Before I start actually building my time tracking app, I have one more topic to cover: unit testing. I’ll tackle it in two parts, one this week and one next week.
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This year, I’m building a UWP time tracking app. Last week, I covered some details about Model-View-ViewModel, a pattern that helps simplify user interface code and make it more testable. This week, I’m going to explore the data layer technologies that I’ll be using: Entity Framework and SQLite.
ContinueMVVM Fundamentals For UWP Apps
Last week, I covered the solution stack that I’m using for a new programming project. This week, I’ll go into more detail about one aspect of it: using the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern in Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps.
ContinueUWP, C#, XAML, MVVM, EF, and SQLite
Last week, I described a programming project that I’m starting this year. It’s a time tracking app that not only records what you decide to spend time on, but also tries to influence those decisions. I’ll get into the initial coding details next week. This week, I’ll expand on the technology stack that I’m using.
ContinueA Project for 2017
Happy New Year! This is the start of Year 3 of this blog. For an overview of the past two years, see my review posts: Summer Review (January to July 2015) Red-Green-Code: 2015 in Review (the rest of 2015) Red-Green-Code: 2016 in Review (all of 2016) For 2017, I have decided to start a new […]
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2016 Work Habits Checklist
With 2016 wrapping up, I have my traditional end-of-year review planned for next week. In that post, I’ll go over all of the articles from this year. This week, I’m reviewing a more specific topic. If you have been following along for the last couple of years, you know that I write a lot about […]
ContinueThe Purpose of Technical Q&A Sites
With discussions in progress about creating a competitive programming site on Stack Exchange, I have been thinking about what we get out of technical Q&A sites.
ContinueDo We Need a Stack Exchange Site for Competitive Programmers?
This week, another attempt is underway to create a competitive programming site on the Stack Exchange network. It’s been tried before. In early 2013, a similar proposal was put forward. But a year later, the proposal still hadn’t met the minimum activity requirements defined by Area 51, the part of Stack Exchange where new sites […]
ContinueReview: How to Win Coding Competitions by ITMO University
Last month, ITMO University launched an edX course called How to Win Coding Competitions: Secrets of Champions. With this first iteration of the course coming to an end, I thought I would discuss my experience with it.
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