WinRT
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WinRT
Here’s a simple tutorial about using Expression Blend for HTML5 and some little Javascript to create a simple transition effect. Fire up Expression Blend 5 and by double clicking the elements on Assets library add a button and a div, let’s rename it by double clicking them in LiveDOM pane. Here’s live DOM contents and it’s HTML counterpart (I’ve manually added button Go! content) ...
In WinRT any method that takes more than 50 ms is exposed as an asyncronous operation and thanks to C# await keyword (or Javascript’s Promises) what could be a programmer’s headache becomes a straightforward task, but what if you have your own asyncronous code? Let’s say you have a basic downloader class that simulates downloading a string from the internet, in practice something like: public class MyDownloader{ public event EventHandler Completed; public string Result { get; set;...
As most developers, my first test with a new technology begins with the good old “Hello World” sample and the same happened when I started digging into Metro/WinRT SDK, and you can imagine my face when I discovered that MessageBox class is no longer there. After a few second of panic :-) I placed a search on SDK and (relief) found that its indeed alive and kicking (even in a different form) inside Windows.UI.Popups namespace with a brand new name: MessageDialog So I started writing my first WinRT MessageDialog using this code: ...