Recent Posts
A Dynamic DataTemplate Generator for WPF
A DataTemplateSelector that will generate a DataTemplate on the fly from your object's properties.
A Touch-Scrolling Attached Behaviour for ScrollViewer
A quick-and-dirty way to make lists scrollable by dragging
MadProps.MvvmLight 2.0.0
Version 2.0.0 of MadProps.MvvmLight is out! Here's the good oil.
The MadProps.MvvmLight ScreenConductor
A new addition to the MadProps.MvvmLight contrib project
NuGet with MEF
Continuing from the previous post, we look at using MEF runtime recomposition with NuGet.
Using NuGet for Application Plug-Ins
A quick rundown on using NuGet as a "plug-in management system" for your application.
Stupid Dynamic Tricks
How I learned to stop worrying and love the dynamic keyword in C#.
MadProps.AppArgs is on Nuget!
Your new favourite command-line parsing class is now available via Nuget.
A Curious Halfwit HashSet Bug
Halfwit threw an exception! Let's track down the bug.
Hacking jQuery-Validate in ASP.NET MVC
ASP.NET MVC uses data annotations to generate "unobtrusive" validation code, but you can do it by hand too!
Toggling Enabled Controls with jQuery
How to enable and disable a control when a drop-down selection changes.
Asycnhronous Service Calls with Coroutines
Calling a WCF service asynchronously with a little help from MadProps.MvvmLight
Blocking a User with Coroutines
An example of using coroutines with MVVM Light in Halfwit
Customizing the WPF DatePicker's Watermark
WPF's DatePicker control has an annoying "Select a date" watermark which you can't customize. OR CAN YOU?
CommandBindings with MVVM
A way to use traditional WPF routed commands with the MVVM pattern.
Memory Usage, Autofac and Transient Objects
Seeing high memory usage in your Autofac-driven application? This might explain why.
ViewModel Resolution with Autofac
How I use Autofac to determine the correct ViewModel to use for a given Model object.
MVVM Light Activities and Exceptions
How should my MVVM Light Coroutine support handle exceptions?
MVVM Light ActivityCommand
Let's make better use of our coroutine support in MVVM Light
Coroutines with MVVM Light
A simple approach to mimicking Caliburn's coroutines with MVVM Light
ThumbnailImage - A WPF Custom Control
A WPF custom control that caches a thumbnail of the given image.
TweetSharp Entities
TweetSharp v2 introduces support for "Twitter Entites". Here's a first look.
An Icon Overlay Notifier for Halfwit
Halfwit lights up the Windows 7 taskbar with an icon overlay!
Halfwit Extensibility - Notifications
A rundown of Halfwit's plug-in and eventing model, focusing on new-tweet notifications.
Nested ViewModels
A way for ViewModel classes to communicate "upstream" in the hiearachy.
Focus a Virtualized ListBoxItem
WPF's UI Virtualization is great, but it can play havoc with keyboard focus. Here's a tip!