by suleski | Feb 5, 2016 | Reference, Technical
Passing data from worker threads to the UI thread is always a chore no matter which programming language is used. Code can be a bear to develop, complex to read, and difficult to maintain. Race conditions, debugging, security access, etc – it’s all a...
by suleski | Feb 2, 2016 | Reference, Technical
UWP apps are funny. Unlike regular desktop apps, it’s not always obvious how to store and retrieve data. There are two cases I’m talking about: There is no Settings GUI in UWP apps like there was in WPF apps. Previously, an Engineer could right-click on...
by suleski | Feb 2, 2016 | Review, Technical
So many methodologies on how to program. Things were so simple 20-30 years ago. Single file programs. Then turning into multiple files, procedural. Then OOP. Then Winforms. Then MFC. Then .NET and all the C# goodness. Then WPF. And now MVVM. There’s...
by suleski | Jan 24, 2016 | Reference, Technical
With UWP, I’m finding myself overriding the control templates of existing controls. Creating these control templates from scratch is not even on the table as a realistic possibility. So, coders typically use debug code to print out a control template, load a...
by suleski | Jan 23, 2016 | Technical
The past This post is one of frustration. Over ten years ago, I started going learning C# and became really proficient. I would have rated myself a very high 9/10 – you’ll next to never see me rate myself a perfect 10/10 as I feel strongly that nobody...
