Wow! I added an SSD to my computer and made it my startup disk. Shazow! My disk rating in Windows went from 5.4 to 7.4 (that is unreal). Load time for Visual Studio is under 2 seconds. Load time for a project in Visual Studio is under 1 second. Compile and Build time is too fast to measure with Mississippi’s.
Yet Another Podcast Show #2 – Erik Mork Discussing Windows Phone 7
Talking with Erik Mork of The Silverlight Podcast about Windows Phone 7 and the Smart Phone Market.
Erik’s Podcast
Silver Bay Labs
Products Mentioned: iTeleport
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Windows Phone 7 For Silverlight Developers: Life Cycle
One of the key dilemmas facing Windows Phone 7 programmers is how we maintain an extremely responsive experience for the user, provide some sort of multi-tasking and preserve battery life, all at the same time? The solution offered by Windows Phone 7 is to tombstone applications when they are inactive. This tutorial will explore tombstoning, multi-tasking and the entire application life cycle in detail.
Posted in WindowsPhone
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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 time? The solution offered by Windows Phone 7 is to tombstone applications when they are inactive. This tutorial will explore tombstoning, multi-tasking and the entire application life cycle in detail.
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.
Posted in Community, Patterns & Skills
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 encourage comments, participation and suggestions, I’ve created two CodePlex projects (with discussions, etc.)
- iPhone to WP7 ( http://i2w.CodePlex.com )
- Windows Phone 7 Programming For Silverlight Programmers ( http://WP7Porgramming.CodePlex.com )
In addition, you can follow the progress and planning on the associated Kanban board. Just log in here and use the email address TutorialReader@jliberty.com and the password 2torial.
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 confusion. But programming Windows Phone 7 involves two languages, C# and Xaml, and fully grokking Xaml and the relationship between the declarative Xaml and the object-oriented C# takes some getting used to.
Posted in iPhoneToWP7, Languages, Mini-Tutorial, Patterns & Skills, WindowsPhone
Tagged C#, i2WTutorial, Mini-Tutorial, wp7Tutorial
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Yet Another Podcast Show #1 – Alt dot net & Open Source
Talking with Jon Galloway of Herding Code & Microsoft, about Alt.net and Open Source and the role of technical evangelists.
Products mentioned: Audacity
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Posted in Community, Opinion, Podcast
Tagged BestPractices, Community, Open Source, YapCast
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Announcing the Windows Phone 7 Release, WP7 Silverlight Toolkit and XNA 4.0!
Today is a great release day. We’ve launched everything you need to write Windows Phone 7 applications. Not only that, but we’ve also released XNA 4.0 not only for phone, but for all supported XNA platforms.
Posted in iPhoneToWP7, News, Tools and Utilities, WindowsPhone
Tagged Blend, i2WTutorial, Tools, 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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Tagged BestPractices, Competency
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How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Master Project Management
In a previous blog post I talked about task management, in this post I talk about managing projects: especially software projects; especially software projects in an Agile development environment. Project management, is of course, a topic near and dear to the heart of all developers; it is the part of our jobs we like most and the only greater joy in life is spending six months in the dentist’s chair.
Posted in Opinion, Tools and Utilities
Tagged BestPractices
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