Just a quick note on something that helped me get my solutions builds to run faster as I develop. First off, I’ll admit that “Faster Builds” is a bit of a stretch. I’m not actually making VS compile faster. Rather, I’m reducing the amount of time I waste waiting for a build to complete. Time... Continue Reading →
Be careful about with e.Handled in mouse or keyboard events
Today, I finally resolved an issue that I thought was related to WPF’s focus implementation. For some reason, I couldn’t get certain elements to get focus when I clicked on them. This was messing up a number of other things, including keyboard interactions and routed commands. I thought that I had some strange scenario that... Continue Reading →
WPF Routed Commands + MVVM
A lot of the MVVM guidance around commands suggest using a generic ICommand implementation, such as the RelayCommand or GenericCommand implementations. These are great for UI pieces that are bound directly to an underlying ViewModel and I use them frequently. There are still cases where a RoutedUICommand is exactly what one needs. Take, for instance,... Continue Reading →
Stuff hitting my “Radar”
I recently started listening to the Herding Code podcast and BoagWorld podcast and have subsequently been exposed to some really interesting “stuff”. I thought I’d put these down, if for no other reason than helping me remember to try them out. JSConf Javascript is getting a lot of attention and investment lately. This is both... Continue Reading →
