Re: Silverlight challenge

2013-06-29 Thread jasion4
Check out: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.media.imaging.writeablebitmap%28v=vs.95%29.aspx and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2330040/silverlight-writeable-bitmap maybe of some use to create a bitmap from the chart UI element? Also maybe some helper methods her

Re: Tablets - WinRT and Android

2013-06-25 Thread jasion4
Yeah, I think it will be really interested to see what happens with WinRT given Intel’s lower power processors. If they can get to within about 80% of ARM power consumption / battery life then WinRT may no longer be viable, everyone can have “full” windows desktop. Sent from Windows Mail F

[OT] My New Pluralsight Course

2013-06-18 Thread jasion4
Hi all, My new Pluralsight course has just been released “Automated Testing: End to End” http://bit.ly/pstesting "We shouldn't live in fear of our code. Long-term customer satisfaction, product agility, and developer happiness are crucial. A quality suite of automated tests helps achieve

Re: Site for suggestions to Surface Hardware (like Connect)?

2013-06-13 Thread jasion4
Just tried this (on Win 8) - goodbye caps lock!!! Thanks for the tip Corneliu! Sent from Windows Mail From: Corneliu I. Tusnea Sent: ‎Friday‎, ‎14‎ ‎June‎ ‎2013 ‎8‎:‎46‎ ‎AM To: ozDotNet Why would you need an insert key? You can either Remap the Resharper Shortcut (ReSharper_Generate is

My 1st Pluralsight course - Designing Windows 8 Apps

2013-05-29 Thread jasion4
Afternoon all, If anyone’s thinking about doing any Win 8 app dev, my first Pluralsight course was recently published. It focuses more on design and choosing features than tech/coding and may be of interest if you’ve not had much exposure to ‘metro’ dev or if you’ve got an idea and not sure wh

Re: [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro?

2013-04-17 Thread jasion4
Yeah, I’ve also heard on various podcasts that while there are a good deal of HTML/JS apps in the store they are not the majority. I chose XAML/C# for my apps as I’ve done Silverlight/WPF/Win Phone so seemed like the logical choice for me (I also happen to like XAML, Blend etc) but it’s certainl

Re: [OT] Surface RT or Surface Pro?

2013-04-01 Thread jasion4
Hi I got an RT when they came out, been mostly happy with it, good battery life. I got it mainly so I had an RT device to test my apps on + to use as a consumer device and for those uses I can’t complain. I also have touch cover, if your gonna do lots of typing then you might want to conside

RE: First Post!

2013-03-20 Thread jasion4
Hi Mike, thanks 😊 There’s a couple of extracts from chapters on my blog at DontCodeTired.com and TOC at KeepingSoftwareSoft.com Sent from Windows Mail From: mike smith Sent: ‎21‎ ‎March‎ ‎2013 ‎10‎:‎58‎ ‎AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: First Post! On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:45 PM, wrote:

RE: First Post!

2013-03-20 Thread jasion4
Thanks Stephen 😊 Sent from Windows Mail From: Stephen Price Sent: ‎21‎ ‎March‎ ‎2013 ‎10‎:‎03‎ ‎AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: First Post! Took your merry time dude. Welcome. :) On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 9:45 AM, wrote: Hi all, Been hearing about this list in the Perth .Net user g

First Post!

2013-03-20 Thread jasion4
Hi all, Been hearing about this list in the Perth .Net user group community and finally got around to joining 😊 Not sure what the list’s policy on shameless self-promotion is but apologies in advance 😉 I’ve been lean publishing a book called Keeping Software Soft at http://KeepingSof