Jeremy Likness' Blog

MVVM on MVC: HTML is not XAML

C#er : IMage — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:44:01 GMT

I have to admit that I may have rolled my eyes a bit when I first learned about the KnockoutJS library. It sounded too much like forcing a square peg into a round hole. Isn’t Model-View-Controller (MVC) already it’s own pattern ? Does it make sense to...(read more)

Video: Getting Started with Jounce MVVM and MEF for Silverlight 5

C#er : IMage — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:52:03 GMT

I created a quick video to help you get started with using Jounce. The video starts with a blank slate, steps through installation of Jounce and the creation of a sample view model for a simple contact record that includes validation. You can access the...(read more)

Jounce 2.0 MVVM with MEF for Silverlight 5 Released

C#er : IMage — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:47:01 GMT

I'm pleased to announce the official release of Jounce 2.0 for Silverlight 5. There are quite a number of new features available that I'll review in this post. Most significantly, of course, the code base has been updated specifically to target Silverlight...(read more)

CRUD it’s now CQRS … or is it?

C#er : IMage — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:34:01 GMT

In 1983 author James Martin published a book called Managing the Data-Base Environment . It’s interesting the term database is hyphenated in the title; it hadn’t quite settled down as a mainstream term yet. I have not read this book myself, but my understanding...(read more)

Windows 8 Slate Review

C#er : IMage — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:36:04 GMT

About a week ago, I purchased a Samsung Series 7 Slate PC to learn more about the Windows 8 operating system and to test applications I will be developing primarily with C# and Xaml. The laptop ships with Windows 7 installed, but I quickly wiped the existing...(read more)

Silverlight 5 Released: Myth vs. Fact

C#er : IMage — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:12:02 GMT

It is very exciting to see the release of Silverlight 5 today, despite all of the rumors flying around the Web. Read the original release announcement from the Silverlight Team here . This is proof positive the team made a commitment to release a new...(read more)

Handling Extremely Large Data Sets in Silverlight

C#er : IMage — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:00:01 GMT

While writing Chapter 14 of my book, Designing Silverlight Business Applications: Best Practices for Using Silverlight Effectively in the Enterprise (Microsoft .NET Development Series) I focused on an area that is quite common with line of business applications:...(read more)

Using Jounce Navigation to Create OOB Child Windows in Silverlight 5

C#er : IMage — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 12:22:03 GMT

One of the reasons I prefer to manage navigation as an event, rather than a strongly typed interface or handler, is because it allows for so much flexibility and extensibility in the navigation pipeline. In my Jounce framework , for example, the basic...(read more)

Quick Tip: Design-Time Views for Regions

C#er : IMage — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:07:02 GMT

If you've worked with the Region Management pattern before, one source of frustration can be the lack of a design-time view. While you can compose individual views to be designer-friendly, the aggregate views that mark regions often end up devoid of anything...(read more)

Using Visual States to Set Focus on a Control

C#er : IMage — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:58:03 GMT

A common problem encountered in Silverlight applications is how to set the focus properly when transitioning between controls. For example, in the reference application I'm writing for the book Designing Silverlight Business Applications there is the...(read more)

If Silverlight is Dead...

C#er : IMage — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 07:27:05 GMT

Once again speculation and worry has developers around the world biting their fingers and lamenting the end of a new era. It almost seems developers want to stick a fork in their Silverlight development because so many are latching onto the hype wagon,...(read more)

Windows 8: What you Need to Know

C#er : IMage — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:19:02 GMT

If you are trying to follow the hash tag for the //BUILD conference you are probably dizzy by now. I don't blame you for trying to sort through all the messages about standing in line for the toilet or what someone is having for breakfast. I thought it...(read more)

Windows 8 and Build Day 1 Keynote Thoughts

C#er : IMage — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:21:00 GMT

Yesterday I shared my predictions for Windows 8 at the Build conference. Today I can say that the keynote exceeded my expectations. There were a lot of amazing announcements that I'm excited to share with you. First, let's recap my predictions: Microsoft...(read more)

My Windows 8 Build Predictions

C#er : IMage — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:56:03 GMT

Tomorrow is the start of the major event that has been hyped as heralding the most significant changes to Windows in the past 15 years (the last was when Windows 95 was announced). There has been a lot of speculation around what will happen tomorrow....(read more)

Fundamentals of the Managed Extensibility Framework

C#er : IMage — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:31:02 GMT

I've been building enterprise applications for more than a decade now, and have specialized in Silverlight line of business applications for the past several years. The term "enterprise" seems to inspire images of complex, large, difficult-to-maintain...(read more)