MVVM challenge: binding to a command from inside an ItemsControl DataTemplate
Source: Kevin Dockx / IceCream One of the more common problems (or rather: challenges :)) you’ll run in to when working with the MVVM design pattern is binding from a DataTemplate of an ItemsControl to...
View ArticleDemystifying MVVM Techdays 2010 Portugal: slidedeck & democode
Source: Kevin Dockx / IceCream As promised, here is the content from my Demystifying MVVM session @ Techdays Portugal. For those who weren’t there, there’s a lot of stuff in this demo code: MVVM...
View ArticleBESUG Session on Demystifying MVVM – code + slidedeck
Source: Kevin Dockx / IceCream Thanks to everyone who attended my session on MVVM at BESUG yesterday (and thanks for the nice comments ;-))! As promised, you can find the slidedeck and code here....
View ArticleBESUG Session: Demystifying MVVM: video recording available
Source: Kevin Dockx / IceCream As mentioned in my previous post, my BESUG session on Model-View-ViewModel in Silverlight was recorded. Well, today, it was posted at Channel 9! For those of you who...
View ArticleMicrosoft Technet: article + podcast
Source: Kevin Dockx / IceCream A while ago, Gill Cleeren and I wrote an article for Technet Magazine on Silverlight for Business applications, touching on WCF RIA Services, MVVM, … If you’re an IT...
View ArticleGetting an invalid cross-thread exception in Silverlight?
Source: Kevin Dockx / IceCream Image this: you’re working on a Silverlight application, using the MVVM pattern, and you want to do something with the result of an async request (for example, you’re...
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NDC 2011 slides and code available
Source: Kevin Dockx / IceCream I’ve just finished my session on Silverlight, MVVM and RIA Services – an architectural story at NDC2011. Almost a full room, thanks for such a great turnout! As...
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Techdays 2012 slidedeck & code
Source: Kevin Dockx / IceCream Yesterday, I delivered a session at Techdays Belgium: MVVM & WCF RIA Services: an architectural story. At the start of each project, you’ll have to lay out your...
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MSDN Live session on WP7.5
Source: Kevin Dockx / IceCream Tomorrow, I’m delivering a Windows Phone 7.5 MSDN Live session, covering topics about the Windows Phone Application Lifecycle, Isolated Storage & Local Database. If...
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CRUD operations with WCF Ria Services, Upshot and Knockout
Source: kristofdegrave In my previous post, I showed you how to retrieve data with upshot using WCF Ria Services. Today I’m extending this example with simple CRUD operations, including validation. If...
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Upshot.js & knockout.js: The HTML5 client for WCF RIA services
Source: kristofdegrave As Microsoft is leaving the Silverlight track and more and more focusing on HTML5 for cross browser support, solutions are coming for several existing frameworks. One of the...
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Windows 8 Advanced XAML/C# Expert Class: slides + code available
Source: Kevin Dockx / IceCream Yesterday, I delivered an advanced training on Windows 8 development (XAML/C#). This was a full-day training @ Microsoft Belgium offices, covering such topics as: MVVM...
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Windows Store App Performance: new Pluralsight course
Source: Kevin Dockx / IceCream The last few months, I’ve been busy working on a Pluralsight course. As some of you might know, Pluralsight is one of the most respected online IT course providers...
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