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...
View ArticleC#: 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...
View ArticleGot 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...
View ArticleWP7 #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...
View ArticleWP7 #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...
View ArticleWP7 #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...
View ArticleWP7 #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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
View Article.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...
View ArticleWinRT/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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