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Integrating Facebook in a Universal Windows app

Facebook is, without any doubt, one of the most popular social networks out there. There are many reasons why we would integrate their services into a mobile application: to make the login process easier, to allow sharing some content, to … Continue reading

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Scheduling toast notifications in a Universal Windows app

Toast notifications are, without any doubt, one of the most used techniques when it comes to notify something to the user, even when the app isn’t running. It’s almost impossible not to miss a toast notification: it plays a sound, … Continue reading

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The MVVM pattern – Design time data

Ok, I’ve broken my promise. I’ve said that the previous post would have been the last one about MVVM, but I’ve changed my mind I realized, in fact, that I didn’t talk about one of the most interesting pros of … Continue reading

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The MVVM pattern – Services, helpers and templates

In this last post of the series about MVVM we’re going to introduce some concepts and libraries that can make your life easier when you develop a Universal Windows app leveraging the MVVM pattern. Services, services and services In one … Continue reading

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The MVVM pattern – Advanced scenarios

Let’s continue our journey to learn the MVVM pattern and how to apply it to develop a Universal Windows app. In this post we’re going to explore some advanced scenarios which are frequent when you develop a real project: how … Continue reading

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