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Ben creates live demos to show examples of how to maximize code reuse. This final segment will include an overview of reuse techniques such as portable library, shared source code, inheritance, conditional compilation, partial classes and methods.

• [01:54] - Portable Library
• [10:17] - Shared source code...

This module introduces the user to MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel), the architecture and the Pros and cons. It will provide and overview for how to share code using MVVM, .NET portable class library as well as going over best practices and providing a wealth of resource information.

• [03:29] - Architecture...

This session will go over Data binding basics and look further into Dependency object and  property. It will review properties for binding specifically INotifyPropertyChanged and INotifyCollectionChanged, and include business logic to respond to user actions in the view.

• [01:53] - Data binding basics...

Windows 8 and Windows are not the same platform. This module will cover how they are different by going over the UI and XAML, Platform specific features and reviewing the data model and supporting code.

• [12:05] - Demo - reminders
• [20:00] - App settings
• [31:03] - Media capture
• [39:31] - App bar

Full course...

Windows 8 and Windows are not the same platform. This module will cover how they are different by going over the UI and XAML, Platform specific features and reviewing the data model and supporting code.

• [06:15] - Windows and Windows Phone convergence
• [13:25] - UI and XAML
• [23:13] - Data model and supporting...

Bad stuff happens!  There is no way around that.  It’s a fact; your apps, out there in the wild on consumers devices, will crash.  This in itself is ok but only if you can get the information about those crashes and use that information to fix the bugs that cause them.  The Windows...

Misaligned elements is probably one of the most common issues I see with apps in the marketplace.  In this episode of Top Ranked, I delve into why this is an issue and how easy it is to check for that and fix it.  Alignment is a part of the overall Metro design language.  I’ve even seen...

The About page is usually one of the last things you think about when building an app.  It’s just not core to the whatever it is you’re trying to build.  And yet you’ll soon find out that it’s pretty much a necessity for most apps.  Not only is it something you can use to help build a...

In this episode, I focus on another small tweak that developers can add to their apps that will help make those apps look a lot more like native apps.  I’m referring to the addition of the Tilt Effect to controls.  By default, when you add controls to the canvas in Visual Studio or Expression...

In this episode we talk about pricing and more generically about market testing.  I know, I know, marketing is probably not every coders favorite subject.     I bring it up as I’ve noticed many apps in the marketplace that are underpriced.  Apps that are cool, differentiated...