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SQL database version management in a Windows Phone 7 application
This is the second tips’n'tricks post talking about the stuff I discover while working on the 2Day todo-list application for Windows Phone. In my last blog post I talked about random ArgumentException....
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[WP7] Handling events in the items of a ListBox (Windows Developer Show...
Ryan, I you read this, please shout a small advert for my 2Day todo-list application, thanks Tonight while listening to the Windows Developer Show podcast, a nice challenge came up as a listener had a...
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Animating item selection in a WP7 application
Another day another occasion to share an implementation detail behind my 2Day todo-list application. In this post I share the code used to animate the selection in a ListBox. Here is what is looks like...
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Fun with ILDASM and ILASM: tweaking the code of an existing library
Today I decided it was the appropriate time to upgrade my work PC from Windows 7 to Windows 8. I’m already using Windows 8 on my personal PC as well as on my //BUILD/ Slate. Re-installing an OS is...
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Welcome Windows Phone 8.0 SDK
It has been a long time since my last blog post, but today is an important day for any Windows Phone developers: the 8.0 SDK is now available. Because I’m a lucky guy I had the chance to be part of...
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Meet me at SFEIRPlays Paris 28/11 talking WP8
On November 28th I be speaking at an event organized by my very good friend Aline. SFEIRPlays is a free event opened to anyone (free registration is mandatory thought). You can grab all the information...
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Wanted: Windows Phone / Windows 8 developers for 2Day !
Almost one year ago, I decided to create a simple but efficient todo list application for Windows Phone 7. In April 2012, I released 2Day, a fast and fluid todo list application. Today, while I’m busy...
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Updating the live tiles when the exits: WP8 weirdness
While working on the next version of my todo-list Windows Phone app 2Day, I encountered a strange issue with live tiles management I’m sharing in this blog post… Background You can manage tiles of a...
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Welcome 2013 :-)
This is the perfect time to take a look at what happened in the last few months as well as what’s on the roadmap for next year. So let’s start by taking a look at 2012… Events In February I went to the...
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Tips and tricks when using voice recognition in a Windows Phone 8 app
While working (again) on 2Day, I encountered small issues with voice recognition. The next version of 2Day will bring support for both speech recognition (use your voice to set the title of a task) and...
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A Reactive Extension (Rx) use case in a Windows Phone app
While working on my todo-list application 2Day, I encountered a situation where Rx came to the rescue. Rx (Reactive Extension) is a framework which has been available for a couple of years now. It is...
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Using PowerShell to automate the build process of your Windows Phone app
Another day another occasion to share a tip which comes with the development of my todo-list app 2Day. This time, I share a small PowerShell script I use in order to build the application. Of course...
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RSA cryptography between a WinRT and a .Net app
In this blog post, I share how I managed to enable RSA cryptography between a .Net app (actually a WCF service hosted in Azure) and WinRT app. I found few entries on the Internet talking about this...
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MVP 2013-2014
It has been a long time since my last post… I’m currently very busy at work and also working on my 2Day todo-list application which explains the lack of blog posts in the last few months. I should...
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Speaking at SoftShake in Geneva October 24th
Post updated September 9th: you can win free Nokia devices during this session ! A short blog post to share some news about me… I will be speaking at Soft-Shake in Geneva later this October. The...
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I guess it was time for a change ! Yesterday I updated the look of this blog to the Thirty Thirteen theme of WordPress. I also setup a nice header using a picture of Grenoble the city I live in. On top...
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VS2013: upgrading a Windows Phone 7/8 and Windows 8 apps
In this post I will showcase issues I had while upgrading a Visual Studio 2012 solution containing a Windows Phone app (with both 7.8 and 8.0 versions) and Windows Store app to Visual Studio 2013. As...
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WinRT 8.1: this is why you will use the Properties pane in Visual Studio
If like me you are a XAML lover they is good chance you spend most of your time writing your XAML by hand in Visual Studio. From the day I started working in XAML I rarely use the Visual Studio...
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WinRT: introducing the AppBarHint control
Windows 8.1 is has a lot of improvements in the OS, for XAML and HTML developers but also changes some paradigms introduced with the release of Windows 8. One of them is to make more obvious UI...
View ArticleSlides from my “Getting started with WP8 development” talk
Last month I had the chance to give a talk during Soft-Shake, a 2 days conference in Geneva Switzerland. I uploaded the slides on SlideShare: Build your wp8 app today from jalpf Link is...
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