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Development and architecture for Windows Mobile devices. And a few useful tips on the way...
Creating Round Image Button for WP7 (part 2)
Last time I showed you how I created a Round image Button for my Windows Phone 7 application. Today...
Author: AlexYak Date: 08/14/2010
Creating Image Round Button for WP7 (part 1)
When creating a Windows Phone 7 application I've encountered a need for a round button with an icon,...
Author: AlexYak Date: 08/12/2010
Creating LINQ Data provider for WP7 (part 2)
In my previous post I described how to create a simple LINQ data provider for WP7. Today I am going...
Author: AlexYak Date: 08/03/2010
New Version of the UI and Interaction Guide
If you have not done so, you should download the new version of the UI Design and Interaction Guide...
Author: AlexYak Date: 07/22/2010
App.config for WP7 applications
When developing applications it is always a good idea not to hardcode database connections, urls,...
Author: AlexYak Date: 07/06/2010
A few useful extensions for ObservableCollection
I created a few extension methods that deal with ObservableCollection that I've been using in the...
Author: AlexYak Date: 05/25/2010
Creating LINQ Data Provider for WP7 (Part 1)
As you all should be aware by now, the first release SL for the WP7 is not going to contain any...
Author: AlexYak Date: 04/14/2010
Notable WP7 Links (2)
Image slider control ported to run on WP7. Another implementation of the Panorama control. Audio...
Author: AlexYak Date: 04/06/2010
Notable WP7 links (1)
A few notable links and information related to WP7 development: Peter desribes how to deal with...
Author: AlexYak Date: 03/29/2010
Deep Zoom on WP7
The Deep Zoom (Seadragon) functionality has been available on Silverlight since version 2. It's a...
Author: AlexYak Date: 03/28/2010
Accessing WCF Data Services from WP7 CTP.
The current version of the WP7 tools doesn't allow you to use the WCF Data Services by just adding...
Author: AlexYak Date: 03/19/2010
WP7 Interesting and usefull links.
As you probably know the MIX10 is currently going on in Vegas and it's presentations are available...
Author: AlexYak Date: 03/18/2010
Windows 7 Phone Tools CTP are out.
So, the Windows 7 Phone tools are out for everybody to start developing your apps. Here's the link...
Author: AlexYak Date: 03/15/2010
Mobile MVC and multipanel UI
Recently I have received a few questions on a possibility of using the Mobile MVC framework with a...
Author: AlexYak Date: 01/05/2010
Happy New Year and Best of 2009
I would like to wish every reader of my blog a Happy New Year and a happy, healthy, prosperous 2010....
Author: AlexYak Date: 12/30/2009
RIA’s revolution and Mobile Devices (Rant)
There’s been an explosion of the web and cloud related development tools and services such as Web...
Author: AlexYak Date: 12/22/2009
A few more tips on customizing ListView
Last time I showed you on how to customize ListView control on WM 6.5 for .NET CF 3.5. Today I am...
Author: AlexYak Date: 12/16/2009
A few tips on customizing ListView in WM 6.5
Would you like to have ListView control in your .NET CF application on Windows Mobile 6.5 to have...
Author: AlexYak Date: 12/03/2009
Teched in Russia.
I have been invited to speak at the Teched conference (Platforma 2010) in Russia. I will be speaking...
Author: AlexYak Date: 10/25/2009
Managed wrapper of the Gesture APIs
Ron and I did a part 1 of the Webcast on the Gesture APIs in the Windows Mobile 6.5 and a managed...
Author: AlexYak Date: 08/28/2009
Porting IPhone applications to Windows Mobile
An interesting article has been recently published on Msdn that describes the real-world experiences...
Author: AlexYak Date: 08/08/2009
Introduction into touch.
Take a look at this great introduction into the world of touch screens and gestures by Marcus. He...
Author: AlexYak Date: 06/29/2009
New attractive controls for mobile development.
There's a new company that has just released a few really nice controls for .NET Compact Framework...
Author: AlexYak Date: 06/26/2009
WM 6.5 Develper Tool Kit
The Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit is available for download. It includes the Emulator images...
Author: AlexYak Date: 06/03/2009
Identifying VGA resolution on WM devices.
Very often when developing managed applications you need to target both VGA (480x640) and the older...
Author: AlexYak Date: 05/04/2009
Overview of the Sync Services v2
Sean Kelley who is the PM for the Sync Services for ADO.NET has recorded a webcast that walks...
Author: AlexYak Date: 05/03/2009
The article on Compelling UI has been published.
My article on the UIFramework that I presented during my webcasts has been published on MSDN:...
Author: AlexYak Date: 04/28/2009
Update to MobileMVC with Container
I've recently made a substantial update to the MobileMVC framework. I've added the ability to...
Author: AlexYak Date: 04/22/2009
More memory for managed apps.
Check out the Rob's blog post in which he describes the technique that can help you to allocate less...
Author: AlexYak Date: 04/10/2009
Bluetooth on the emulator.
Would you like to develop applications that utilize the bluetooth functionality on the WM emulator?...
Author: AlexYak Date: 04/09/2009
Dimming the background.
I've received a question from the customer the other day asking me how he can implement...
Author: AlexYak Date: 03/31/2009
TechDays - 24 hour virtual event
I will be participating in the TechDays next week on April 1st. It's a 24 hour virtual event with...
Author: AlexYak Date: 03/26/2009
Another Webcast on controls customization.
Next week I am going to present a second part of the series on creating attractive UIs on Windows...
Author: AlexYak Date: 03/16/2009
MSDN Webcast on creating attractive UI on WM devices
Please join me for the webcast that I will be presenting the upcoming Wednesday: MSDN Webcast: 24...
Author: AlexYak Date: 02/23/2009
FAQ's
From time to time I receive questions that are submitted from this blog related to my old blog, so I...
Author: AlexYak Date: 02/23/2009
Functional Validation
Since posting a few of my last ideas, my brain has been running a few background threads on how else...
Author: AlexYak Date: 02/16/2009
Generic control creation.
I've been doing a lot of coding lately that utilize the features of the C# 2.0 and 3.0 language...
Author: AlexYak Date: 01/10/2009
Memory and performance on WM blog.
If you are serious about Windows Mobile development than you don't want to miss the Rafaele's blog....
Author: AlexYak Date: 01/07/2009
Message control implementation.
In my previous post I described some history associated with the subclassing technique on .NET CF...
Author: AlexYak Date: 11/30/2008
A Tale of the Message control.
Long time ago, when Windows Mobile devices where called Pocket PC's, when the most popular hand held...
Author: AlexYak Date: 11/26/2008
Building Graphically Advanced Apps in .NET CF 3.5
Take a look at this very cool article on how to create graphically advanced applications in NET CF...
Author: AlexYak Date: 11/25/2008
Showing Control Panel applets programmatically
When developing for Windows Mobile devices, sometimes you need to show some Control panel applets...
Author: AlexYak Date: 11/11/2008
Mobile MVC on codeplex
I've published the Mobile MVC framework on CodePlex: https://www.codeplex.com/MobileMVC Feel free to...
Author: AlexYak Date: 11/10/2008
Mobile MVC framework (part 4) - passing data between controllers
This is the part 4 of the series of the posts related to the Mobile MVC framework that I have...
Author: AlexYak Date: 11/04/2008
Mobile MVC framework (part 3) - communicating with events
Just for people who are not comfortable with passing strings when notifiying the view or the...
Author: AlexYak Date: 10/16/2008
Mobile MVC framework (part 2)
Last time I showed you how to create a simple Login Form and pass the data between the View and...
Author: AlexYak Date: 10/13/2008
Mobile MVC framework (part 1)
In order to show you the Mobile MVC framework I came up with, let me walk you through the same...
Author: AlexYak Date: 10/10/2008
On a quest for MVC Framework
I've just got back from a long and big project with one of our customers for whom we have created an...
Author: AlexYak Date: 10/08/2008