Have you ever faced the problem that extending enum type by new values may cause unpredicted behavior of the application? I recently have. As the solution for this problem I figure out how to design enum values so they can be easily sortable and easily expandable in future, causing no side effect.
By Mirek on (tags: enums, categories: code)The panel which switch its content depending on the value of boolean flag is the topic of this post.
By Mirek on (tags: custom controls, SwithPanel, WPF, categories: code)Here’s a piece of information that will hopefully save you the time I spent on trying to figure it out… asp.net mvc parameter binding is localizable ONLY in the case of POST form action.
By eidias on (tags: mvc, categories: code)In this post I will try to present you my implementation of event aggregator, which I used in WPF MvvM application. I will also try to point out the advantages of my implementation over other found in the internet.
By Mirek on (tags: event aggregator, categories: code)Today I will present you my solution for automatic command activation in WPF MvvM application.
By Mirek on (tags: comanding, DelegateCommand, mvvm, WPF, categories: code)In the previous post we saw how to use the built in Trace class for logging facilities. However the Trace class is not the latest Microsoft’s recommended way for logging your application. In this post I will try to present the quickest way of configuring TraceSource and use it for logging purposes.
By Mirek on (tags: c#, logging, .net, TraceSource, tracing, categories: code)Recently we have decided to replace the logging framework we used, because of its not necessary complexity and a bunch of features we did not use and even did not know anything about. The goal was to use the built in System.Diagnostic.Trace facility and cover some of basic requirements we had.
By Mirek on (tags: logging, Trace, tracing, categories: code)CSS has been around for a while and will stay for a while longer and although I think it’s a good and working ‘language’ it has a few pitfalls – the biggest one being the lack of ability to reuse certain parts. Take colors for example, when you want to style a site you need to repeat the color declaration everywhere you want to set it, so when you change your mind, the only way to implement the changes is search and replace. Now that’s not that bad when you have a small site and one css file, but when the number of files grows, that problem grows along. So what can we do?
By eidias on (tags: css, less, sass, stylus, categories: code, web)Today I will show you a simple way to have a pie chart in your WPF application with use of ItemsControl. The pieces of the pie will be binded to the undergoing item model collection. Let’s take a look at it.
By Mirek on (tags: itemscontrol, Pie Chart, WPF, categories: code)In a previous post I showed you how to use IDataErrorInfo interface to implement simple validation mechanism in WPF MvvM application. In this post we will try to extend and customize this approach a little.
By Mirek on (tags: IDataErrorInfo, mvvm, validation, WPF, categories: code)