When declaring a dependency property, you can specify a callback to be called when the property changes. However if you want to be notified of changes of a property that is already declared, you have to rely on the class exposing an event for it (like...

Dependency properties are not a new thing, they have been part of WPF and Silverlight for years. They enable key features such as data binding, styles, animations, change notifications and default values. Their behavior however can differ slightly...

After my previous article about default styles and templates of XAML controls, here is the next set of useful MSDN resources for a Windows 8 app developer/designer. Those two pages give the golden rules of a Windows Store App design: Laying out...

In the early days of WPF and Silverlight, the only way you could get information about the default templates and styles of controls would be by opening Blend and editing a copy of the default style. Fortunately, this information is now documented on MSDN...