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February 2012 - Posts

Visual Studio 11 Beta in Context
Today Visual Studio 11 Beta is released and available for download. Don't want to read a big blog post? Phooey on you then! ;) Visual Studio 11 Beta & .NET 4.5 Beta Announcement by Jason Zander + Downloads Windows 8 Consumer Preview Announcement by Steven Sinofsky + Download Made it this far? OK, cool. I wanted to do a post that would not only point you to a bunch of other resources, but more generally answer the obvious questions. The questions that I asked before I went to work for Microsoft four years ago. I always ask: What's changed, and why should I care? "One ASP.NET" One of the things that the fellows and I are working on that will be more obvious  after the beta and even a little after the final release is...
Metro: Understanding CSS Media Queries
If you are building a Metro style application then your application needs to look great when used on a wide variety of devices. Your application needs to work on tiny little phones, slates, desktop monitors, and the super high resolution displays of the future. Your application also must support portable devices used with different orientations. [...] Read More...
Posted: Feb 29 2012, 03:27 AM by Stephen Walther
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Windows Web Applications: Understanding CSS Media Queries
If you are building a Windows Web Application then your application needs to look great when used on a wide variety of devices. Your application needs to work on tiny little phones, slates, desktop monitors, and the super high resolution displays of the future. Your application also must support portable devices used with different orientations. [...] Read More...
Metro: Using Templates
The goal of this blog post is to describe how templates work in the WinJS library. In particular, you learn how to use a template to display both a single item and an array of items. You also learn how to load a template from an external file. Why use Templates? Imagine that you want [...] Read More...
Posted: Feb 27 2012, 05:34 PM by Stephen Walther
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Windows Web Applications: Using Templates
The goal of this blog post is to describe how templates work in the WinJS library. In particular, you learn how to use a template to display both a single item and an array of items. You also learn how to load a template from an external file. Why use Templates? Imagine that you want [...] Read More...
Windows Web Applications: Declarative Data Binding
The goal of this blog post is to describe how declarative data binding works in the WinJS library. In particular, you learn how to use both the data-win-bind and data-win-bindsource attributes. You also learn how to use calculated properties and converters to format the value of a property automatically when performing data binding. By taking [...] Read More...
Metro: Declarative Data Binding
The goal of this blog post is to describe how declarative data binding works in the WinJS library. In particular, you learn how to use both the data-win-bind and data-win-bindsource attributes. You also learn how to use calculated properties and converters to format the value of a property automatically when performing data binding. By taking [...] Read More...
Posted: Feb 27 2012, 12:09 AM by Stephen Walther
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Metro: Understanding Observables
The goal of this blog entry is to describe how the Observer Pattern is implemented in the WinJS library. You learn how to create observable objects which trigger notifications automatically when their properties are changed. Observables enable you to keep your user interface and your application data in sync. For example, by taking advantage of [...] Read More...
Posted: Feb 25 2012, 12:21 PM by Stephen Walther
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Windows Web Applications: Understanding Observables
The goal of this blog entry is to describe how the Observer Pattern is implemented in the WinJS library. You learn how to create observable objects which trigger notifications automatically when their properties are changed. Observables enable you to keep your user interface and your application data in sync. For example, by taking advantage of [...] Read More...
Windows Web Applications: Understanding the default.js File
The goal of this blog entry is to describe — in painful detail — the contents of the default.js file in a Windows Web Application. When you use Visual Studio to create a new Windows Web Application then you get a default.js file automatically. The file is located in a folder named \js\default.js. The default.js [...] Read More...
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