Requested: Dancing grandma – and a note on Inkscape
My grandma made her very first app not to long ago, with a little help from me. She made a NFC writer app for Windows Phone 8, a simple but functional app. I wanted to find a nice vector file I could use for the app, but couldn’t find a fitting one so I ended [...]
Stupid Question 186 – 187: Is ForEach missing from List
[To celebrate my first year of programming I will ask a 'stupid' questions daily on my blog for a year, to make sure I learn at least 365 new things during my second year as a developer] I had been banging my head against the wall (or maybe it would be more fitting to say [...]
Mum makes an app with Icenium and Kendo UI Mobile + GitHub Part 2/2
This is part two of my programming session with mum where she creates her first application. So far we have spent one hour and ten minutes and we have created a first project with JavaScript using Icenium. We have an idea for an app with ten herbs translated to three languages, and we have created [...]
Mum makes an app with Icenium and Kendo UI Mobile + GitHub Part 1/2
You might be surprised that although I work for Telerik as an evangelist I haven’t tried all our products. We have a lot of products, and I don’t have a lot of time. But with BUILD coming up, I’ve decided to try out and learn the ins and outs of every single product we have. [...]
[To celebrate my first year of programming I will ask a 'stupid' questions daily on my blog for a year, to make sure I learn at least 365 new things during my second year as a developer] Went home to visit my parents this weekend, and as always I had to go through airport security. [...]
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 WinRT JS app guide: IntroductionWhat we will cover In this post we will introduce our next guide on creating Windows Store Apps, this time with JavaScript and HTML. Windows Store App guide with JavaScript and HTML A couple of months ago we walked through the steps of creating a Windows Store application in C# and XAML using Telerik graph [...] |
 Developing for Leap Motion in C# Tutorial (video, slides and code)I did a presentation on Leap Motion at the virtual conference DotnetConf last week, and I’ve spent the weekend cleaning up the code a little bit an putting together a simple video tutorial as it seems quite a few were interested and wanted some help to get started, and a step by step guide on [...] |
 Example: Compressing and decompressing files in a Windows Store App with GZipStream classI don’t know about you, but working with streams in WinRT has proven to be a challenge- at least for me. I keep expecting things to be there that aren’t and my reads and writes collide in my mind. Aside from WinRT, there has also been changes in (welcoming changes) in .Net 4.5, and I [...] |
 Settings panel: Windows Store Apps JS/HTML and C#/XAML side by sideIn Windows Store Apps the Settings of an app has to be accessed the same way, through the settings charm in the charms bar. Both app and system settings can be accessed there. You add commands to the pane itself, and that’s all you can do with the pane. Each command can invoke one settings [...] |
 A simple design time data example with Windows Store Applications for beginnersI’ve gotten many question about design time data and how you can work with it. The default templates are for many a tiny bit complicated, and if you look at most of the examples out there for design time data ther are often just modified versions of the code in the template. You can download [...] |
 WinRT comparison JS/Html and C#/XAML: Using a grid for app layoutIn XAML we often use the Grid element to create a fluid layout but at the same time keep the controls where we want them to be in relation to each other. Of course we don’t use just the grid, but it often serves as a main frame- or skeleton, for the app. If you [...] |
 Connecting your website to your Windows Store App with meta tagsA pretty cool thing you can do to better connect your website with your Windows Store App Oddly enough most developers I’ve talked to are unaware of this little cool thing you can do to connect your Windows Store App with your website so I’ve decided to write up this little blog post, and also [...] |
 What you must know about pen and touch in Windows Store AppsDid you know there are different types of pens, two main ones? One that is considered as touch and one as pen? Let’s take a step back and get some basics down. Responding to user interaction in Windows Store Apps is very easy. Reacting, filtering and responding to user interaction. Since Windows Store Apps are [...] |
 WinRT app guide: Step 18: Running the WACK tool and submitting to the Windows StoreTo read the other steps in the step by step guide for creating a Metro/ WinRT application go here I can’t believe it is time! For the past 17 steps we have been working on a small Windows Store App together, and it is now time to submit it to the Windows Store. Let’s have [...] |
 Example WinRT: Changing existing style resource at runtime in code using databindingsI’ve noticed that the last how to change style during runtime example I posted is rather popular, and earlier today I was trying to help somebody with a TextBlock style change implementation for a Windows Store App. The difference this time was that we wanted to change an existing style, not just switch styles. Wether [...] |
