This post and helper class is based on work of Jamie Thomson . I thank him lot for that. Why to use Metro Application Isolated Storage Helper? This helper class helps you to perform Read,Write and Delete of structured data in Isolated storage folders. How to use this? Download Metro Application Isolated Storage Helper fromContinueContinue reading “Isolated Storage Helper For C# and XAML based Metro Application”
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Difference between Application created using Metro UI guidelines and Real Windows 8 Metro Application
Windows 8 Metro Application runs in AppContainer, whereas any application (web or desktop) created with the Metro UI design guidelines does not run on AppContainer. They may be running in browser or directly as exe on System32 under the logged in user credential. I have been seen people are bit confused in between “An ApplicationContinueContinue reading “Difference between Application created using Metro UI guidelines and Real Windows 8 Metro Application”
Live Tiles in XAML based Windows 8 Metro Application
In this post we will discuss Live Tiles in XAML based Windows 8 Metro Application. We will see Updating Live Tiles Creating queue of information to update Live Tiles What is Live Tile? Tiles are the entry point for the application. You will find TILES for all applications installed on your machine at the startContinueContinue reading “Live Tiles in XAML based Windows 8 Metro Application”
Presented on Windows 8 at Microsoft DreamSpark Yatra 2012 Indore
I always love talking with students. I strongly believe they are having the energy and unbiased aspiration. In order to pursue my love of talking with students on 18th March 2012, I got an opportunity to present at Microsoft DreamSpark Yata 2012 Indore . Event was in DAVV Auditorium, Takshila Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore. AuditoriumContinueContinue reading “Presented on Windows 8 at Microsoft DreamSpark Yatra 2012 Indore”
Some Important Points from Design for Windows Phone Developer session from Bijoy Singhal
I attended session of Bijoy Singhal on Design for Windows Phone Developer. I captured some of the points from that session as below IT has been moved from office to home and in between ; Smartphone is not a tiny desktop Phone usage pattern different from desktop You don’t want to create app that wontContinueContinue reading “Some Important Points from Design for Windows Phone Developer session from Bijoy Singhal”
Some Important Points from “SQL Misconceptions” Session from Pinal Dave and Vinod Kumar
I attended session of Pinal Dave and Vinod Kumar on SQL Misconceptions. Few of points from that session is as following SET ROWCOUNT and TOP and OrderBy is not same. Set RowCount , Top and OrdetBy gives different execution plan Misconception is Cluster Index gives the result out in Order. It sort and gives resultContinueContinue reading “Some Important Points from “SQL Misconceptions” Session from Pinal Dave and Vinod Kumar”
Some Important Points from "Software Kaizen: Kanban explained " session from Stephen Forte
Kaizen-to make better , continuous improvement from the lean manufacturing movement at Toyota Kaizen is the way to self-criticized your work then group work The agile manifesto is statement of values. we value individuals and their view first over processes Agile is about values not rules and rigid adherence process Agile is about embracing changeContinueContinue reading “Some Important Points from "Software Kaizen: Kanban explained " session from Stephen Forte”
ListView Binding with Grouping and Semantic Zoom in Windows 8 JavaScript Metro Application
Windows 8 CP and VS11 are around. Recently I wrote Setting up Visual Studio11 Beta for Metro Application Creation . In this post let us get into some development. In this post we will see Creating DataSource ListView Binding to DataSource Creating ItemTemplate Grouping Data Source Using SemanticZoomView over ListView At the end of theContinueContinue reading “ListView Binding with Grouping and Semantic Zoom in Windows 8 JavaScript Metro Application”
Setting up Visual Studio11 Beta for Metro Application Creation
Just after next day of launching I installed Windows 8 Consumer Preview and VS1 Beta. And yes exactly like you, I were excited. After installation VS11 Beta looks like below, After installation I was tempted to create Metro Application. So I browsed to create new project and found below installed project templates. So essentially itContinueContinue reading “Setting up Visual Studio11 Beta for Metro Application Creation”
Consuming ASP.NET Web API Service using HttpClient: Part2 of Many
Read Part 1 Here I am in love with ASP.NET Web API hence I started writing on the same. In first part of this blog series I have written Creating First HTTP Service using ASP.NET Web API: Part1 of Many. In this post I will show you how you could consume service created in previousContinueContinue reading “Consuming ASP.NET Web API Service using HttpClient: Part2 of Many”
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