Category Archives: Windows 8
Windows 8–Conference Buddy. Reading JSON From A File
I’d like to have a page in Conference Buddy that lists all the customer contacts. We’re currently writing these contacts to file in JSON format as described in this article. My goal for today is to read that file and … Continue reading
Windows 8 GridView, ListView and SnapView
In a previous posting I demonstrated how you can create a powerful display of grouped data using the GridView, which is typically used to fill the screen. Every Windows 8 application must also support SnapView, however, in which your application … Continue reading
Windows 8–Grid View
GridView is one of the most powerful out-of-the-box controls in Windows 8, but fully understanding how to use it is not necessarily trivial. The complexity, I believe, comes because GridViews are often used to hold groups of collections, rather than … Continue reading
Windows 8: Adding An AppBar to Conference Buddy
In an earlier postings I described the project that I’ll be creating with Phil Japikse and Michael Crump, code-named Conference Buddy. In the most recent posting, we looked at a wire-frame that illustrated some of the data we’ll be collecting. … Continue reading
Windows 8 and Spell Check
WinRT XAML supports system-driven spell checking and auto-complete. Built in and right out of the box. The figure shows spell checking at work. Notice the squiggly underlining of the misspelled word, the options to correct or add to the dictionary … Continue reading
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Evolving Simple Wireframes With AppMock
In an earlier post I introduced the initial wire-frame design for an application that I’ll be creating from scratch in XAML and C#, tentatively named Conference Buddy. As noted in that article, Phil Japikse will be creating the same application … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Essentials, Tools and Utilities, Windows 8
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Creating A Win8 App From Scratch–A Scrolling Home Page
In a previous article I discussed the project that I’ll be building in Windows 8. We started with a couple screen mock-ups and then passed these to the designers who came back with preliminary designs. While these designs were not … Continue reading
Posted in Essentials, Metro, Mini-Tutorial, Patterns & Skills, Windows 8
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Windows 8 and Geolocation
In this posting, we’ll look at how to track location coordinates in Windows 8. (Click on image for full size) In order to get this to work, we need to be able to obtain the values we’re displaying (e.g., for … Continue reading
Intel Ultrabook–Wrapup
In a previous posting I described the IvyBridge Ultrabook I was given to review. This is the third and final review. In short, this is a great machine, and it has been my primary laptop since I got it. … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Observations, Opinion, Windows 8
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Yet Another Podcast #83–Jon Galloway on Azure and ASP.NET–What’s New.
Jon Galloway joins me for a wrap up of what is new in Azure, ASP.NET and surrounding technologies. A /build wrap up that starts with the Day 2 Keynote and walks through all the new cool stuff coming out of … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, Essentials, HTML5, JavaScript, Mobile, MVC, Observations, Open Source, Patterns & Skills, Podcast, Visual Studio, Windows 8
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Creating A Windows 8 Application From Scratch
Phil Japikse, Michael Crump and I set out to create three related applications from scratch. That is, a Windows 8 version written in XAML with C# (me), a Windows 8 version written in JavaScript (Phil) and a Windows 8 Phone … Continue reading
Yet Another Podcast #81–Mary Jo Foley on /Build &Windows 8
Mary Jo Foley joins Jon Galloway and me in a free wheeling discussion and review of /Build 2012, Windows 8, Windows 8 Phone and Azure. Mary Jo is the editor of ZDNet’s All About Microsoft blog and the co-host of … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Essentials, Observations, Opinion, Windows 8, WindowsPhone
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