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Template10: a new template to create Universal Windows apps – MVVM

Posted on October 5, 2015 by qmatteoq

The Model-View-ViewModel pattern (from now on, just MVVM) is, without any doubt, the most widely used pattern when it comes to develop XAML based applications. In this post, we won’t learn all the inner details of the pattern: I’ve already … Continue reading →

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Template10: a new template to create Universal Windows apps – The controls

Posted on September 11, 2015 by qmatteoq

In the previous post we started to know Template10, the new open source template developed by a Microsoft, with the goal to become the starting point for every Universal Windows app developer. In this post we’re going to see some … Continue reading →

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Template10: a new template to create Universal Windows apps – The basics

Posted on September 7, 2015 by qmatteoq

When you launch Visual Studio 2015 to create a Universal Windows app for Windows 10 for the first time, the first thing you notice is that the number of available templates is very low. If, when it comes to Windows … Continue reading →

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Prism and Universal Windows app – Managing the application’s lifecycle

Posted on December 22, 2014 by qmatteoq

Unless this is your first experience with Windows Store app development, you should be familiar with the concept of “application lifecycle”. Windows Store apps are created for scenarios where battery life, memory and CPU are not unlimited: consequently, the old … Continue reading →

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Prism and Universal Windows app – Navigation

Posted on December 19, 2014 by qmatteoq

Let’s continue our journey about using Prism in Universal Windows app development, by understanding how to manage a very important feature: navigation. Unless we’re talking about a really basic application, your project will likely contain more than one page. Consequently, … Continue reading →

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