VS 2010, vs-doc and Javascript Intellisense
August 27th, 2010
Recently I read Scott Guthrie’s post on improved JavaScript Intellisense in Visual Studio 2010. Whilst the post is very impressive, showing off Visual Studio’s ability to parse the JavaScript in order to provide intelligent Intellisense, when I came to apply it to more real world examples and use vs-doc to give the Intellisense hints, I [...]
Developing a (very) Lookless Silverlight Radial Gauge Control
August 19th, 2010
This blog post describes the development of a lookless radial gauge control. In this post I will explore the use of an attached view model in order to move view specific properties and logic out of the control code in order to give a truly lookless control.
Today I had to get up far too early [...]
Styles In Silverlight: Further Advanced Topics
August 19th, 2010
This article is part 3 of 4 in a series covering everything that I think is worth knowing about styles in Silverlight. The previous parts of the series are Styles in Silverlight: an Introduction and Styles in Silverlight – Inheritance, Precedence and Other Advanced Topics.
This part of the series explores some further advanced topics: data [...]
Forster takes title in inaugural Scott Logic Edinburgh Karting Grand Prix
August 17th, 2010
Last weekend saw the inaugural Scott Logic Edinburgh Karting Grand Prix at the Knockhill racing circuit. Nineteen wannabe F1 drivers battled it out in the Fife sunshine....
Silverlight MultiBinding updated, adding support for ElementName and TwoWay binding
August 12th, 2010
This blog post describes an update to the Silverlight 4 MultiBinding technique I blogged about a couple of months ago to add support for ElementName binding and TwoWay binding.
A few months ago I posted an update to my MultiBinding solution for Silverlight 4. This technique allows you to perform the same kind of multibindings which [...]
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Logging to Server from Flex
August 6th, 2010
An issue that can crop up with Flex applications is the lack of any log information to match up against users’ bug reports. It is possible to configure the debug version of Flash Player to record trace() output, but most users do not have this setup. Additionally, it is much more desirable to [...]
Styles in Silverlight – Inheritance, Precedence and Other Advanced Topics
July 29th, 2010
This article is part 2 of 4 in a series attempting to cover everything I think is worth knowing about styles in Silverlight 4. The previous article in the series was Styles in Silverlight: an Introduction that covered what styles are, how they can be defined and some of their limitations.
This article focuses on [...]
Styles in Silverlight: an Introduction
July 23rd, 2010
This article is part 1 of (planned) 4 in a series attempting to cover everything I think is worth knowing about styles in Silverlight 4.
What are Styles?
Styles in Silverlight are a powerful mechanism that allow controlling the visual representation of elements in a unified way for all user interface elements. The concept is similar to [...]