Invoking a DatePickerDialog in Xamarin.Android is a bit tricky because it is done through callbacks and at the end one has to dispose it as well. Hence I […]
Running DevExtreme as MVC project in simulator
DevExtreme has a nice (web) simulator that lets you preview your application on a target device (tablet, phone, iOS, Android). That’s really nice. However, out of the […]
Incoming TypeScript definitions for PhoneJS and ChartJS (DevExtreme)
PhoneJS along with ChartJS are DevExpress’ efforts in providing single page web applications for mobile platforms (think Tablets and Phones). Together they are combined into DevExtreme combo. In […]
Solving Blend 2013 interactivity error
I am playing with Blend 2013 Silverlight Sketchflow for creating web application mockups. Recently I’ve stumbled into an curios error when adding interactivity to a button. Here is […]
Investigating why an instance is kept alive in a .net application
Sometimes, when I want to verify .net memory management behavior, I fire up ANTS Memory Profiler and run it on a test application just to see how memory […]
When .net assemblies aren’t properly versioned odd errors happen
Today I’ve upgraded a SignalR library from 1.x to 2.0 in an MVC 5 (server) and WPF (client) projects I am developing. The upgrade itself went smooth but […]
Android activity life cycle and IoC
I was recently working on an Android (Xamarin, .net) application based on MvvmCross framework. Actually not just an Android app since it could be ported quite easily to […]
Visual Studio 2013 brings IntelliSense for Data Binding to XAML editor
One of the better improvements in Visual Studio 2013 is IntelliSense for data binding in XAML editor. The improvement is described in this blog post. Very nice. But […]
Righthand’s DataSet Debugger Visualizer supports VS2013
Highlights from new version to 1.0.11. added VS2013 version added a “separated assembly” versions. Until now I was using RedGate’s Smart Assembly to pack all referenced assemblies into […]
Updated Righthand Intel Rapid Storage Technology cmdlet
Version 1.1. brings new Get-IrstDisk cmdlet that lists physical disks. Also upgraded to the latest 12.8.0.1016 IRST version. Check out the dedicate page.