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Getting encapsulated type of Nullable

Just a short tip for today.. Sometimes I’ve had the requirement to treat value types, where I don’t know if the value type is Nullable<T> or not. Regardless of whether the value type is declared...

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C#: Efficient retrieval of Expression values

Some days ago I’ve had an interesting technical discussion with a colleague of mine regarding the possibility of implementing Guard classes with Expressions in C#. Such a class enables easy argument...

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Got it: Samsung Omnia 7

Finally, after some months of creative freedom I’m coming back to blog something. Currently my topic of choice is Windows Phone 7 (WP7) and I want to write some posts about my experiences with the...

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WP7 #1: Getting Started!

I’m currently engaged in the development of a more or less complex data-driven WP7 application, which utilizes many features of the WP7 development platform. In a series of upcoming blog posts I want...

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WP7 #2: The Pivot and Panorama Controls

This second blog post on WP7 development will be rather short, showing the characteristics, similarities and differences as well as usage scenarios of both the Pivot and Panorama control. Personally I...

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WP7 #3: Compiling Expressions

Just a short post today about how to compile Expressions under Windows Phone 7. Expression Trees are a powerful feature since .NET 3.0. They can be used to create executable code fragments dynamically...

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WP7 #4: A XAML/VM-driven Busy Indicator

This blog post introduces a Busy Indicator control for Windows Phone 7, which can be driven/defined by XAML and allows binding of the busy state via a ViewModel property. This control can be defined...

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Why Windows Phone needs WinRT

Pretty provoking title, uhm? But pretty fitting for me, as well! Some days ago I posted a tweet saying that I believe Windows Phone needs an adoption of WinRT: In this article I want to go into more...

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.NET 4.5 WinRT: Get custom attributes from enum value

Currently I’m very busy in creating a bigger Windows 8 Metro app for managing private financial data. I’m creating the app with the WinRT/.NET 4.5/C#/XAML programming model of Windows 8 and my first...

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WinRT/C#: DataPackage and custom objects

Ok, after some intensive implementation weeks, I think I should blog some articles about tips’n’tricks when developing Windows 8 Metro apps with WinRT and C#. This first article is about the...

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