News on the future of C# as a language
What’s going on here? Mads Torgersen have commented on two language feature suggestions on uservoice. Noting that they are actively working on them. If you have not voted for your most wanted features...
View ArticleResource interface generation with T4 templates (C#/Xaml)
When you globalize your Windows Store app, i.e. show the GUI in foreing languages like French or German, there’s a few things you have to do. 1. Add translated string to a resource file. […]
View ArticleInstance counting with Autofac
You want to do what? In a recent project I had a problem with some form of memory leak. Since the project used Autofac I figured that we could use it to find likely […]
View ArticleExperience developing a Windows Phone 8 app with Html5 and Javascript
Recently we developed a Windows Phone 8 app communicating with a simple rest service with C#. With all the buzz around html5 and JavaScript we wanted to see how hard it was for us […]
View ArticleWindows Phone 8 native and Javascript interop
In the last blog post we talked about our experience as a C# developer when migrating a C# app to Javascript + Html. In this follow up post we will deep dive into some […]
View ArticleWindows Phone 8.1 for Developers – Choose your weapons
This blog post is part of a series about how Windows Phone 8.1 affects developers. With the introduction of Windows Phone 8.1 we are no longer limited to using C# or VB for creating native Windows […]
View ArticleWindows Phone 8.1 for Developers – the Web Authentication Broker
This blog post is part of a series about how Windows Phone 8.1 affects developers. The series is written in collaboration with Microsoft evangelist Peter Bryntesson, check out his blog here. Intro...
View ArticleChoose your Windows Phone XAML app model
This blog post is part of a series about how Windows Phone 8.1 affects developers. The series is written in collaboration with Microsoft evangelist Peter Bryntesson, check out his blog here. Intro The...
View ArticleWindows Phone 8.1 for developers – Using the Credential Locker
This blog post is part of a series about how Windows Phone 8.1 affects developers. The series is written in collaboration with Microsoft evangelist Peter Bryntesson, check out his blog here. Intro With...
View ArticleDetecting orientation in Universal apps (Windows & Phone 8.1)
Working with sensors on Windows Phone is should be a breeze, both thanks to the fine-grained APIs in Windows.Devices.Sensors classes and the higher-level APIs in e.g. the SimpleOrientationSensor. I’ve...
View ArticleBenefits with C++ in modern apps
Why would one want to use C++ when developing modern applications for Windows? A lot of developers see C++ as an old, aging, clumsy giant. Why program using C++ when you can be much […] The post...
View ArticleWindows 10 for developers
Wow. The level of innovation and new products that Microsoft showed yesterday with HoloLens, Surface Hub and Windows 10 is rare to get in one event – we are mightily impressed. With Windows 10 […] The...
View ArticleUsing Roslyn to build a simple C# interactive script engine
The .NET Compiler Platform (a.k.a. Roslyn) version 1.0-rc2 was recently released and got go-live license which means the API’s are to be considered fairly stable. In this post I’ll demonstrate how to...
View ArticleUWP assigned access (or kiosk mode)
I’ve done a PoC on a UWP assigned access app and thought I’d share some findings. First what is assigned access or kiosk mode which its also called.2 In Windows 10 one can set […] The post UWP assigned...
View ArticleWindows Phone 8.1 for developers – Using the Credential Locker
This blog post is part of a series about how Windows Phone 8.1 affects developers. The series is written in collaboration with Microsoft evangelist Peter Bryntesson, check out his blog here. Intro With...
View ArticleDetecting orientation in Universal apps (Windows & Phone 8.1)
Working with sensors on Windows Phone is should be a breeze, both thanks to the fine-grained APIs in Windows.Devices.Sensors classes and the higher-level APIs in e.g. the SimpleOrientationSensor. I’ve...
View ArticleBenefits with C++ in modern apps
Why would one want to use C++ when developing modern applications for Windows? A lot of developers see C++ as an old, aging, clumsy giant. Why program using C++ when you can be much more productive...
View ArticleWindows 10 for developers
Wow. The level of innovation and new products that Microsoft showed yesterday with HoloLens, Surface Hub and Windows 10 is rare to get in one event – we are mightily impressed. With Windows 10 powering...
View ArticleUsing Roslyn to build a simple C# interactive script engine
The .NET Compiler Platform (a.k.a. Roslyn) version 1.0-rc2 was recently released and got go-live license which means the API’s are to be considered fairly stable. In this post I’ll demonstrate how to...
View ArticleUWP assigned access (or kiosk mode)
I’ve done a PoC on a UWP assigned access app and thought I’d share some findings. First what is assigned access or kiosk mode which its also called. In Windows 10 one can set an app to be the only...
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