Monthly Archives: April 2014
Building an Open Data App – Part 7: Styles and Converters
So far we’ve grabbed a data set, supported it, stored it, parsed it, displayed it, and linked events to it. Not too shabby. Now, let’s give the user some meaningful data to make decisions with. Some of this will involve … Continue reading
Building an Open Data App – Part 6: Launchers
As of right now, we have a simple list of the various bike stations in the Toronto Bike Share network. Ideally, we’d be able to tap on a location and see where it is on a map, maybe even get … Continue reading
Building an Open Data App – Part 5: Updating the Bindings
Last time I showed you how to get your data onto user’s screens without hardcoding it. Everything you reload the control, or the user returns to the page, you’ll see the updated data. But, what if the user doesn’t leave … Continue reading
Build an Open Data App – Part 4: Binding the Data
Binding is when you take data and push it to your UI. A classic example is showing a user’s name when they’ve logged in. It’s not hardcoded into the UI, you change it based on differing criteria. In the case … Continue reading
Build an Open Data App – Part 3: Storing and Retrieving the Data
The next step in putting the app together is to implement local storage of the dataset. The reason for this is two fold: If your user is not connected to the internet (on the subway with a phone, internet is … Continue reading
Build an Open Data App – Part 2: A Singleton and getting the Data
The next thing to worry about is getting the dataset. We’re also going to implement a design pattern here: a singleton. Why a singleton, you ask? Well, I plan on using this data model throughout the app and don’t want … Continue reading
Build an Open Data App – Part 1: Dataset and DataModel
Over the next few posts I’m going to walk through the process of building a simple app for Windows Phone and Windows 8.1 using C# and XAML. In order to facilitate this, the dataset will be Open Data. To allow … Continue reading
The Code Gnome 