More Adventures in MVVM So, I am getting myself ready to head out to Sandusy, Ohio for three days of nerdy fun at CodeMash. While I am there, I will be giving my “Introduction to the MVVM Pattern”. In preparation for this talk, I decided to create a new demo application. This application is a calendar and session list for the conference. It is not terribly fancy (I wish I had more time (or talent) to skin it better), but it highlights many of the concepts that I will be speaking about in my presentation....

This article is describing how to solve the problem in SIlverlight, but the problem can be solved in WPF using the exact same technique. So, now it is time to internationalize our application. I want to use the built-in "resx" mechanism for i18n in .net, so I create myself a resource file and start adding strings to the table: Visual Studio automatically generates the resource class for me, and I am ready to bind to the data in my XAML: <UserControl.Resources> <l:i18n x:Key="i18n" />...

I have been developing full time in Silverlight 2 for a few months now. I must say, it is the most fun environment I have ever programmed in. It has been an enabling technology in our product, and I am rather excited to see what comes next. If the pattern continues as I expect it probably will, we will hear all about the features of Silverlight 3 in a few weeks at Mix 09. I will not be attending this conference, but I fully expect to be watching the important sessions virtually. I am hoping for a...

Last night, the Ann Arbor .Net Developers group held annual elections, and made new director appointments. The new leadership team is: President: Jay Harris Vice President: Scott Zischerk Secretary: Darrell Hawley Treasurer: Eric Bratton Director of Programming: Mike Woelmer Director of Membership: Dennis Burton Director of Sponsorship: Brian Genisio (me!) With my new role, I will be soliciting companies for sponsorship. This will require me to get out there a bit more than I am used to, which is...

The Problem I have been developing with Silverlight for a few months now, and I have really been enjoying myself. It has been the enabling technology my project and we have been extremely productive in the environment. Unfortunately, Silverlight is still in version 2.0 and there are some missing capabilities. One such hole in the framework is "Drag and Drop". There is no support for it directly. There are several blog examples on the web, but I have yet to find a fully encapsulated, generic solution...

Previous Posts: Part 0 of 4: Introduction Part 1 of 4: Testing the Service Part 2 of 4: Testing the Client Part 3 of 4: Testing the Asynchronous Client Functional Testing the WCF Application In functional testing, the goal is to test as much of the application that you can to determine that it does what you want from a functional perspective. It differs greatly from unit testing in that a unit test is only concerned with an individual class. Functional tests are concerned with testing the interactions...