Creating touch-based rotation in Windows 8 XAML Store apps 28 March 2013 Diederik-Krols WinRT This article illustrates two ways of using touch or mouse input to rotate a UI element in a XAML-based Windows 8 Store app. I’m sharing this code because I believe that the corresponding official MSDN sample is too complex. Don't get me wrong: the Windows 8 gestures sample looks nice and ... [More]
The Slider’s Guide to the MVVM Galaxy 19 March 2013 Diederik-Krols This article describes two behaviors of the native XAML Slider control that reduce the joy of using it in MVVM Windows 8 Store apps. We all agree that XAML is one of the nicest technologies to develop Windows 8 Store apps, right? We all agree that you should use MVVM to build XAML apps, right? No, w... [More]
Semantic Zoom and LINQ: Better Together 05 March 2013 Diederik-Krols Metro, WinRT With this short article, I want to show you the easy way to provide data to a semantic zoom in a Windows 8 Store app. I’ve seen too many developers trying to massage their business data to make it consumable for a semantic zoom, by pulling it through custom implementations of IS... [More]