I recently came across a Hyperbolic tree implementation on codeplex using WPF and thought that a nice usage of it could be in writing a mind map creating application.... I tweaked some of the original code and got a tree with editable nodes... Its been laying around for sometime, so I thought it best to put it out there so that you folks can continue its development. Though its not functional in the true sense, it does provide the basic functionality like saving and opening (albeit to the same file)... Currently only the text is serialized... The project (VS 2008) is attached Note that the usage of the Hyperbolic tree and its code is under the Codeplex License terms Share this post

One WPF feature that is not covered a lot is the HeirarchicalDataTemplate and hence, I asked my intern, Ahmad El-Shafey, to try something on this feature. And yeah, he did write a blog post on it :) ... this is his post on his experience with HeirarchicalData templates. " Some people use DataTemplates and/or HierarchicalDataTemplates to bind MenuItem content to a data source, like this: < HierarchicalDataTemplate DataType ="Menu" ItemsSource ="{ Binding XPath =*}"> < TextBlock Header ="{ Binding XPath = @ Name}"/> </ HierarchicalDataTemplate > I wasn’t so comfortable with this because you are creating a TextBlock element inside the items of our MenuItem, and binding its Text property to the data source. What...

Live maps (maps.live.com) has been updated with a new intuitive UI.. check it out.. its got several new features.. One thing that has me excited is the 1 click directions Search for a business and it shows the list of matches with a link '1-click directions' .. Click on the link and you get something like the image below... Now most of the times I just need to know the last couple of turns to the place and this is exactly what it gives.... Life made simple ... For the mobile users, check out the site http://m.live.com/ And then there is Live 411 search.. Dial the toll free number (800)CALL-411 and say the state/city.. and you can then search for businesses... Pretty cool..huh Share this post

Larry Osterman has an interesting series of posts on Threat modeling.. It starts from the basics and is very comprehensive. A application needs to go through the threat modeling process to identify possible threats, the mitigations, and the risks involved. From a tester's perspective it opens up several testing scenarios. So if you are unfamiliar with this topic or its something which needs some brushing up, give the posts a look :) ... Happy reading Share this post

Now thats what I call WOW ... For .NET developers this is like getting hold of the holy grail :) ... " We'll begin by offering the source code (with source file comments included) for the .NET Base Class Libraries (System, System.IO, System.Collections, System.Configuration, System.Threading, System.Net, System.Security, System.Runtime, System.Text, etc), ASP.NET (System.Web), Windows Forms (System.Windows.Forms), ADO.NET (System.Data), XML (System.Xml), and WPF (System.Windows). We'll then be adding more libraries in the months ahead (including WCF, Workflow, and LINQ). The source code will be released under the Microsoft Reference License (MS-RL). You'll be able to download the .NET Framework source libraries via a standalone install...