DotNetByExample - The Next Generation - DotNetByExample - The Next Generation

Joost van Schaik

Senior Mixed Reality Software Architect, Mixed Reality & Windows Development MVP. Talks about Mixed/Augmented Reality Cross platform MR development, HoloLens 2, Magic Leap 2, Quest, Unity, .NET, Azure

JSON deserialization with JSON.net - class hierarchies

4 minute read

In part 1 of this series I described the basics of creating classes from a JSON string and then simply deserializing the string into a (list of) classes. Tha...

Behavior to force TextBox model update to prevent trouble with the ApplicationBar

1 minute read

A small quicky this time: Problem: TextBox, Text property bound to a string in my ViewModel I type text in the TextBox I click a “Save” button on my Appli...

Templating a XAML CheckBox to a thumbs-up/down control using Expression Blend

7 minute read

Preface The checkbox has been been around in the Graphical User Interface for as long as I can remember doing GUI – since the early 90’s I guess. You know wh...

JSON deserialization with JSON.net - basics

4 minute read

I’ve been contemplating an article about handling JSON for some time now, but it turned out to be a rather long article. So I’d thought to try something new,...

A Windows Phone 7 behavior to show an image background for a search string

5 minute read

Note: an update to this article has been written here On New Year’s Eve I can’t help but writing this last bit of 2011: yesterday on a #wp7nl developer’s mee...