Wednesday, December 7, 2011

MVVM Light template and WCF services (or any ASP.NET application for that matter)

MVVM Light template and WCF services (or any ASP.NET application for that matter)


MVVM Light template and WCF services (or any ASP.NET application for that matter)

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:36 PM PST

I was recently made aware of a couple of people having issues with WCF services (or ASP.NET applications) when using the MVVM Light project template for Silverlight. There is a blog post and a StackOverflow question, so what exactly is happening there...( read more )...(read more)

What does featuring in the Marketplace do with your app?

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 10:31 AM PST

A lot of Windows Phone developers probably already know, but some might not. There is a very interesting tool in the market to monitor your application for Downloads, Ranking and Reviews: Distimo Monitor . You can for example compare your application...( read more )...(read more)

Windows 8 XAML Metro Apps with OData - Part 1

Posted: 07 Dec 2011 01:59 AM PST

So, you have heard the buzz about the brave new world of Windows 8 from MSFT's BUILD Conference! May be you even attended the wonderful SilverlightShow webinar about " Getting Started with XAML Development in Windows 8 " by Gill Cleeren...( read more )...(read more)

Windows Dev News for December 06, 2011 - #0007

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 07:41 PM PST

My latest post is up... check it out at WindowsDevNews...( read more )...(read more)

What’s the deal with Orchard and NuGet? Does Orchard suck?

Posted: 06 Dec 2011 06:34 PM PST

Damn, Rob saw right through the PR lies of Phil Haack about the new NuGet gallery and figured it all out. Kidding, kidding. For your enjoyment and context, here is Rob's post: http://wekeroad.com/2011/12/06/nuget-and-orchard/ Phil made a thoughtful answer to the post where he gives the rationale behind the decision: http://wekeroad.com/2011/12/06/nuget-and-orchard/#comment-380571113 What I want to address here is what that means (or not) about Orchard. "Why wasn't it fast before?" Because by default, back when the NuGet gallery was first built, Orchard was grossly under optimized. We made a lot of progress, but it still is under optimized out of the box --in a number of ways-- which is why we're having this discussion for the 1.4 release: http...(read more)

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