WPF Community Bloggers

Fixing WPF Command Routing

2008-07-26T03:58:27Z

Bill Kempf , a fellow WPF Disciple , was lamenting the fact that by default a CommandBinding can only refer to a handler defined in the code behind of the Window/Page/UserControl in which it's defined. He wished that a syntax similar to the following was possible < Window > < Window.CommandBindings > < CommandBinding Command ="foo:MyCommands.FooCommand" Executed ="{Event Target={StaticResource MyPresenter}, Handler=OnFooCommand}" /> </ Window.CommandBindings...(read more)

A Brief Proof That Unrelentingly Catchy Tunes Do Not Good Music Make

2008-07-25T14:44:40Z

ABBA. QED. Read More......(read more)

Great new way for using RoutedCommands with the ViewModel pattern in WPF

2008-07-25T08:17:02Z

Josh Smith just published a great article about his solution to using RoutedCommands in WPF. The problem he solves, has been solved by others before, however, I think this is a very lightweight succinct way of doing it. Basically, when you set a command to a button, you will have to handle that logic (canExecute and Execute) in the codebehind of the view. Since you are (hopefully) using a MVC, MVP or MVVM approach, you would rather not go through the codebehind of the view, but directly route the...(read more)

Wanted: a code discovery tool

2008-07-24T09:34:00Z

Picture this, large scale enterprise app, small scale legacy application, third party code...in other words a code base you are not fully familar with and need to understand. Sure enough can apply the feathers rules but if your in a hurrry to understand to understand a code base to start making changes (and a green field option is not an option) then what do you do? I'm on the look out for a tool that can allow you to explore a code base, explore object dependencies and pathways. Ideas welcome. Read...(read more)

[WPF] Comment déclencher un évènement sur un contrôle ?

2008-07-24T08:24:54Z

Il peut parfois s'avérer nécessaire de vouloir déclencher manuellement un évènement sur un contrôle. En effet, vous pourriez vouloir, par exemple, envoyer l'évènement KeyDown à une ComboBox alors que c'est la fenêtre de votre application qui a le focu... Read More......(read more)

Design Maturity Model

2008-07-22T16:57:48Z

La noción de aplicar diseño a los desarrollos de software cada día es más importante, pero como todo, requiere un proceso de adaptación, capacitación y descubrimiento. El Design Maturity Model propuesto por Jess McMullin describe cinco niveles y sus respectivos comportamientos ante el diseño para poder guiarnos en el camino de una correcta incorporación del mismo en nuestros procesos de desarrollo y detectar en que estadio de madurez nos encontramos. Nivel 1 – No somos conscientes del diseño El diseño...(read more)

great coffee at identity mine…

2008-07-21T19:22:04Z

<ShamelessPlug> Just saw a post on Jackson Fish Market about this article. Apparently startups are scrimping on coffee.. This is a travesty… One that I am happy to say that identity mine is definitely not a part of. We requested cafeine and identity mine delivered. We just purchased a Rancilio Silvia and Rocky for our new Pioneer [...] Read More......(read more)

Shipping and Shopping

2008-07-21T18:26:36Z

Its been a long time since I have blogged but now Robby’s nerd+art website has got me jazzed about doing some silverlight work…im working on a DesignersLoveSilverlight section to my blog. I’ve been busy with lots of WPF client development as usual and added to that we have welcomed two new munchkins into the Dunlap [...] Read More......(read more)

[WPF] Des requêtes NDepend pour analyser vos projets WPF

2008-07-21T07:27:00Z

Je ne vais pas vous reparler de NDepend, l'outil développé par Patrick Smacchia, car c'est un outil vraiment très précieux pour tous les développeurs/architectes qui souhaitent avoir des métriques sur le code de leur application. Si vous ne connaisse... Read More......(read more)

Generic Extension Methods

2008-07-20T12:35:28Z

I've discovered that if an extension method is generic and the generic type is used as the "this" parameter, you do not have to write out the generic discriminator. The compiler is smart enough to infer it for you. For example, the range validation function I shared a few weeks ago can be called like so: int myInt=5; myInt.ValidateRange(2,20); Jeff would be happy. Read More......(read more)

Frameworks! Frameworks! Frameworks!

2008-07-18T18:36:56Z

If I haven't blogged about t before, I meant to but have been extremely busy. The first release of Prism or Composite App Guidance for WPF is available. Oh wait...I've blogged about it already (Did I mention how much I love Live Writer?). If you're looking at WPF for enterprise "Line of Business" applications, you should really look at it, not just for the framework but for the guidance assets themselves. I participated in the advisory board for the guidance and had a blast giving feedback...(read more)

I'm Going to PDC

2008-07-17T13:01:37Z

I'm all set. My hotel is booked, flight is selected, and registration is done. Now all I have to do is wait and speculate. This will be my first PDC, so I'm pretty excited about it. Although Microsoft has revealed some of the topics to be discussed, the fun part is guessing what they aren't telling us yet: With guaranteed coverage of "Rosario", I'm pretty sure they'll be talking about .NET 4.0 (and hopefully Acropolis). The initial previews were very promising. To have it become a native...(read more)

I never saw this coming...

2008-07-17T11:25:00Z

While eating my lunch I was running through google reader and started reading a post from Glen , this lead me in turn to Hammett (the guy that founded the Castle project) and this post literally blew me away. Microsoft have been snapping some of the coolest, smartest dudes in the commnity lately, first Haack, then Rob, then Hansleman, now....Hammet. It is a very long time coming, Hammett is a seriously smart dude and fully deserves it. He will be joining them on the MEF team, as that is not directly...(read more)

iPhone 2.0: Less Polished than 1.0.

2008-07-16T18:09:27Z

As much as I like the iPhone 2.0 software, I have to say that it isn't nearly as polished as 1.0 was Read More......(read more)

Silverlight 2 : Les outils - 3 châpitres gratuits... mais en anglais

2008-07-16T10:14:00Z

Vous souhaitez en savoir un peu plus sur les bases de Silverlight 2 et plus particulièrement sur les outils que l'ont peut utiliser ? Microsoft met à votre disposition les 3 premiers châpitres en teasing du livre intitulé "Introducing Microsoft® Silve... Read More......(read more)