Category Archives: Data

Rx–Reactive Programming for Windows Phone

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Jesse Liberty

Windows Phone From Scratch #27   My first posting about Reactive Programming for Windows Phone generated some terrific comments… many of which asked (and others answered) “what is the benefit of this?” In this second posting on the topic I’ll … Continue reading →

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Linq and Fluent Programming

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Jesse Liberty

A LINQ Tutorial I interviewed Bill Wagner for Yet Another Podcast while we were both at CodeMash (look for his interview to be published next week).  In addition to being one of the nicest guys I know, he is also … Continue reading →

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Entity Framework Code-First, oData & Windows Phone Client

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Jesse Liberty

Entity Framework Code-First is the coolest thing since sliced bread, Windows  Phone is the hottest thing since Tickle-Me-Elmo and oData is just too great to ignore. As part of the Full Stack project, we wanted to put them together, which … Continue reading →

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Windows Phone From Scratch #18 – MVVM Light Toolkit Soup To Nuts 3

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Jesse Liberty

This is the third part of the MVVM Light Toollkit Soup To Nuts (part 1 is here) within the Windows Phone From Scratch Mini-tutorial series.  Today we look at an introduction to messaging as a tool for communicating, e.g., from … Continue reading →

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The Full Stack #5 – Entity Framework Code First

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Jesse Liberty

Part 5 in the Full Stack series in which Jon and I are building an entire application from conception to delivery that includes MVC 3 ASP.NET, Silverlight and Windows Phone. Also available on Channel 9

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Windows Phone From Scratch #17: MVVM Light Toolkit Soup To Nuts Part 2

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Jesse Liberty

This is the second part of the MVVM Light Toollkit Soup To Nuts (part 1 is here) within the Windows Phone From Scratch Mini-tutorial series.  Today we look at an introduction to behaviors as a tool for migrating event handling … Continue reading →

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Firstarter 2010 – Data Binding

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Jesse Liberty

I had the great pleasure of presenting the Data Binding portion of the 2010 Firestarter, joining Scott Guthrie, Yavor Georgiev, Dan Wahlin, John Papa, Tim Heuer, Mike Cook, Jossef Goldberg and Jaime Rodriguez for an amazing day. Download the slides … Continue reading →

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The Full Stack – Part 1 – Building the admin site with ASP.NET MVC3, NUPack & EF Code First

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Jesse Liberty

I’m incredibly pleased and proud to launch The Full Stack with Jon Galloway. 

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Windows Phone Tutorial: Why Windows Phone Developers Should Must and Are Learning and Using Expression Blend

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Jesse Liberty

Back in June, I wrote this to Silverlight developers: Okay, tough love: if you are serious about Silverlight development, the days of using one Integrated Development Environment for all your work are…. over.  The benefits of adding Expression Blend to … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Podcast Show #3 – John Papa on MVVM and Patterns

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Jesse Liberty

Talking with John Papa, Senior Technical Evangelist, about MVVM and Patterns 5 Simple Steps for MVVM Keeping up with the community Top blogs MVVM Light Ward Bell’s photos Grok. Verb: To fully understand.  See Stranger In A Strange Land by … Continue reading →

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Great Silverlight Competency Test Part 4 (Answer)

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Jesse Liberty

This is an answer to Part 4 of the Great Silverlight Competency Test. Scoring below.  The tasks were to demonstrate usage of the DataGrid, DataPager and TreeView. Here is one approach…  

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The Great Silverlight Competency Test – #4

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Jesse Liberty

This is the fourth of twelve questions in The Great Silverlight Competency Test –  each of which I believe a competent Silverlight Programmer ought to be able to complete within no more than 1 hour.

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