New England Give Camp Done!

Posted on June 12, 2010 by

So today (or yesterday as it is past midnight) was the first day of New England Give Camp.  We met all the charities and the developers that are making their projects a reality.  My team is building an application to … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, Give Camp, MEF, MVVM, MVVMLight, Silverlight, WCF RIA Services | 1 Comment

Giving Back

Posted on June 11, 2010 by

So I haven’t done a good job blogging lately, in face I have pretty much blown my goals out of the water.  I am hoping that will change in the near future (more on that in a later post). This … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, Give Camp, MVVM, Silverlight | 1 Comment

MEF, MVVMLight and Silverlight…Oh My!

Posted on December 31, 2009 by

Well, it is the last day of 2009 and I am posting my last coding post of the year.  Nothing like waiting until the last day of the year to complete my goal of three substantial coding post before the … Continue reading →

Posted in .NET, C#, MEF, MVVM, MVVMLight, Silverlight, WCF RIA Services | 1 Comment