Category Archives: Essentials
Creating an OData Server Quickly
Windows Phone Tutorial There are numerous ways to access data from Web Services. To explore these we need a simple server that exposes data we can interact with from a Windows Phone Application. To facilitate this, we’ll build an ASP.NET/MVC … Continue reading
DataBinding to Custom Properties
Windows Phone Tutorial In a recent three part mini-series I showed how to create a Xaml program from scratch. In the third part of the series I showed how the values are computed for display, but I glossed over how … Continue reading
Yet Another Podcast #48–Adam Kinney and HTML 5
Talking with Adam Kinney about HTML 5 and the role of the UI Integrator Adam’s web site Adam on Twitter PixelLab Agent 8 Ball Adam’s How Do I Videos Listen | Yet Another Podcast Call in comments: 1-347-YAP-CAST
Building a Windows Phone App From Scratch–Part 3 of 3
Windows Phone Tutorial In Part 1 of this mini-series we created the layout for a calculator. In Part 2, we filled in the event handlers for the buttons. In this third and final part we’ll review the code for the … Continue reading
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Building A Windows Phone App From Scratch–Part 2
Windows Phone Tutorial In Part 1 of this mini-series we created the layout for a calculator. In this part, we’ll take a look at the event handlers required to make the buttons works. When the user clicks a button an … Continue reading
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Building A Windows Phone App From Scratch
Windows Phone Tutorial In this and the next few blog posts, we will build an application from scratch; covering all the details along the way. The application we’re going to build is a simple four function calculator. We’ll build it … Continue reading
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Yet Another Podcast–Jeff Prosise
Talking with Jeff Prosise, author and co-founder of Wintellect, about programming for Windows Phone, what’s new in Mango, HTML5, jQuery and other topics in programming. “I think I’m having more fun in our industry right now than I have since … Continue reading
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Dependency Properties
Windows Phone Tutorial Dependency properties are like the sewers, electric wires and pipes running under the streets of a big city. You can ignore them, you can even be oblivious to their existence, but they make all the magic happen … Continue reading
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Silverlight TV–On Reactive Extensions
I had the opportunity to talk with John Papa on Silverlight TV about Reactive Extensions.
Bing Maps Task
You’ve seen in previous Windows Phone Mini-tutorials that all tasks have the same basic structure: Instantiate the task Add any specifying data Show the task The Bing Maps Task is no different. In fact, it is so simple to use … Continue reading
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Yet Another Podcast #45–Rey Bango
Talking with Rey Bango about JavaScript, jQuery and ScriptJunkie.com Rey Bango is a community manager for JavaScript, HTML & CSS for Microsoft and a member of the jQuery Project team. He’s also editor of ScritJunkie.com which focuses on creating cross-browser … Continue reading
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Location Services–Using the Emulator
Windows Phone Tutorial Getting your device’s location takes remarkably little code. The new emulator that comes with Mango makes it possible to test location services without adding a GPS to your desktop computer and putting it in your car, thus … Continue reading
