Part 1 After I explained my motivation for using YAML instead of XML for my data, I got a lot of people asking me what type of tooling is available in the .Net space for consuming YAML. In this post, I will discuss a nice tooling option as well as describe some small modifications to leverage the extremely powerful dynamic capabilities of C# 4.0. I will be referring to the following YAML file throughout this post Recipe: Title: Macaroni and Cheese Description: My favorite comfort food. Author: Brian...

I recently gave a presentation on Prism at the Ann Arbor .Net Users Group. I have made my slides and demo available for download: Slides Demo Some interesting links associated with prism: Composite Application Guidance Composite Application Library Codeplex Site Great 4-part video series Another video series that David Giard pointed me towards...

Thanks to all who came to the MVVM jam tonight. In case you wanted to see what a completed solution looks like, you can download it here. There are many tweaks that can be made, and it is certainly not the only solution… but hopefully, it helps to understand how the MVVM pattern can be applied. Next week (Wednesday, March 9th) , I will be giving a presentation on Prism for Silverlight and WPF at the Ann Arbor .Net Users’ Group. It is an eyes-forward talk about more patterns similar to MVVM...