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d:DesignInstance in Blend 4

Let’s walk through an example of using d:DesignInstance for improving the design-time experience in Blend. For background, see my last post on the topic. I’m going to be using the ContactManager sample from the Caliburn trunk. You can access the source...

Published 03-29-2010 4:12 PM by Christopher Bennage

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, data binding, UI, XAML, Blend

Exploring Design-Time Data in Blend 4

I’ve gleaned most of what I have learned about this topic from Unni , Karl , and Jack . I recommend checking out their posts for additional information. d:DataContext The d:DataContext attribute allows you to establish a data context that is only for...

Published 03-26-2010 4:26 PM by Christopher Bennage

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, data binding, UI, XAML, mvvm, Blend

XAML Attributes on Separate Lines

Buried deep within the options for Visual Studio is a little switch that places your XAML attributes on separate lines. For example, instead of looking like this: <TextBlock Text="Some Text" Margin="10 0" Grid.Column="1"...

Published 02-24-2010 5:41 PM by Christopher Bennage

Filed under: source control, XAML

Things I’d Like To Present

In case you are not familiar with MIX , it is a conference from Microsoft focusing on the collaboration of design and development. Admittedly, the sessions tend to favor the developer, but there is always excellent design and UX content. There was an...

Published 01-08-2010 6:32 AM by Christopher Bennage

Filed under: WPF, Game Development, fun, XNA, Software Architecture, web, Silverlight, MVC, Presentations, UI, UI Patterns, XAML, UX, Caliburn, viewmodel, mvvm

Comparing Resource Dictionaries in Unit Tests

Working on the ÜberProf has presented some interesting scenarios. As you might have picked up from Ayende’s blog, the vast majority of the source is shared between all the products. This is especially true in the UI layer. Now, Ayende wanted to have a...

Published 12-22-2009 11:37 AM by Christopher Bennage

Filed under: WPF, UI, XAML, uberprof

Caliburn Hello World

A friend recently complained to me that he had a hard time putting together a Hello World application using Caliburn. Here’s a simple step-by-step guide to getting a very simple Caliburn application up and running with the 1.0 release. The goal is to...

Published 11-22-2009 11:32 AM by Christopher Bennage

Filed under: Silverlight, XAML, Caliburn, viewmodel, mvvm

Are Value Converters Evil?

Justin Angel (who is undoubtedly a Silverlight Rock Star) decided to stir things up a bit on Twitter the other night. I was compelled to echo Ward Bell’s response that value converters can play legitimate role in the UI. Justin asked me to defend...

Published 10-01-2009 1:17 AM by Christopher Bennage

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, UI, XAML, UX, viewmodel, mvvm

Displaying Today’s Date with XAML

This one is easy on the brain. Some quick WPF lovin’ 101. I need to display the current date, and have it formatted like this: Friday, March 13, 2009 In my opinion, this is purely a matter for the view and so I’m handling it entirely in the xaml. Here...

Published 03-13-2009 6:06 PM by Christopher Bennage

Filed under: WPF, Tips & Tricks, UI, XAML, 101

Testing Bindings In WPF

I was inspired to get off my duff and blog today by a tweet from Scott Hanselman . I didn’t really dig into the context of his tweet, but it was about TDD and WPF. In case you haven’t figured it out, I’m a big fan of WPF and TDD. Luckily, I’ve had the...

Published 02-19-2009 10:56 PM by Christopher Bennage

Filed under: WPF, TDD, UI, UI Patterns, XAML, Caliburn

Garbled Text in WPF

We've had a number of rendering issues with NH Prof. I've been embarrassed about how frequently I have asked users to update their video drivers. It’s not surprising to encounter driver issues occasionally with WPF. It is built on top of DirectX...

Published 02-16-2009 4:41 PM by Christopher Bennage

Filed under: WPF, UI, XAML

An Essential Tip for Working With XAML

Most WPF and Silverlight devs already know to turn off the default design view for XAML. I don’t ever use the designer in Visual Studio for either Silverlight or WPF. My apologies to the team that worked on it, but it is a hindrance and not a help. When...

Published 02-04-2009 9:51 AM by Christopher Bennage

Filed under: WPF, Silverlight, Tips & Tricks, Visual Studio, XAML, 64 bit

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