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Azure Skyline: Remote App—Hosting Desktop Apps in Azure
By:
Mike Yeager
Last updated: Monday, June 28, 2021
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2016 - January/February
In this next installment of his exploration of Microsoft Azure, Mike explores the benefits of remote desktop apps.
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Asynchronous Pattern Redux for XAML Developers
By:
Bill Catlan
Last updated: Monday, July 26, 2021
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2015 - May/June
By providing the history of asynchronous and await patterns, Bill examines the benefits of using these techniques in developing new apps and when it comes to the maintenance or revision of legacy code.
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Editorial
By:
Rod Paddock
Last updated: Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2014 - July/August
Rod takes a look at how to evaluate the winners and losers when it comes to new technologies.
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A Windows 8 Look and Feel for WPF, Part 3
By:
Paul Sheriff
Last updated: Thursday, June 2, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2013 - March/April
In Part 1 of this article you learned how to create a Windows 8 look and feel for your WPF applications. In Part 2 of this article you learned to create a few of the user controls that went into making the shell application. In this final article in this series, you will learn how to create the last few user controls that I used to create the Windows 8 Shell application. In this article, you will learn to put together a WPF Image button, an Image button with text and finally the main Tiles used for the primary navigation system.
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An Overview of the Windows Phone 8 SDK
By:
Michael Crump
Last updated: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2013 - March/April
It didn’t take long after the introduction of Windows Runtime (WinRT, the set of APIs that allow Windows Store apps to communicate with the Windows 8 operating system), for Microsoft to unveil the next generation of its mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8, which conveniently includes some of the APIs coming directly from WinRT. It’s easy to imagine the APIs merging together at some point, as that would make writing applications for on-the-go devices such as tablets and mobile phones much easier.
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CODE Framework: Documents, Printing, and Interactive Document UIs
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Markus Egger
Last updated: Monday, June 6, 2022
Published in: VFP Conversion Papers, Markus Egger Talks Tech, CODE Magazine: 2013 - March/April
The CODE Framework WPF features (based on MVVM and MVC concepts) have become very popular amongst .NET developers, thanks to ease of development paired with a high degree of freedom, control and reuse. Another CODE Framework module takes these concepts and extends them into the domain of documents and printing. Many applications use third-party reporting products to create print and report output, and those products certainly have a good reason for existence and aren’t entirely replaced by the CODE Framework Document features. However, the CODE Framework Document features can replace some functionality that would otherwise be handled by reporting packages, and in addition, the CODE Framework Document features add a significant number of new features including the ability to create more naturally flowing documents and printouts and use those not just for print, but also use them as interactive user interfaces.
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The Easiest Path to Windows 8: HTML + CSS + JavaScript
Last updated: Monday, June 6, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2013 - March/April
Sometimes it happens that a new version of an operating system introduces a new type of application completely incompatible with older versions of the same system. The last time it happened I think it was with Windows 95. More than 15 years later, Windows 8 comes with support for a completely new segment of applications named Windows Store apps.
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The Skeptical Coder: Fixing Windows 8 and WinRT
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Skeptical Coder
Last updated: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2013 - March/April
Here’s a bit of news for you: Despite all the criticism and despite all the naysayers, Windows 8 is actually a very good operating system. Improvements to the desktop are good and welcome. A lot of the underlying tech for WinRT is quite impressive. Microsoft should be applauded for their willingness to invent and change. However, because of a long list of puzzling decisions, and due to a lack of polish and packaging, Windows 8 just doesn’t add up to a good product that serves all the market segments it aims to serve. That’s a tall order, of course, but anything less has to be seen as a dramatic failure for any version of the Windows operating system.
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A Windows 8 Look and Feel for WPF, Part 2
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Last updated: Thursday, June 9, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2013 - January/February
In part 1 of this article, you learned how to create a Windows 8 look and feel for your WPF applications. You were shown a high-level overview of the various components that made up the shell for navigating. In part 2 of this article you will learn to create a WPF Button user control, a Message Box you can style, and a simple Message Broker System. All of these components are used to create the “Windows 8 Style” WPF shell you learned about in part 1.
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A Windows 8 Look and Feel for WPF, Part 1
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Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2012 - November/December
Many people will not be able to upgrade to Windows 8 right away for various reasons. However, there is nothing to stop you from designing your WPF applications to have a similar look and feel.
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Converting XAML-Based Applications to Windows 8
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Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Published in: VFP Conversion Papers, Markus Egger Talks Tech, CODE Magazine: 2012 - July/August
The big news about Windows 8 is its new mode based on the Metro design language and UI paradigm. Metro apps are based on the new WinRT (Windows Runtime) and can be built in two distinct ways. One utilizes HTML5 and JavaScript, while the other uses XAML for the user interface definition and C#, Visual Basic, or native C++ as the language behind the scenes. Not surprisingly, the later has often been compared to other XAML-based setups, in particular Silverlight, but also WPF. After all, “XAML is XAML,” the reasoning goes, so it should not be difficult to move both WPF/Silverlight skills as well as actual applications into the new world of WinRT. But is that really so?
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Intro to Metro
By:
Miguel Castro
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2012 - July/August
Ten years after the release of the .NET Framework, Microsoft is stirring the pot again with a new development platform that set’s to focus your talents on what everyone is betting is the next big thing, mobile devices; specifically in this case, tablets. The Windows Runtime, or WinRT, is the foundation for the development of applications designed to target Windows 8-driven touch-enabled devices, but what does that mean for .NET developers and their existing skill sets?
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CODE Framework: Building Services and SOA Business Layers
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Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Published in: VFP Conversion Papers, CODE Magazine: 2012 - March/April, Markus Egger Talks Tech
In the last issue of CODE Magazine, we took a look at CODE Framework’s WPF features. This time, we are going to look at a completely different area of the framework: Creating business logic and middle tiers as SOA services. SOA is the cornerstone of many modern applications, creating systems that are more maintainable, flexible, and suitable for a wide range of scenarios, ranging from Windows to Web and Mobile scenarios using a wide variety of technologies, and outperforming conventional multi-tiered applications in a range of metrics. Using CODE Framework, it also becomes easy and extremely productive to build SOA layers.
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CODE Framework: Writing MVVM/MVC WPF Applications
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Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Published in: VFP Conversion Papers, CODE Magazine: 2012 - January/February, Markus Egger Talks Tech
The CODE Framework is an open-source application framework by the makers of CODE Magazine. It is entirely free of charge. It covers a wide range of features that can be applied altogether or individually in an À la carte fashion. All of these features revolve around a single concept: Building advanced business applications in a productive and maintainable fashion while maintaining great application architecture. In this article, we are focusing on a subset of the CODE Framework, specifically the components used to build WPF applications using the MVVM and MVC patterns.
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Developing a Metro Style App with HTML and JavaScript
By:
Jim Duffy
Last updated: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2011 - November/December
Microsoft unveiled the Windows Developer Preview, a pre-beta version of Windows 8 for developers, at the Microsoft BUILD conference in September 2011. The most compelling new feature for developers and users alike is the new Metro style user interface.
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Managed Coder: Thoughts of a //Build/ Gone By
By:
Ted Neward
Last updated: Tuesday, December 21, 2021
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2011 - November/December
Nov/Dec 2011 Managed Coder by Ted Neward
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Building Windows 8 Apps with C# and XAML - Introduction to UI Design Patterns for Windows 8 Apps Chapter Excerpt
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: Book Excerpts
In this excerpt from Building Windows 8 Apps with C# and XAML, learn about the various parts of MVVM and how to apply it with a special focus on testing. By Jeremy Likness, Published Oct 25, 2012 by Addison-Wesley Professional. Part of theMicrosoft Windows Development Series series. Copyright 2013 ISBN-10: 0-321-82216-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-321-82216-1. To Purchase go to: http://www.informit.com/store/building-windows-8-apps-with-c-sharp-and-xaml-9780321822161?w_ptgrevartcl=%20Introduction%20to%20UI%20Design%20Patterns%20for%20Windows%208%20Apps%20_1960915.
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My Windows 8 - Chapter 1 - Wow! Getting Around in Windows 8
Last updated: Friday, February 22, 2019
Published in: Book Excerpts
My Windows 8 By Katherine Murray Published Sep 11, 2012 by Que. Part of the My... series. Sample Chapter is provided courtesy of Que Publishing.
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Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and javaScript UNLEASHED - Chapter 1
Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Published in: Book Excerpts
In <i>Windows 8 Apps with HTML5 and JavaScript Unleashed</i>, author Stephen Walther covers everything you need to build, test, and distribute outstanding Windows 8 software with JavaScript and HTML5. Walther clearly demonstrates the unique advantages Windows 8 offers to web developers. He guides you through using Microsoft’s new WinJS library to develop apps for Microsoft’s brand-new version of Windows--you learn how to use JavaScript templates, controls, and data binding. You’ll find in-depth coverage of everything from displaying data with a ListView control to supporting SkyDrive cloud storage, creating games to using IndexedDB and HTML5 forms.
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Windows 8.1 Apps with XAML and C#: Arranging UI Elements
Last updated: Thursday, February 21, 2019
Published in: Book Excerpts, Newsletters
The sizing and positioning of elements is called layout. Within the parent/child relationship between elements, this chapter focuses on the children, examining the common ways that you can control layout on a child-by-child basis.
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Windows Phone 8 Development Succinctly
Last updated: Friday, February 22, 2019
Published in: Book Excerpts, Newsletters
Windows Phone 8 Development Succinctly by Matteo Pagani is one of the latest titles in Syncfusion's acclaimed Succinctly series of technical e-books. It introduces the platform and many of its features to get new developers up and running with their own Windows Phone applications. Go from displaying a simple "Hello World" message to creating an app thoroughly integrated with the operating system and hardware to to deliver a unique user experience. This book can be downloaded in its entirety for free from Syncfusion's Technology Resource Portal.
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