MVVM - Going async with async command
We have been using async await for quite some time now. In this post we will see how to deal with async when using commands in the MVVM pattern.
C#
Removing async void
When using async await we inevitably have to mark methods as async void. This leads to a lot of issues for programmers…
Using ConfigureAwait to improve your application
Async await is probably my favorite feature of C#. It is powerful and some basic understanding about how it is working is needed to get the best out of it.
Cancel asynchronous operations in C#
Running asynchronous code is pretty easy with .NET and C#. As we sometimes need to cancel an ongoing asynchronous operation we will see, throughout this post...
Efficient api calls with HttpClient and JSON.NET
In Xamarin or other .NET Standard based platform we use the HttpClient class in order to do HTTP calls and JSON.NET to deserialize the response. In this post...
NDepend
When I freshly arrive in a company I usually have to take on and improve legacy code. NDepend is a tool that shines in this kind of scenarios.
XAML - How to know when a VisualState Transition is completed in a CustomControl
I’ve been developing for WinRT for quiet some time now in XAML and C#. I’ve faced an issue where I needed to wait that an animation was completed before star...
WinRT - CacheMode et VisualStatesTransition
Je suis récemment tombé sur un bug en portant mon jeu de reversi fonctionnant sur Wp7, Silverlight et WPF vers WinRT. En effet les animations qui permettaien...
Back to Basics - C# - Casting an integer into an enumeration
Recently I encountered a cast that I found interesting. It was trying to convert an integer into an enumeration in a way I never met before…
Back to Basics – C# – Cast d’un entier en énumération
Récemment je suis tombé sur un cast qui a éveillé ma curiosité. La ligne tentait de convertir un entier en une énumération d’une manière que je n’avais jamai...