Posted in Microsoft, Tech, WPF on Apr 23rd, 2008 1 Comment »
I had been merrily using WPF’s built-in support for the Command Pattern for ages (see Commanding Overview, MSDN Docs, and article on implementing the command pattern in WPF, Jeff Druyt)… when suddenly it occured to me that I had no idea what triggered WPF to determine whether or not a command can be executed.
Let me [...]
Posted in Microsoft, Tech, WPF on Apr 21st, 2008 No Comments »
The WPF Performance Suite includes the following tools for profiling WPF applications at runtime:
Perforator: for analyzing rendering behavior.
Visual Profiler: for profiling the use of WPF services, such as layout and event handling, by elements in the visual tree.
Working Set Analyzer: for analyzing the working set characteristics of your application.
Event Trace: for analyzing events and generating [...]
Posted in Canada, Personal, Tech on Apr 14th, 2008 No Comments »
Mike Holmes is well on his way to being my new idol.
If you’re reading this from Canada, you know Mike: the contractor who arrives at botched renovation jobs and works his magic.
So why do I love this guy?
1. He knows everything there is to know about construction. He seems to have deep knowledge of [...]
Posted in Microsoft, Tech, WPF on Apr 13th, 2008 2 Comments »
Custom WPF Bitmap Effects, authored in a Managed C++ assembly, complete with sample project to help you roll your own. It works, complete with live preview, in Expression Blend. Done by a guy called Rob who has a blog called Run To The Hills. ‘Nuff said.
Check it out!
p.s. My suggestion to Rob: [...]
Posted in Microsoft, Tech, Visualization, WPF on Apr 11th, 2008 2 Comments »
I’m currently consulting independently for an incredibly cool team of developers and designers. The process has been a joy, both for me and for my clients. In part, it has shown me that Expression Blend (2.5) has matured to the point where it delivers on the promise of dramatically improving the developer-designer workflow.
I [...]
Posted in Canada, Microsoft, Tech, Tech Events, WPF on Apr 10th, 2008 1 Comment »
I’m in the lineup to speak at the DevTeach conference, which is taking place in Toronto from May 12-15. My presentation is going to be WPF-centric, but I have deliberately left the abstract flexible.
What would you like to hear about WPF at DevTeach from someone who’s been consulting in WPF and Silverlight?
Building a WPF [...]
