Jerry Nixon on Windows

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Showing posts with label Technique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technique. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Cardinal XAML: a reflection

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In 2014, at the VS Live in Chicago, Ben Dewey , a Microsoft MVP for Windows Client at the time, presented the session: XAML Anti-patterns . ...
Monday, October 24, 2016

Set up Xbox One for UWP development

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Since Anniversary Update (Windows 10 1607) Xbox One has supported UWP developers and the Windows Store has supported UWP apps targeting Xbox...
Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Let’s code! Build a custom progress ring in Windows XAML

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There are several controls that ship for free in the Visual Studio XAML toolbox. One of them is the ProgressRing, a neat, animated ring of d...
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Implementing an Awesome Hamburger Button with XAML’s new SplitView control in Windows 10

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Warning NUMBER 1! This is a Windows 10 Preview (pre-RTM) article written in 2015. Though the concepts remain 100% valid, the overall im...
Friday, December 5, 2014

Let’s code! Data binding to a Radio Button in XAML

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In XAML, RadioButton is like CheckBox (they both inherit from ToggleButton ) with 2 differences: 1) they look different, and 2) when group...
Monday, November 24, 2014

Reading and Writing Base64 in the Windows Runtime

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Sometimes it’s super-valuable to take an image and convert it to text – let’s call this encoding. This text is base64 and it’s a well-establ...
Monday, August 11, 2014

Let’s Code! Strongly-typed Experiences in Prism MVVM for Windows Store

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Microsoft Patterns and Practices has created Prism MVVM for Windows Store Apps. This lightweight framework/toolkit gives you what you would ...
Thursday, July 3, 2014

Let’s Code! Handling validation in your Windows Store app (WinRT-XAML).

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Many Windows Store apps are content presenters; they require very little data entry and, consequently, very little data validation. But data...
Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Let’s code! In WinRT-XAML you cannot bind to a nullable type. Or can you?

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In WinRT, you cannot bind to a nullable type. It’s just the way it is. This is strange when you consider the ComboBox and ToggleButton; they...
Friday, April 25, 2014

Let’s Code: Build your own FlipView Page Indicator

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XAML data binding is pretty powerful. One of the benefits of XAML data binding is that it lets different elements on one UI use the same dat...
Monday, February 17, 2014

15 Easy Ways to Screw Up Your Next User Group Talk. And, a little advice.

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In college, a millennia ago, I spent a summer serving Philadelphia’s inner city children with Bart Campolo. As a leader, he was an effervesc...
Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Decorate your tree with XAML

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Next week is Christmas. I know most of you are scrambling to find the perfect gift for that special someone. Here’s an idea: a custom app bu...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Make it snow with XAML

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XAML is a very flexible technology platform. This time of year, some of the nicest things you can do is release apps that contain the charac...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

The two ways to handle orientation in your Windows 8.1 app

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Ah, elegance. Handling orientation basically means adjusting your app to account for real estate changes when the user pivots their device f...
Monday, December 2, 2013

XAML: How to add ItemsSource to the Windows 8.1 MenuFlyout

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With Windows 8.0, Flyout options for developers were constrained to 1) custom development to get what you wanted or 2) using my Settings an...
Monday, November 18, 2013

Windows 8.1: How to use Visual States in your XAML App

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There’s no question that XAML’s résumé has a few items in bold. It’s ability to data bind sets it apart from any other technology. It ubiqui...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

This is the most important control you may ever use

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There are two version of PianoTime for Windows 8 – a successful title from a Colorado publisher. The free version sponsored by ads, and the...
Monday, August 26, 2013

Walkthrough: Create a whiteboard app in 10 minutes using XAML

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Recently, I updated my Timer App to version 2. And, one feature I added was a whiteboard. Letting your user draw a picture is cool. It’s a...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Walkthrough: Let’s build a control like that awesome new one in Windows 8.1.

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If you are like me, then every time you get a new MSDN magazine, you flip to the advertisements first. There’s nothing cooler than looking t...
Monday, August 12, 2013

Windows 8 apps need 28 logo varietals; enter Expression Design

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One of the best parts of Expression Design transitioning to a free download is that it is now free. Design is awesome to create complex vect...