Category Archives: .NET

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 →

Posted in .NET, C#, Software Architecture, Windows 8, WP7, WPF | Leave a comment

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

“Update on the 5’s”

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

Microsoft’s MIX11conference is next week in Las Vegas. This is Microsoft’s conference dedicated to UX.  It has been at this conference where the various versions of Silverlight have be announce/released.  It was at this, last year, that they announced the … Continue reading →

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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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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