WP7 Contrib – Bing Service Wrapper Part I – Location
This being the first post about the Wrappers I thought that we should break the ice with the most commonly used service. Location. Out of all of the services this is the simplest to call but also we...
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In the previous post we looked at the Location Service and how you can use the WP7C REST API Wrapper to make your app location aware. We also looked in some detail about the structure of the sample app...
View ArticleWP7 Contrib – Bing Maps Rest API Wrapper Part III Search
In the previous post we looked at how you can incorporate the Calculate Route service into your WP7 app, using bolier plate Rx code and a simple pattern. Next up is Search and how to search an area of...
View ArticleWP7Contrib – Tombstoning Part I The View
Yes I know, that old chestnut what more could there be to say? Well quite a lot actually and my intentions are to do this as a two part blog post. Where we’ll cover off how to use the new tombstoning...
View ArticleWP7Contrib – Tombstoning Part II The View Model
In the last post I introduced the idea of separating the tombstoning into two separate responsibilities, the View and the View Model. Each has a different responsibility; the View for specific...
View ArticleWP7Contrib – Bing Service Wrapper Part IV Location Simplified
Based on feedback around my first post in this series of talking about how to use Location I thought that I would revisit how you can use this really cool bit of stuff in your app. When I first wrote...
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WP7Contrib – Bing Service Wrapper Part V Imagery
The Imagery Service provided by the Bing Maps Rest Service is quite beastly as it supports a large number of permutations that can be requested from the endpoint. In order to successfully wrap up these...
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Metro Controls – Jump Viewer
After an amazing week at //Build, I’ve been busy playing with the new controls, which I have to say are fantastic! Ollie and I know the pain first hand when it comes to building a Silverlight TUI...
View ArticleExpression Blend 4 does not start after installing the NET Framework 4.5...
Over the last couple of days I have been trying out different combinations for app development on the Metro/WinRT platform and one of these involved installing VS 2011 Ultimate on to my main box that...
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WP7Contrib – FindaPad and the fastest list in the west
FindaPad is the first App to be built from the ground up using the WP7Contrib. In fact, the process of building FindaPad led to the creation of the WP7Contrib. FindaPad is a property searching...
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