Band on the Run

I promised earlier (http://peted.azurewebsites.net/fake-microsoft-band/) to share some more details about the client-side of the Band on the Run project I have been working on alongside my colleague at Microsoft David Gristwood.We set the project up initially as a learning opportunity…

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databinding BingMaps Control Wp7 MVVM

Ok, so a similar treatment for the Bing Maps control as for previous posts on the Pivot and Panorama controls. So starting out with a standard Windows Phone Application project… Straight into the xaml: <Maps:Map x:Name="map" Grid.Row="1"> <Maps:MapItemsControl ItemsSource="{Binding PushPins}">…

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Data Binding Panorama Control WP7 MVVM

by Peter Daukintis Ok, this is just a quick follow-up to a previous post Data Binding Pivot Control just as confirmation that this approach will work for the WP7 Panorama Control as well. Starting with the project from the previous…

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Data Binding Pivot Control WP7 MVVM

by Peter Daukintis Ok, having had access to the official WP7 Pivot control in the RTM Tools for Windows Phone 7 for a few days I thought it was time to explore and particularly in it’s data binding capabilities. I…

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Windows Phone 7, MVVM and TDD (Part 6 – loading screen)

By Peter Daukintis First we need to create the loading screen user control which is heavily based upon the one used here http://www.orktane.com/Blog/post/2010/01/23/iPhone-Sudoku-in-Silverlight-using-MVVM.aspx. It consists of a grid containing eight rectangles which have associated animations that cycle through different greyscales/transparencies.…

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Windows Phone 7, MVVM and TDD (Part 3 – LoginCommand)

by Peter Daukintis Now, to support the login functionality I will add a password property in exactly the same way (test first) as the username text property from part 2 (http://babaandthepigman.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!4F1B7368284539E5!237.entry). Also I will supplement the tests with tests to…

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