Articles by Jeremy Likness (6 articles found)

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate a sample framework that uses the MVC pattern successfully with the traditional ASP.NET WebForms engine.

Learn Silverlight with a simple tac-tac-toe game application. This article will explain how to build your first application and user control in Silverlight by creating a simple tic-tac-toe game complete with artificial intelligence.

Hierarchical data templates are a powerful way to organize and bind data that is available in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight.

Learn about collections in C#. Part 1 focuses on interfaces provided in the System.Collections namespace.

The collection is a powerful construct that allows a developer to logically group related elements and navigate through them. In this article, we'll explore some concrete implementations of collections that are part of the base .NET framework.

Understand collections, iterators, and the use of the yield statement to create powerful, custom collections in C#.

This project started out when I began searching for an quick way to put source code on my website to make it easy for guests to browse projects. Time is very valuable so I don't always like downloading a zipped archive and then exploding it to see it - I'd rather have a space online.

A brief discussion of how to bind JavaScript to custom server/ASP.NET Controls using the AJAX client control model.

Learn how to best embed/associate JavaScript with ASP.NET user controls.

After publishing an AJAX-based source code browser last week, I decided to do an iteration with Silverlight support. Our company is exploring this technology, so it was the perfect "proof of concept" project to get familiar with Silverlight before wiring it in at the office.Download the Source Code

A simple silverlight control that creates an image button with zoom and reflection.

One known issue with Silverlight is that the DataContext bound to a control may change, but there is no readily available change event. Unlike WPF, you don't have an explicit event to register with in order to track changes.

Silverlight, with its powerful text and graphics manipulation capabilities and strong interaction with the scripting DOM, seems to be the perfect engine for a Captcha challenge.

A method for abstracting WCF service calls in Silverlight to facilitate reuse and easy re-targeting of services.

There may be times when you wish to save a bitmap image to the user's local storage. Perhaps it was a generated image that is used in the application, or maybe it is an externally referenced image that you are loading locally for caching purposes. This example shows how.

A common user interface component is the confirmation or message box, which is often presented as a dialog returns a boolean (OK/Cancel). There are a variety of ways to achieve this, but how can you decouple the implementation of the popup from the request itself?

One of the most powerful benefits of Silverlight is that it uses the DependencyProperty model. Using this model, you can have great attached properties to describe reusable behaviors and attach those behaviors to certain elements.

The TextBox control is popular in Silverlight but comes with a few nuances. Learn how to filter textboxes and force databinding with attached behaviors.

Learn how to create reusable behaviors in Silverlight that can be attached through code or even with Expression Blend.

So far we've explored how to use dependency properties and attached properties to create reusable behaviors and triggers. I showed you recently how to refactor an attached property to use the Behavior base class instead. Today, we'll look at the TriggerAction.

Use the Managed Extensibility Framework to export dictionary resources using custom ExportProvider in Silverlight.

Learn how to use complex classes as primary (not composite!) keys with NHibernate.

Common table expressions (CTEs) were introduced with SQL 2005. They are a powerful new construct for building advanced queries.

Learn how to host WCF as a Windows service (without using a web project) and how to code it so that you can test interactively without installing the service.

Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF) is a powerful programming model and designer for workflow processes. Using workflow is easier than some may believe.

JSON or JavaScript Object Notation, is a method for transferring data, similar to XML and other formats. There are many advantages to using this method. It is human readable, and it translates easily to objects on the client side of the browser.With JSON, I can declare an array like this: var myA

At my software company we have access to some incredible tools and technologies. I can load up my copy of Visual Studio 2008 (Team System), publish documents to our SharePoint server, refactor code with ReSharper and then suck it into Enterprise Architect to make class diagrams. At home, however, my

Hot to use an extension method to strongly type your navigation.

I was working on an interesting problem today. The architecture of a different project I am working on does not use MVC, but ASP.NET controls. We have separated them into a control/controller model so that business logic interacts with a controller, which passes POCOs to a control, and the control k

Simplified Mocking with Dependency Injection for Unit Testing

Learn about the implications of using the ref keyword on reference types.

The pipeline pattern (sometimes also referred to as pipes and filters) has many useful applications. C# makes implementation even easier with the yield keyword.

Second part of 2-part article about the SOLID and DRY acronyms for software development. This part covers Interface Segregation and Dependency Injection.

First part of 2 part series on the SOLID and DRY acronyms: Don't Repeat Yourself, Single Responsibility, Open/Closed, and Liskov Substitution in this part.