During the implementation of a Windows 8 application and especially in the process of implementing the functionality of a single Page Control, one is faced with the question on whether to use the WinJS data-binding engine for his ViewModel or resort to a ''web'' solution such as Knockoutjs. This post is about data-binding using Knockoutjs (see the ...

During the implementation of a Windows 8 application and especially in the process of implementing the functionality of a single Page Control, one is faced with the question on whether to use the WinJS data-binding engine for his ViewModel or resort to a ''web'' solution such as Knockoutjs. This post is about data-binding using WinJS (see the one ...

It is claimed a lot that whoever knows how to develop web applications is also ready to develop Windows 8.1 applications. And this is definitely true in terms of the language used. In this post we will explore how we can set our VS2013, Expression blend IDE and use specific frameworks in order to also work as fast as we do when developing Web ...

The WinJS.UI.ListView control is one of the most important in Window Store Applications. It is the basis of the application's UI and the one most familiar to users. In this post will explore the features/tweaks available for the control that are most needed to the developer when used. This post can serve as a cheatsheet to anyone wishing to use ...

After hours of searching in the documentation in order to implement a decent drag and drop behavior in WinJS.UI.ListView (like the one we see on the “start” screen) I have finally managed to make it happen and in this post I am sharing the way it can be done. During this post there are also answers about: How to provide multiple templates for the ...

This post will cover the main aspects of using Tile Notifications in a Metro-Style application. The only topic that will not be covered is “Push Notifications” since those deserve a post on their own and will follow in the near future. So what are “Tile Notifications”? Well as you already know, each Metro-Style application has its own tile which ...

In the previous post, we have seen simple data-binding scenarios using WinJS and got a glimpse on the way a ViewModel can be created (following the MVVM pattern). In this post, we will build and application where there are more than one views (pages - simple page navigation app) with simple html elements and ListViews with real data. The question ...

When someone starts implementing small programs in Visual Studio 2011 and starts playing with the VS2011 templates for Metro applications in Javascript, he soon wonders about the differences that WinJS brings in Javascript object creation and what is the best practice of connecting the view (HTML) with the model (Javascript). he second relates to ...

That is, our class implements the INotifyPropertyChanged interface and also raises the notification for the “Description” property whenever the Id or the Name properties are changed in order for the Listbox contents (databound to Description) to be refreshed. Our ViewModel for the application is as follows:   public class ...