Working with WinRT, well, I’m just going to say it… sucks! I’m past the “who moved my cheese” phase; so that’s not why I’m making that statement. It sucks because it is not completely thought out, ...

The following is a list of samples that I’ve found helpful as I continue to work on my first WinRT application: XAML AppBar control sample Demonstrates how to use the AppBar control to present na...

Disclaimer: Let me be clear in that I am not recommending doing what I’m about to discuss except for the specific scenarios where it is needed. With that said… When working with platforms that do ...

I’ve been working on a project that is extensively utilizing WPF. Every day I can’t help but think, “really?, after 6 years and 4 major releases it still isn’t polished?!?!?”. I mean, seriously, it...

I’ve made a few enhancements to the interpreter.. There is now a branding/navigation bar across the top. This provides the ability to visit this website and access to additional functionality. ...

I’ve been working hard since I got back from England on all aspects of the interpreter. Language For the most part, I think I have most of the language covered. I’ve added a few extra keywords; h...

Next Monday, I’ll be headed to the UK (Cambridge) for a “vacation”.  As it turns out, this is also the home of Red Gate software, makers of SQL Toolbelt, ANTS Profiler and .NET Reflector. I’ll be ...

BLOG I’m currently in the planning stages to rebuild this site. I’ve delayed doing this for a long time since I didn’t want to “break links”; however, one reason why I don’t contribute as much as ...

Wow! It’s been a month since my last update regarding this pet project. To be fair, I did go on vacation for a week, so it’s really only been about 3 weeks of spare time effort on this. With that s...

This is part of series of posts categorized under VB10 vs VB6. “Variants are not supported. Object is now the default data type.” Wow! Really?!?!? Someone actually “defending” (or rather complain...