For .NET projects I do like to use the controls by DevExpress. Additionally DevExpress XPO is very useful as database abstraction layer. But in a current project I came across a very strange issue: for a few forms (curiously not for … Continue reading
Today there was a second Intel Ultrabook MeetUp in Munich (Germany) this year. The first one was in July. I was invited to speek a little bit about my experience with migrating a HTML5 app to the modern style UI … Continue reading
This weekend the annual Developer Open Space (German; formerly .NET Open Space) takes place in Leipzig (Germany) with around 150 attendees. I was invited to give a speech there today about utilizing the new Intel Ultrabook features on Windows 8 using … Continue reading
After some interface improvements in my previous post, I added a words card game to the vocabulary trainer app since that. But first I extended the main view with a semantic zoom. Here is the normal view: And with semantic … Continue reading
It was great that I was invited to be at the IDF in San Francisco last week! There I showed my vocabulary trainer at a booth of Intel at the technical showcase area. But I also had time to implement some Interface … Continue reading
Today there was an Ultrabook AppLab in Berlin (Germany) were I was invited to participate by Intel. Several speakers explained the new features of the next generation Ultrabooks and how they can be used by developers. But there were also a speaker … Continue reading
As I’ve announced in my blog post of last week, I will go on with the most important part of a vocabulary trainer this time: the vocabulary training itself. Last week there was a funny event by Microsoft here in … Continue reading
Last night Microsoft organized a Windows 8 hackathon here in Munich (Germany). That was the kind of events that really is for developers only - at the latest when you see the time of this event: it started at 6 pm … Continue reading
In my post of last week I wrote about the preparation work needed to be done to convert my vocabulary trainer to a metro-style – oh, I mean modern UI style or Windows 8 style or whatever this should be called … Continue reading
After explaining what I’m going to do in my post of last week, let’s go on with some “real” work on the product this time. The porting of this vocabulary trainer will be my first Metro style app. Therefore I … Continue reading
