Tales from the Smart Client
John Gossman's observations on Avalon development
Excellent introduction to Model-View-ViewModel
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/dd419663.aspx
Date: 01/28/2009
Some thoughts on the RoutedCommand design
I think we have conflated several concepts with RoutedCommands: 1) The ICommand part with it's...
Date: 11/01/2008
Expression architecture
I'm often asked about the Expression architecture, but have never found the time to really describe...
Date: 10/16/2008
OffTopic: eBooks
My one lifelong hobby is reading. My house is full of bookcases and my floors are covered with books...
Date: 08/26/2008
VisualStateManager for desktop WPF
As I’ve described before, we introduced the new VisualStateManager concept into Silverlight WPF...
Date: 08/08/2008
How to initialize an attached DependencyProperty of type Collection
I was reading a thread about Commands in the WPF Disciples group and noticed a comment about being...
Date: 07/28/2008
Great example of an attached behavior
From Dave Relyea's blog, Pixel Snapping in Silverlight as an attached behavior:...
Date: 07/22/2008
VisualStateManager
Recently, I talked about how templates in WPF/SL are fundamentally built around the concept of a...
Date: 06/10/2008
PresentationModel and WPF
Julian Dominguez is writing a series about the PresentationModel pattern and using it with WPF....
Date: 05/28/2008
Visual States in XAML Templates
The Silverlight and desktop WPF implementations of Templates use the same syntax and programming...
Date: 05/27/2008
Podcast
A few months ago I was interviewed by Craig Shoemaker of Pixel8 about my experiences with Expression...
Date: 05/22/2008
We're hiring
https://blogs.msdn.com/ivo_manolov/archive/2008/05/20/8526007.aspx
Date: 05/21/2008
AttachedBehavior pattern sample
The ClickBehavior is about the simplest I can think of. For illustration purposes I only included...
Date: 05/16/2008
.NET 3.5 SP1 Beta and WPF
Scott's blog has an extensive list of the new stuff:...
Date: 05/12/2008
The Attached Behavior pattern
My favorite feature of WPF (desktop and web versions) is attached properties. It would be good...
Date: 05/07/2008
Silverlight: the art of subsetting
I am an architect of WPF, both the full desktop version and the subset that provides the UI...
Date: 05/01/2008
Finding memory leaks
I spent a quite a bit of time late in Blend tracking down memory leaks. Jossef has written the...
Date: 02/07/2008
More on MVC and M-V-VM
There have been a raft of interesting articles and discussions of MVC patterns and WPF. A practical...
Date: 02/06/2008
New role
We recently shipped Expression Blend, the product I had been working on for the last few years. I...
Date: 05/05/2007
The source for information about WPF performance
Kiran just posted the definitive stuff on WPF perf. Get it here
Date: 11/04/2006
More on basic performance
C# and the .NET frameworks allow you to be incredibly productive and write elegant, maintainable...
Date: 10/06/2006
Stories from the Perf lab: Part I
During the past year, we’ve found and fixed a lot of perf issues in Expression and WPF. I’d like to...
Date: 09/05/2006
Snoop: An essential tool for debugging and perf work with WPF
My colleague Pete has it up on his site: https://www.blois.us/Snoop/ This developed out of internal...
Date: 08/21/2006
Profiler as the Debugger of Performance
I've been talking to a lot of people internally and externally about performance, and have observed...
Date: 04/19/2006
UML diagram of Model-View-ViewModel pattern
Conceptually there isn't much to M-V-VM that can be expressed in UML...but if the GoF authors can...
Date: 04/13/2006
More on what to use WPF for, and what other graphics technologies you may want to use
Pablo is one the most senior people on the WPF team and has been a key decision maker in deciding...
Date: 03/29/2006
What level of WPF graphics API should I use?
I was going to post something about the various levels you can use in WPF for graphics, but Pablo...
Date: 03/21/2006
Why people hate frameworks
Great post on a discussion thread off Joel On Software. Lutz pointed it out...hilarious:...
Date: 03/17/2006
CollectionView
CollectionView is a very interesting construct. After including it in my ViewModel I meant to...
Date: 03/07/2006
Advantages and disadvantages of M-V-VM
I've had several questions about when and why to use M-V-VM versus other approaches. The obvious...
Date: 03/04/2006
First try at a ViewModel for the example
In the first iteration of this example, I databound the View directly to the Model. While not...
Date: 02/27/2006
New theory on presentations: No PowerPoint!
I was not particularly happy with my PDC presentation. We were asked to rehearse them, review the...
Date: 02/26/2006
Computers are like electricity
People have been wondering about the impact of computers for a long time. In terms of previous...
Date: 02/26/2006
Model-View-ViewModel
In preparing my example of Model-View-ViewModel I had a lot of help from Adrian Sanchez, who...
Date: 02/26/2006
Model-View-ViewModel pattern example
I've been promising an example of the Model-View-ViewModel pattern for some time. With the Feb CTP...
Date: 02/26/2006
WinFX Feb CTP is available
New Expression build will be available "soon". I've been working on the Feb CTP bits for awhile, and...
Date: 02/22/2006
Expression Interactive Designer CTP is available
The product I've been working on the past couple of years is available in CTP form. And, yes, this...
Date: 01/24/2006
Shim Computer
I don't generally make posts that just point out cool things, but I do see a lot of design stuff in...
Date: 01/14/2006
Talk on MVC
Daniel presented a talk about MVC to the NYC .NET Developer’s Group. Find it here.
Date: 10/24/2005
Whats a controller anyway?
A friend pointed me to this great article about MVC: https://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhatsaControllerAnyway...
Date: 10/22/2005
Visual3D versus Model3D
Daniel tells the tale: https://blogs.msdn.com/danlehen/archive/2005/10/09/478923.aspx
Date: 10/13/2005
Confusion over definition of Controller in MVC
I've got a frustrated anonymous poster who complains that my definition of ViewModel in...
Date: 10/12/2005
I've had weeks like this...
https://questmaster.net/blogs/dirks_blog/archive/2005/10/11/237.aspx
Date: 10/11/2005
Further reflection on PresentationModel
I'm a big Fowler fan, his "Refactoring" book is one of my all-time favorites, and I used to read his...
Date: 10/11/2005
The PresentationModel pattern
I got e-mail from an interested party pointing me to Martin Fowler's description of the...
Date: 10/11/2005
But what about ValueConverters?
Chris mentions just using ValueConverters to adapt the Model to the View instead of this complex...
Date: 10/09/2005
100 Model/View/ViewModels of Mt. Fuji
Trapped deep within the pragmatic hacker that is the essential me, there still lurks a computer...
Date: 10/09/2005
Brain lock during PDC presentation
When I presented Model/View/ViewModel at the PDC I was a little worried that I would get tackled by...
Date: 10/08/2005
DataTemplates
Ryan Dawson asks about the long-term viability of DataTemplate...
Date: 10/08/2005
Introduction to Model/View/ViewModel pattern for building WPF apps
Model/View/ViewModel is a variation of Model/View/Controller (MVC) that is tailored for modern UI...
Date: 10/08/2005