Category Archives: Essentials
Great SL Competency Test Part 3 (Answer)
This is an answer to part 3 of the Great SL Competency Test, in which you were asked to demonstrate Printing Right Mouse Click Clipboard Interaction
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Tagged BestPractices, Competency
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The Great Silverlight Competency Test – #4
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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Tagged BestPractices, Competency, Tools
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iPhone to WP7 – Diving Deeper
Go to First Tutorial In this tutorial, we’ll expand upon the work done in the previous tutorial and we’ll look more closely at a few key issues. MVVM As an iPhone Developer your thinking is adapted to and influenced by … Continue reading
Posted in Essentials, iPhoneToWP7, Mini-Tutorial, WindowsPhone
Tagged convert, Data, i2WTutorial, migrate, WindowsPhone, wp7Tutorial
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Great SL Competency Test Part 1 (Answer)
On August 23rd I published part 1 of The Great Silverlight Competency Test. The key tasks were to… …write a Silverlight program mimicking a problem report system, that allows you to go to your db and call up a record … Continue reading
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Programmer Superstitions
There are a number of practices that we engage in –– no, that we cling to, and defend, and teach to others, – that amount to magical thinking, or at best, rational failure. This is often just fine, no harm … Continue reading
Creating An Open Source WP7 Application
There has been some thrashing about the HyperVideo player. This note is both an update and an invitation for you to participate.
Posted in Community, Essentials, HyperVideo Player, News, WindowsPhone
Tagged Community, HVP, WindowsPhone
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Absolutely Incredibly Essential Utility of the Month
A couple months ago I wrote a column about two “Indispensible” utilities, one of which was Launchy. I had to issue something of a retraction: Update June 23, While this program is incredibly useful, I’ve noticed [what] looks like a … Continue reading
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10 Programming Books You Absolutely Want Within Easy Reach
To make this list, a book must be on my “close” shelf, and must Be useful today Be incredibly well written
Posted in Blend, Data, Essentials, Languages, News, Opinion
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Ten Rules For Moving Your Blog Without Falling Off The Edge Of The Web
Moving your blog is like riding a motorcycle: if you know what you are doing, and you are very careful, and you take every precaution: it is dangerous as hell. That said, it can be done, and without losing your … Continue reading
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