Windows Runtime (WinRT) is a Microsoft platform architecture that allows applications to run in a sandboxed environment exposing a 'Windows Modern Style' UI/UX. Not to be confused with Windows RT, the edition of Windows 8 for ARM devices; see windows-rt.
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Cancellable UI loader
I'm playing with async/await, but I have yet to discover a standard method to safely cancel an intensive task. I have tested the following, and it works exactly as intended, though I remain unsure if ...
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Restore SQLite database backup
I have an application that provides the user the ability to backup the local SQLite database to another location. I then provide the ability to restore the backup database and overwrite the current ...
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XAML Markup Improvements
I have a Windows Store and Windows Phone app, and in this app I have many pages like this:
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Loading data into a number of different typed List<T>s: Can I do without reflection?
I'm not sure whether my distaste for reflection is justified or not, but it feels ucky that I'm using reflection here.
I'm trying to make a very simple class which has a number of ...
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Verifying the type of an AggregateException's inner exception in a unit test
I've got the following code inside an integration test.
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