App Development

Experiences using client technologies to develop quality applications

Introduction to MVVM Hands-on-lab

I am happy to announce the release of an "Introduction to MVVM" hands-on-lab, in the form of a...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 08/24/2011

Mix 2010 - Silverlight - Windows Phone 7 - Expression Blend - VS 2010

Mix 2010 kicked off on a strong note today, as ScottGu made a number of announcements in his...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 03/15/2010

WPF Toolkit Released

It has been a while since my last post! I’ve been spending time working on the WPF Toolkit, helping...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 02/22/2010

Apps and the PDC

There has been quite a bit of activity surrounding the PDC event that ended today. I wanted to call...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 11/20/2009

Custom Controls and UI Automation

We came across an interesting problem a customer hit when trying to write a custom control. The...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 11/11/2009

Custom Scrollable Panels

Thought I’d share an interesting (albeit rather old) series of blog posts on how to write scrollable...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 10/01/2009

TestAPI 0.3 Released

A new version of the TestAPI library has just been released. The new release contains fault...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 07/23/2009

Model-View-ViewModel Toolkit 0.1 Released!

It’s been a while since my last update. I’ve been busy working on a new WPF Model-View-ViewModel...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 05/01/2009

Silverlight 3.0 Beta is Released!

Silverlight 3.0 Beta was unveiled at Mix09 yesterday, along with a preview of Expression Blend 3.0....

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 03/19/2009

Great WPF App

I was recently taking a look at the apps thirteen23 has been working on. The company specializes in...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 02/25/2009

Debugging Optimized Code

At one point or another, you run in the situation where you need to debug an application that makes...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 01/12/2009

TestAPI Released!

As part of our effort to make it easier to test applications, we would like to share some of the...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 12/09/2008

Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)

One of the many announcements made at the PDC was that Visual Studio 10 will be built on top of WPF....

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 11/21/2008

Silverlight 2.0 Released

Silverlight 2.0 has been released, and you can install it here. The link will work for both PC and...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 10/15/2008

Service Pack 1 released

In case you haven't heard, the .Net FX 3.5 Service Pack 1 and VS 2008 Service Pack 1 have been...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 08/12/2008

WPF Debugging in VS

If you ever debug WPF elements or use the QuickWatch feature in VS, I suggest you try out Mole....

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 08/06/2008

Commands

If you are trying to write an application in WPF that separates the UI from the underlying business...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 08/05/2008

User Settings in WPF

It's been a while since my last post, so I figured I'd write something I just recently had to work...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 07/23/2008

When To Adopt WPF

One of the questions we frequently get when meeting with customers is whether or not to adopt WPF...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 05/30/2008

Jobs on the WPF Team

If you're passionate about WPF, or even if you're just curious to learn more about WPF, we have a...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 05/21/2008

Third Major release of WPF

The third major update of WPF has just been released as a Beta, as part of the .Net Framework 3.5...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 05/15/2008

Hello World

Welcome to my blog! In the coming weeks, I will be posting a series of posts based on my experiences...

Author: Patrick Danino [Microsoft] Date: 05/15/2008