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Visual Studio 2017 .csproj version patching in AppVeyor

How to set your package versions dynamically without creating an AssemblyInfo.cs file.

After the debacle with project.json and .xproj, Microsoft settled on a simpler, more modern version of the old .csproj project system with Visual Studio 2017. One of the changes advanced users will notice when creating a …

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Explore your Akavache cache on UWP

Akavache is an awesome library for almost every .NET desktop and mobile application platform to store both important user data and expiring local cache data. I’ve been using Akavache in a UWP app to cache results from a web service. In the Akavache README, the Akavache Explorer application is …

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How to hide the StatusBar in Landscape on UWP

Windows 10 Mobile has lost a lot of the awesome UI/UX from the good ol’ Windows Phone 7 era, but there’s one thing that they kept around: the enormous amount of space the statusbar takes up in landscape view. I still love the look and feel of the …

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Hello world!

I’d like to use the opportunity of this first post to tell about the technology behind this blog, as that’s something I’m always interested in myself. This website is build using the Hexo static site generator, hosted on GitLab Pages. The theme is based on Icarus, which …

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Image of the Day

In 2014 I released my first app into what was then called the Windows Phone Store. It shows the latest background images used on Bing, and allows you to save them in multiple different formats, both landscape and portrait orientations. The app was built using the WinRT SDK and localized …