Category Archives: Patterns & Skills
Windows Phone 7: Navigation
For this tutorial we’re going to, again, partially recreate one of the excellent labs available in the Windows Phone 7 Developer Training Kit. To begin, I created an application called (not my fault!) Wazup and added the existing assets from … Continue reading
Yet Another Podcast Show #3 – John Papa on MVVM and Patterns
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
Posted in Community, Data, Patterns & Skills, Podcast, WindowsPhone
Tagged BestPractices, Patterns, YapCast
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Free Windows Phone 7 Training – Coast to Coast
To celebrate the release of the Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools, we’re launching two days of free fast-paced learning. The first day takes you inside the all-new Metro interface with fundamentals of Windows Phone 7 application development. The next day … Continue reading
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Tagged WindowsPhone
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iPhone to Windows Phone 7: Launchers and Choosers
Not all Windows Phone 7 Applications are entirely self-contained. It is not terribly surprising that some will want to reach out and touch other applications. There are two ways to do so: Launch (and forget) another application Choose an application … Continue reading
Posted in iPhoneToWP7, Patterns & Skills, WindowsPhone
Tagged i2WTutorial, WindowsPhone, wp7Tutorial
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iPhone to Windows Phone 7 – Application LifeCycle and Tombstoning
[ Link to First Tutorial ] The iPhone and Windows Phone 7 share the same dilemma: how do we maintain an extremely responsive experience for the user, provide some sort of multi-tasking and preserve battery life, all at the same … Continue reading
Posted in iPhoneToWP7, Patterns & Skills, WindowsPhone
Tagged i2WTutorial, WindowsPhone, wp7Tutorial
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Great Silverlight Competency Test Part 4 (Answer)
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…
The Great Silverlight Competency Test #5
This is the Fifth 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
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Two Tutorial Series – Your Input and Participation Wanted
Some of you have expressed interested in either or both of the current tutorial series An iPhone Developer’s Guide To Windows Phone 7 Programming Windows Phone 7 Programming For Silverlight Developers To make it easier to follow these, and to … Continue reading
iPhone to Windows Phone 7 Tutorial: Objective-C, C#, Xaml
[ Link to First Tutorial ] While there is much you can “pick up as you go” if you are an Objective-C programmer, understanding some of the fundamental differences in C# can save you a great deal of time and … Continue reading
Posted in iPhoneToWP7, Languages, Mini-Tutorial, Patterns & Skills, WindowsPhone
Tagged C#, i2WTutorial, Mini-Tutorial, wp7Tutorial
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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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Next Open Source WP7-based Project
Yes, indecision is a bad thing, except when its not. The delay in re-starting my open source project has afforded me the opportunity to think of a number of alternative projects that might very well provide more (or more interesting) … Continue reading
Posted in HyperVideo Player, News, Patterns & Skills, Tools and Utilities
Tagged BestPractices, HVP, Open Source, WindowsPhone
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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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