17 Nov
2010

Extended WPF Toolkit: New DateTimeUpDown control

If you are not familiar with the Extended WPF Toolkit by now, shame on you.  Like most open source projects, the Extended WPF Toolkit is driven by the community, that?s you.  One of the most popular control requests is a DateTime picker.  When this request first came-in I really didn?t know if I was going […]

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15 Nov
2010

Extended WPF Toolkit–Updated ColorPicker control

If you are using the Extended WPF Toolkit you have probably noticed the ColorPicker control.  If you are not familiar with the Color Picker control, it is simply a WPF editor control that allows a user to select a color.  If you are using release version 1.2 or less the color picker will look something […]

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13 Nov
2010

Could sealing a class be a sign of a good design

I recently attended this years Øredev conference and one of the things I had the good fortune of doing was to meet-up with a long time twitter friend, Philip Laureano. One of the days me and Philip started talking about a previous discussion he had with another attendee (whom shall remain nameless since I do […]

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12 Nov
2010

Basic JavaScript Part 2 : Objects

In a previous blog post, I showed some of the rich capabilities of functions in JavaScript. For this post I want to have a brief look at objects in JavaScript. Let?s start with a basic example: var podcast = { title: ‘Astronomy Cast’, description: ‘A fact-based journey through the galaxy.’, link: ‘http://www.astronomycast.com’ }; When you?ve […]

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