I’m going to do this backwards. I’ll start assuming you already have your vector icon in XAML. Then, how to import your vector icon from Illustrator to XAML. The basics:… Read More »Using Vectors in an App Bar (Windows 8 + Windows Phone 8.1)
This is a simple, straight-forward walk-through for doing StringFormat binding in Blend. It is meant to go along with my much more comprehensive post on StringFormat binding for Windows Phone.… Read More »Windows Phone StringFormat Binding And Blend
App bars in Windows Phone 7 are actually a pretty cool little bit of functionality. They give the user 1-4 instantly accessible options for dealing with the screen the user… Read More »App Bars in Windows Phone 7 In Blend
I’m currently working on porting the run-away hit mobile application ShopSavvy to Windows Phone 7 (sign up to be a beta tester) and one of the things I really wished… Read More »Using WrapPanel and DockPanel in Windows Phone 7 With Blend
As promised, I’m posting my code for the demos from my MIX10 “Creating Effective Information Visualization in Silverlight” talk. Unemployment Data Demo Code Bing Maps Twitter Demo Code In case… Read More »Code for MIX10 Information Visualization Talk Demos
UPDATED 05/22/09 In the comments, someone mentioned that the project wasn’t working properly for keyed scrolling. I’ve updated the project with: Key scrolling (left, right, up, down, page up, page… Read More »How To Create An Animated ScrollViewer (or ListBox) in WPF
I was working on a project recently and I wanted one of my layout controls to have a different margin based on a certain piece of data. (It’s a long… Read More »Using the “Tag” Field And Triggers To Avoid Writing a Value Converter in WPF
In this post, you’ll either need to walk through this tutorial on how to call and prepare JSON data gathered from the New York Times API or, if you’re not… Read More »Using Silverlight to Display JSON Data (Collected From The New York Times API)
Summary: In this post, I walk through the basics of using Silverlight to query the New York Times Article API and display the results of the query. You can see… Read More »Adventures with JSON and Silverlight (and the New York Times)
I’d been holding out on this post in the interest of getting it just right. I think with more time I would add more stuff, but I stumbled across Scott… Read More »6 Tips For Designers For Translating Your Comps Into XAML