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Learning .NET MAUI – Part 8
Busy week, so this one will be short. I’ve taken the code from Part 7 and copied it into Part 8. The source for 8 is here. So, what’s new? The most important improvement in 8 is the addition of … Continue reading
Learning .NET MAUI – Part 7
Let’s pick up where we left off in the previous blog post, but it is time to clean up the app to use MVVM. First step: create a ViewModel folder and in that put two files: MainViewModel ViewModelBase
Learning .NET MAUI – Part 6
I’m going to start off where we were at the end of Part 5, but this time instead of creating two labels (for State and Zip) I’m going to create one label with MultiBinding: <Label VerticalOptions=”Center”> <Label.Text> <MultiBinding StringFormat=”{}{0} | … Continue reading
Learning .NET MAUI – Part 5
When last we looked, we were returning a few countries. Let’s use ZipWise’s ability to look up a city name and give us all the info about all matching cities. We’ll then have fun with displaying that info. When I … Continue reading
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Learning .NET MAUI – Part 4
We’ve seen how to get a single zip code and display it in a series of labels. Let’s use a collection to take a look at how we might deal with that in MAUI. To get started, we’ll create a … Continue reading
Learning .NET MAUI – Part 3
Our app will spring to life in AppShell.xaml. We’ll be putting a few additional things there, but key for now is the ShellContent element As you can see there are three attributes: the Title, the ContentTemplate and the Route. The … Continue reading
Learning .NET MAUI Part 2
As noted in part 0, I assume you are a Xamarin.Forms/C# programmer, familiar with Visual Studio. This series is not about converting your existing Xamarin.Forms apps; rather it is about converting your brain to MAUI. Since I’m learning as I’m going, your mileage … Continue reading
Learning .NET Maui Part 1
As noted in part 0, I assume you are a Xamarin.Forms/C# programmer, familiar with Visual Studio. This series is not about converting your existing Xamarin.Forms apps; rather it is about converting your brain to MAUI. Since I’m learning as I’m … Continue reading
Why Novice Programmers Can Be Confused
Programming is not easy. It is made particularly difficult by legitimate statements such as these from a Xamarin.Forms project: This can be followed by If the first line doesn’t kill you then the last ones will.
Robert “Uncle Bob” Martin on Agile and more…
Incredibly pleased to have one of the pioneers in Agile programming: Robert “Uncle Bob” Martin. Uncle Bob is known for, among other things, his SOLID principles of development. He is the author of the seminal book Clean Code along with … Continue reading
.vsix with Mads Kristensen
.visx files are magic as far as I’m concerned. Mads takes us through their history and how they have become much easier to create. vsixcookbook.com Yet Another Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts.
Visual Studio Champ
Part 1 of Being a Visual Studio Champ – is now on video! This is a 3 part conference streaming from Denmark and world-wide. vschamp.com Do not miss the next one on Add-ons with (among others) Mads Kristensen. April 27, … Continue reading
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