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Build MVVM Applications in F#… or C#
Last month Chris Marinos had an article in MSDN Magazine titled “Build MVVM Applications in F#” I liked it a lot. I jotted down some notes as I read it. My learning processed amused me as I went from WTF… to Hrm… to Oh I see… in a period of about 15 minutes or so. [...] Read More »
Where Windows Is Going
I’ve been stewing for about a day. I did not go to Build Conference. Once I figured out that WinRT is for Metro style apps and ONLY Metro style apps, and I tried to make a call from a .NET … Continue reading → Read More »
Build Windows Day 2 From Afar: WTF is WinRT
Watching the developer reaction to Metro style and WinRT has been both depressing and comical. I suppose its like watching anyone else learn something from nothing. We can get it very wrong at first. It is part of our learning … Continue reading → Read More »
Thoughts after the Build Windows keynote: This changes nothing
Nothing has changed, and this is a good thing. Here is what I took away from yesterdays keynote: Everything I’m doing today with Windows desktop apps will work on Windows 8. No surprise there. If I want to write these … Continue reading → Read More »
Michigan Loco Ubuntu Global Bug Jam 11.09 for 11.10 is Over
I just got back from the Michigan Loco Ubuntu Global Bug Jam at SRT Solutions in Ann Arbor. I can safely report that Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot is a very nice Ubuntu Linux release which smoothly upgrades from Natty Narwhal. … Continue reading → Read More »
Writing Software is not Comparable to Using a Hammer
I’m going to rant. Take a look at the first two paragraphs and bullet list here: http://www.peteonsoftware.com/index.php/2011/08/23/programming-language-skills/ Which part of programming is as simple as using a hammer, a manual saw, a table saw, a router, a clamp? I’d argue … Continue reading → Read More »
Are Access Modifiers Antiquated?
I just wrote a rather lengthy reply to a Programmers StackExchange question which I’d summarize as “why are the types and or methods I want to extend often sealed in common Java and .NET frameworks and libraries?” Its actually titled … Continue reading → Read More »
Nuget could be more usable outside of visual studio
This is a reply to http://blog.davidebbo.com/2011/05/thoughts-on-installing-and-updating.html I think you are wrong. Everything in this post points out that you were wrong to base nuget on DTE. The points here do explain "why this isn’t supported today" but it sounds … Continue reading → Read More »
Inheriting WPF DataGrid might cause defaulting to OneTime databinding
I just ran into an annoying issue. I am extending WPF DataGrid copy and paste functionality similar to what is suggested by Vincent Sibal here. public BetterDataGrid : DataGrid {…} But when I did, data binding only worked against my … Continue reading → Read More »