Category Archives: XAML

Effects with XAML

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Jesse Liberty

In this excellent article, Nish Anil describes how to modify controls using Effects – a lighter weight approach than creating custom renderers.  His examples, however, are all in C#, so I decided to translate them into XAML.  To begin I … Continue reading →

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Navigate and then send data back with Xamarin.Forms and MVVM Light

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Jesse Liberty

…By Jesse Liberty & Eric Grover The Challenge : Fetch Navigate to a second page, present an Editor (multi-line entry) and then send the data back to the original page (and navigate back at the same time). Behaviors, Commands and … Continue reading →

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52 Weeks of Xamarin: Week 15 – Creating an iOS Application Part 1

Posted on November 15, 2015 by Jesse Liberty

In the previous two posts in this series, I demonstrated how to create a simple to-do list using Xamarin.Forms.  In this and the next post, I’ll show how to create pretty much the same program for iOS using Xamarin native code. … Continue reading →

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XAML for Xamarin

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Jesse Liberty

My newest Pluralsight course, XAML for Xamarin.Forms is now available.  In this course you learn everything you need to know to achieve expertise in XAML to get the most out of Xamarin.Forms.  The major topics include Getting Started Introduction to … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Podcast #132: FalafelCon Roundtable

Posted on September 12, 2014 by Jesse Liberty

Talking with J. Tower, Josh Eastburn and Venkata Koppaka of Falafel Software about their upcoming presentations at FalafelCon.  We also discuss working remotely, software, AngularJS, Xamarin and much more. Falafel Software FalafelCon Falafel Blogs HipChat GoToMeeting 48 States Project Special … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Podcast #128: The Legendary Charles Petzold

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Jesse Liberty

Charles Petzold, legendary author of Programming Windows talks about DirectX and his new gig at Xamarin where he writes about Xamarin Forms, MVVM and much more. Charles Petzold’s site Xamarin Xamarin Forms White Paper on Xamarin Show Me The Xaml … Continue reading →

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A Personal Note – Moving On…

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Jesse Liberty

In our industry it is common to have a number of jobs during the course of your career. I’ve benefitted from my experiences at PBS, Citibank, Ziff Davis, AT&T and Microsoft to name just a few. In recent years I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in ASP.NET, Community, CSS3, Essentials, Falafel Software, HTML5, JavaScript, Languages, Linq, News, Observations, One ASP.NET, Opinion, Pluralsight, Podcast, Presentations, Telerik, Windows 8, XAML | Tagged | 11 Comments

7th Pluralsight Course: Telerik WPF Controls

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Jesse Liberty

Very proud to announce my latest Pluralsight course: Telerik WPF Controls This course is a bit of a departure from my “From Scratch” series; it focuses on reviewing the WPF controls from Telerik and how to use them.  Telerik is … Continue reading →

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Windows 8 Store Applications Vs. WPF Applications

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Jesse Liberty

Today’s Windows Developer faces a crucial decision: whether to build for the new (shiny!) Windows 8 Store or to build for the Desktop.  There are significant advantages to each, and they are, more or less, mutually exclusive.

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Yet Another Podcast #88–Chris Bowen on Game Development for Windows 8

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Jesse Liberty

Talking with Chris Bowen, Principal Technical Evangelist for Microsoft, about developing games for Windows 8 Store. Chris’ Blog  30 Days to a Windows 8 Game – Resources & Guidance (See both the Games and App Frameworks sections) Introduction to JavaScript … Continue reading →

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Searching in Windows 8

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Jesse Liberty

Windows 8 Store Applications can take advantage of the shared “Charms” that you see when you swipe in from the right edge of your Windows 8 device (or press Win-C).  The top charm is searching and it provides tremendous functionality … Continue reading →

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XAML For Windows 8: Read Me First

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Jesse Liberty

I’m pleased and proud to announce my newest book, from Apress, named either XAML For Windows 8: Read Me First or XAML Primer (we’re still discussing! Which name do you prefer?)  If you are interested in learning Windows 8 programming … Continue reading →

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