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Software Development and Cloud Computing in Dublin

Getting change notifications from any dependency property in Windows Store Apps

When declaring a dependency property, you can specify a callback to be called when the property...

Date: 12/07/2012

Why dependency properties need a wrapper

Dependency properties are not a new thing, they have been part of WPF and Silverlight for years....

Date: 12/06/2012

The golden rules of Windows Store Apps design

After my previous article about default styles and templates of XAML controls, here is the next set...

Date: 12/05/2012

Default styles and templates of XAML controls for Windows Store Apps

In the early days of WPF and Silverlight, the only way you could get information about the default...

Date: 12/04/2012

Pin any executable to the Windows 8 Start screen

The Start screen in Windows 8 is a full screen replacement of the old Start menu. You can think of...

Date: 11/08/2012

A foreach statement for IObservable

Asynchronous programming is a very powerful tool. It is key for responsiveness on the client, and...

Date: 08/15/2012

Git on the cloud with Windows Azure

Here are the four parts of the walkthrough I wrote about using a Linux virtual machine on Windows...

Date: 08/01/2012

Hosting Git on the Cloud with Windows Azure Virtual Machines (Part 4)

In part 2 and part 3, we have created a Virtual Machine running Linux though Windows Azure Virtual...

Date: 07/24/2012

Hosting Git on the Cloud with Windows Azure Virtual Machines (Part 3)

In the previous post, we have seen how to create a Virtual Machine on Windows Azure running Linux...

Date: 07/17/2012

Hosting Git on the Cloud with Windows Azure Virtual Machines (Part 2)

In Part 1, I gave an overview of the new Windows Azure Virtual Machines, and explained why it is...

Date: 07/12/2012

Hosting Git on the Cloud with Windows Azure Virtual Machines (Part 1)

With the June release, we have announced a new feature for Windows Azure: persistent Virtual...

Date: 07/09/2012

Introducing myself

Hello world, I'm Flavien Charlon. I previously had a blog (Code is poetry), written in French. I...

Date: 07/06/2012