http://www.nextbestgeek.com this blog cannot be explained in a few words Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:56:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After reading a blog post today on the LOB in WPF topic and remembering the countless ones I read before I thought it might be the right time to present the world what I would like to call "the first framework for db-centric line-of-business applications built for WPF": Trivadis Application Builder (TAB). The name already ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/10/03/framework-for-db-centric-wpf-lob-application-is-here/ You know the pity: You're once again working on the train and have only a lousy HSDPA or UMTS connection but right a this point in time you would need to debug into the .net source code. You are actually able to get the source code since MSFT released it ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/04/15/net-you-got-the-source-now-grab-it/ Brad Abrams wrote about the just released Framework Design Studio. Also there is not that much functionality included right now it already helped me to identify API changes between two milestones in an internal WPF framework we currently work on. http://blogs.msdn.com/brada/archive/2008/04/04/framework-design-studio-published.aspx   In addition ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/04/10/framework-design/ This posting consists of two sections: cool but not really useable really cool and usable lets start with the non-usable stuff [Code in XAML]: Whenever you declare your UI in XAML you've to attach event handlers in the ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/04/10/wpf-code-in-xaml-widthbinding-height2/ QuickLink: http://sessions.visitmix.com/, search for Session: T11. A lot of what you are currently missing in WPF will come with .net Framework 3.5 "Servicing Release": Container Recycling for ItemsControl (as base class) DeferredScrolling (in TreeView) don't know if I will ever use it DataGrid (new) Value formating without value converter you know String.Format()?, use it in a declarative ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/03/10/wpf-35-servicing-release/ Quicknote: If you are a wpf custom control writer(1), check out the sources for the Silverlight 2.0b1 controls released with mix08 keynote: Silverlight 2.0b1 controls. It is actually a whole vs2008 solution, so you can even "learn" how to create tests against custom controls. BTW: The new -and right now "Silverlight only"- ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/03/10/wpf-learn-from-silverlight-controls/ For a lot of us WPF is still a new technology. There are a few commercial applications out there, a few component suites... but it is still not common in the "typical windows app". I was looking for blog entries by MSFT staff to find out when the first releases were published. ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/02/22/wpf-new-technology/ The SDK used to create the New York Times Reader (as an example) fomerly known as "Reader SDK" is now available as "Syndicated Client Starter Kit" from windowsclient.net: http://windowsclient.net/wpf/starter-kits/sce.aspx. Get more information concerning the SDK from Tim Sneath: http://blogs.msdn.com/tims/archive/2008/01/16/we-ve-released-the-news-reader-sdk.aspx I've tried the MSDN reader sample and was fairly impressed. Besides some problems ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/01/17/wpf-reader-sdk-public/ Let me save you some time ;). I had a hard time of finding all the information I needed to create a really usable wpf custom control (user defined templates etc.). Looks like Charles Petzold had to go the same way and was keen enough to write an article for MSDN ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/01/16/wpf-custom-controls/ Microsoft's server are getting a personality. As Windows Server 2008 entered ESCROW a few weeks ago it looks like the bits are getting ready. Microsoft.com being one of the largest web pages in today's Internet (in case of unique hits) one can say that it might be its own testbed ... http://www.nextbestgeek.com/2008/01/09/windows-server-2008/