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I've recently received an email from Microsoft notifying me I've been awarded Microsoft MVP in Visual C# ! I’d like to thank Microsoft and specifically Guy Burstein for his guidance and excellent advice on finding ways to help the developers community. Also, a special thanks is in order for my managers at Sela Group : David Bassa, Caro Segal and Ishai Ram for giving me the time to invest in the developers community. Lastly, I'd like to thank you, my blog readers. Now that I got this out...
In the last screencasts we've seen how to use and implement IValueConverter and how to use Multi-Binding for advanced data binding scenarios. This time we continue with advanced binding and explore the benefits of PriorityBinding, a useful binding gem feature that lets you define multiple sources for your binding target value, with priorities. Please notice that the screencast was recorded in Hebrew, but the demo is clear enough to be watched without understanding a word. You can watch the screencast...
All is set: Conference ticket – check. Plane ticket – check. Hotel – check. Build – Here I come! If everything goes as scheduled, in approx. a month and a half I'll be on the plane to Anaheim California, heading to the biggest conference Microsoft ever produced. Build (AKA PDC 2011) will be all about Windows 8. From some research I've done, which from obvious reasons can't be disclosed at this stage, Windows 8 is going to bring the biggest revolution since .NET was invented. I...
In my last two screencasts I showed how you can use and implement IValueConverter to control the data binding process. This time we continue our exploration of the data binding customizations and see what does multi-binding mean and how to use and implement IMultiValueConverter . Please notice that the screencast was recorded in Hebrew, but the demo is clear enough to be watched without understanding a word. You can watch the screencast on YouTube HD here . Or here, embedded in my blog: ...
This screencast is a direct continuation of the previous one, where I showed how to use an object implementing IValueConverter in WPF. In this screencast I show how to implement IValueConverter to provide custom logic when performing data binding. Please notice that the screencast was recorded in Hebrew, but the demo is clear enough to be watched without understanding a word. You can watch the screencast on YouTube HD here . Or here, embedded in my blog: On my next screencast we will...
Recently, I've recorded some screencasts that demonstrates common techniques when implementing line-of-business applications in WPF. In the coming month, each week, I will release a new screencast on a topic of choice. I've decided to start my screencasts with a few common binding techniques. In the first screencast I give a simple demonstration on how to use IValueConverter in a WPF application. Please notice that the screencast was recorded in Hebrew, but the demo is clear enough to be...
I've recently been announced that I was awarded the Microsoft Community Contributor Award for the year 2011! For those who don't know: "The Microsoft Community Contributor Award is reserved for participants who have made notable contributions in Microsoft online community forums such as TechNet, MSDN and Answers." In the past year I've written approximately one hundred blog posts, published numerous articles on CodeProject , WebMaster.org.il and HWzone.co.il and contributed...
Today (24.05.2011) I’ve delivered two sessions about “ Using Windows 7 Features in .NET applications ” in Sela Haifa Open House which was presented in Philips building in Haifa. Dear Philips (and other) developers, I had a great time presenting today's Windows 7 sessions. Thank you for coming! In the sessions I talked about how to use new Windows 7 features like the new Taskbar, sensors API, the Ribbon control supplied with Windows 7, Application restart and Recovery and plenty of Multi...
Sela Technology Center is proud to present Sela Developer Days 2011 which will be held on June 26-30 . One stage - hottest topics - Israel and world lead experts . A rare opportunity to hear all about the next big things in our technological world. 25 full-day workshops 15 lead experts 5 days You can find the full agenda on the conference website . Although I recommend ALL the lectures, I believe my blog readers will most enjoy the following workshops: 26/06 Silverlight 5 by Alex Golesh 27/06 LOB...
Yesterday (18.05.2011) I’ve delivered two sessions about “ Using Windows 7 Features in .NET applications ” in the Israeli .NET User Group, at Microsoft offices in Ra’anana. I want to thank all the attendees who came to hear the sessions, I truly enjoyed it. In the sessions I talked about how to use new Windows 7 features like the new Taskbar, sensors API, the Ribbon control supplied with Windows 7, Application restart and Recovery and plenty of Multi-Touch. We’ve seen numerous examples in C++ Win32...
In case you missed one of my previous Windows 7 sessions, here is your chance to catch it. On May 24th I’ll be giving two sessions about “ Using Windows 7 Features in .NET Applications ”, as part of Sela Haifa Open House . On the first session “ The 7 Show: From XP to Win 7 ” we will talk about new features in Windows 7 that will modernize your application. We will learn how to work with the new Taskbar, how to work with Sensors, how to use the Ribbon interface and more. The session will be rich...
This session was delivered by Nick Kramer, Senior Program Manager from Microsoft. Topics discussed: Unrestricted file access Silverlight 5 trusted apps can access all files. Silverlight 4 trusted apps could only access My Documents and friends. Access is done using the standard .NET Directory.EnumerateFiles and File.OpenRead Trusted apps in-browser In Silverlight 4 only out-of-browser application could be trusted with user consent In Silverlight 5: in-browser trusted apps with admin consent Trusted...
This session was delivered by Thomas Fennel, Program manager, from Microsoft. Thomas stated his session by showing what push notifications and tiles are. Push notification is how you can engage the user when your app is not on the foreground. Tiles are the squares on the Windows Phone home screen. Toast notifications – on the top. Tile notifications – most popular – includes data for count, title (of app or arbitrary string) and background image. Then, Thomas explained the normal architecture for...
The panel participants were Curtis Wong, Alex Kipman, Darren Bennett and Kristin Tolle. Following is a brief summary of the questions and answers discussed in the panel. Question : What do you think will be the trends in NUI in the future? Answer by Bennett : NUI used anywhere, not just in games. Answer by Kipman : Using NUI to create a world with less technology, i.e. there will be no need to learn technology, instead the computer will better understand us. Also, the rise of speech technology and...
This session was delivered by Miguel de Icaza, VP developer Platform, Mono Team, Novell. Miguel started by announcing the coming monospace conference: July 23 – July 25, in Boston, MA. Then Miguel presented the different mono related projects and their status: Mono includes Mono for iPhone (MonoTouch), MonoMac, Mono for Android, MonoDevelop IDE for Mac and Windows, Moonlight 4 (mono based Silverlight) and more. Miguel did thanked Microsoft for the large amounts of code it contributed to the mono...
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