Playing around with Microsoft Hololens
Yesterday in the morning, Alessandro invited me to join a meetup targeting the Hololens. As the Hololens is very rare outside the US, I just needed to join the event. When I arrived, already one o...
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[Updated] How to create a multi architecture NuGet Package from a UWP class library
Like I already announced in my last blog post about UWP AppServices, I am going to show you how to create a NuGet package for UWP class libraries. I am going to go through the whole process, and pr...
How to add and consume an AppService to your UWP app (complete walkthrough)
One of the very cool and helpful new features Microsoft added for UWP apps are AppServices. AppServices allow your application to provide functionality to other applications without even being laun...
How to create a RSS feed web tile with notifications for your Microsoft Band
This is a blog post not only for developers, but also for users (I will try to get not to technical in this post). I managed to buy a Microsoft Band 2 for me here in Europe two weeks ago, and of co...
Review of 2015–my first year in Switzerland
2015 was once again a year where a lot happened. My year began with the start of a new job – I am now employed as a full time developer at the Swiss Shareholder register ShareCommService AG. The fi...
How to implement a simple notification system in MVVM Windows 8.1 Universal apps
If your app performs actions, you most probably want to add also some confirmation if an action has finished. There are some ways to do this, like using local toast notifications or MessageDialogs....
How to add Microsoft Application Insights v1 to your Windows 8.1 Universal app
Late in 2014, Microsoft finally started Application Insights (AI), their own telemetry service for all kind of apps. For Windows (Phone) 8.1 apps, the service was a long running beta. This month, M...
[Updated] String Encryption in Windows 8.1 Universal apps
[Updated: This post caused a lot of controversy and bad voices, but luckily also some constructive feedback. This is not the initial, but the updated version of this post.] One of the goals of a U...
How to implement a bindable progress indicator (loading dots) for MVVM Windows (8.1) Universal apps
Now that I am on a good way to understand and use the MVVM pattern, I am also finding that there are some times rather simple solutions for every day problems. One of these problems is that we don’...
Helper class to easily display local toast notifications (Windows Universal app)
Often , we need to display a confirmation that some action in our app has been finished (like some data has been updated etc.). There are several ways of doing this, like displaying a MessageBox or...