<font size="2"><br />Musing on .Net</font>http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/atom.aspxCommunity Server2011-01-10T14:39:00Zhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2013/01/30/5-apps-done-and-available-in-windows-8-store.aspx2013-01-30T16:36:00Z2013-01-30T16:36:00ZAt the end of last year, I took the personal challenge to create multiple apps for Windows 8, XAML and C#. I had at the time one app ready but difficulties to pass the certification process. How things have changed since that dreadfu time ;-) The whole experience of submitting an app and get it approved is so much better than on Windows Phone (or other platforms). All the apps below have been developed and released in less than 2 weeks! I don't consider myself a genius developer but as soon as you...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2013/01/30/5-apps-done-and-available-in-windows-8-store.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9817077" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2012/03/08/busfinder-dublin-bus-real-time-for-windows-phone-7.aspx2012-03-08T17:18:00Z2012-03-08T17:18:00ZThat's my frst post in a year but hey what a year, busy with my little experiments on Windows Phone. The lates one BusFinder is doing well and with some other developers we are hoping to do even better in the next release. I have to admit that the first version was a bit rough and we learned a lot from the experience. Open Data is not yet a reality in Ireland, looks like it's still too proprietary stuff to my taste. We had reports that some routes were wrong. But at the second release we got it better...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2012/03/08/busfinder-dublin-bus-real-time-for-windows-phone-7.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8334556" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/05/20/spritemapper.aspx2011-05-20T09:48:00Z2011-05-20T09:48:00ZCool app! Spritemapper is an application that merges multiple images into one and generates CSS positioning for the corresponding slices. Read more......(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/05/20/spritemapper.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7797347" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/03/09/how-to-create-a-settings-page-for-windows-phone-7.aspx2011-03-09T15:05:00Z2011-03-09T15:05:00ZFrom the VBTeam I have experienced lot of fun creating Windows Phone 7 applications in Visual Basic and writing about them here. In our last post , I explained how to create a Bing Maps application for Windows Phone 7. In this blog, I want to share a sample that will help you to create a settings page for Windows Phone 7. This application will display two setting pages - one where the setting changes will be updated immediately, and the other where the user will have to confirm the changes. I will...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/03/09/how-to-create-a-settings-page-for-windows-phone-7.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7718558" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/03/09/asp-net-mobile-handset-detection-redirection-amp-development-made-easy.aspx2011-03-09T15:02:00Z2011-03-09T15:02:00ZToday almost all web sites are designed to operate on a desktop or laptop computer. Anyone operating marketing, ecommerce, information or entertainment web sites now needs to consider the mobile phone when designing content and services. Mobile web sites development is increasing day by day and so is the number of different mobile devices trying to access the web sites. Major problems for web developers for mobile website development are following: * Detect mobile device and redirect user to mobile...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/03/09/asp-net-mobile-handset-detection-redirection-amp-development-made-easy.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7718552" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/03/09/handling-xml-data-with-windows-phone-7.aspx2011-03-09T14:58:00Z2011-03-09T14:58:00ZData storage and access is nearly an eternal topic in all kinds of applications. In Windows Phone 7, data manipulation still plays a fundamental and important role. Regrettably, in the current Windows Phone 7 Series there is no local database API that can be used. Windows Phone 7, though, does support access to data in several ways: XML, Isolated Storage, and Cloud Storage. In this article I will introduce to you how to handle XML data in Windows Phone 7 for Silverlight applications. In detail, we...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/03/09/handling-xml-data-with-windows-phone-7.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7718549" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/03/09/windows-phone-7-isolated-storage.aspx2011-03-09T14:56:00Z2011-03-09T14:56:00ZIsolated Storage aims to enable managed applications to create and maintain local storage. In Windows Phone 7 Silverlight-based applications, all I/O operations are restricted to isolated storage and do not have direct access to the underlying OS file system. Windows Phone application developers owe the ability to store data locally on the phone, leveraging all the benefits of isolated storage, such as providing security and preventing unauthorized access and data corruption from other applications...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/03/09/windows-phone-7-isolated-storage.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7718547" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/02/25/phoney-windows-phone-7-project-now-available.aspx2011-02-25T16:40:00Z2011-02-25T16:40:00ZUPDATE: Phoney now has a NuGet package. Search on NuGet to add Phoney to your project! I started this project when I found I had a number of small classes that I'd built for my Windows Phone 7 application so I thought it was time to share. here is the information on the new library. It is currently in a very early Alpha stage, but I expect to have it at a release version by MIX 11 (Mid-April). Let me know what you think! By Shawn Wildermuth Read more......(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/02/25/phoney-windows-phone-7-project-now-available.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7712601" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/02/25/windows-phone-7-isolated-storage-explorer.aspx2011-02-25T15:31:00Z2011-02-25T15:31:00ZWP7 Isolated Storage Explorer is a tool designed to help developers and testers interact with the isolated storage file for Silverlight Windows Phone 7 applications. The explorer can work both as a desktop application for testers or integrated in Visual Studio for developers. Whenever a WP7 application/project involves storing data locally the the device, it will be to the isolated storage file. A common difficulty is accessing the data for testing or rapidly restoring the application's data/state...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/02/25/windows-phone-7-isolated-storage-explorer.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7712591" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/02/25/why-it-is-so-difficult-to-find-a-good-ads-sdk-for-windows-phone-7.aspx2011-02-25T15:01:00Z2011-02-25T15:01:00ZThis post try to address an issue with the Microsoft Advertising SDK, the main fact that today Microsoft is still refusing access to the Ad Center worldwide. Yesterday they generously increase the number of free apps we can develop from 5 to 100. According to talks with other developers and the Windows Phone 7 team, I have the strong feeling the model of publishing free apps supported by apps is the right course to take today. This probably why Microsoft has moved to a bigger figure. Am I the only...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/02/25/why-it-is-so-difficult-to-find-a-good-ads-sdk-for-windows-phone-7.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7712588" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/02/25/coding4fun-toolkit-for-wp7-overview-and-getting-started.aspx2011-02-25T14:59:00Z2011-02-25T14:59:00ZThis post is an overview of the new Coding4Fun Windows Phone Toolkit . It offers developers additional controls and helper classes for Windows Phone 7 application development, designed to match the rich user experience of the Windows Phone 7. The official Coding4Fun tools were released yesterday by the Microsoft Coding4fun team, as always the full source code and a sample test project are also available (the whole toolkit is completely FREE). Some of the "geeks" involved in this cool project are...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/02/25/coding4fun-toolkit-for-wp7-overview-and-getting-started.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7712581" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/02/25/create-quickly-an-app-for-wp7-no-code-involved.aspx2011-02-25T14:49:00Z2011-02-25T14:49:00ZFollowMyFeed allows you to quickly create your Windows Phone 7 application for free without any technical knowledge....(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/02/25/create-quickly-an-app-for-wp7-no-code-involved.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7712579" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/02/25/who-ate-all-the-pies.aspx2011-02-25T14:44:00Z2011-02-25T14:44:00ZRichard Griffin current project has taken him on an interesting journey of late and so he thought that it would be helpful to share with you some of his experiences and of course some code. He have been taking a look into charting on WP7 Read more......(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/02/25/who-ate-all-the-pies.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7712578" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/01/18/jurassic-a-javascript-net-compiler.aspx2011-01-18T17:26:00Z2011-01-18T17:26:00ZWhat is Jurassic? Jurassic is an implementation of the ECMAScript language and runtime. It aims to provide the best performing and most standards-compliant implementation of JavaScript for .NET. Jurassic is not intended for end-users; instead it is intended to be integrated into .NET programs. If you are the author of a .NET program, you can use Jurassic to compile and execute JavaScript code. Features Supports all ECMAScript 3 and ECMAScript 5 functionality, including ES5 strict mode Simple yet...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/01/18/jurassic-a-javascript-net-compiler.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7685569" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspxhttp://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/01/10/how-to-write-good-code.aspx2011-01-10T14:39:00Z2011-01-10T14:39:00ZFrom XKCD...(<a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/pleloup/archive/2011/01/10/how-to-write-good-code.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=7679322" width="1" height="1">help.nethttp://weblogs.asp.net/members/help.net.aspx