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Practice debugging and troubleshooting. Solving code problems can be a challenge, especially when the errors aren't obvious. With a bit of debugging practice, though, you can learn to quickly identify and fix common errors. One of the ways you can practice your troubleshooting and critical thinking skills is to take an application that is broken, ...continue reading "Debugging Code: Poem Generator (C#)"

Basic UWP: Virtual Pet Setup

Learn basic UWP skills. This walk through shows how to start a simple UWP project, and covers some of the fundamental elements you might need in an application. We'll use a 'Virtual Pet' setup as our example topic. TextBlock and TextBox Buttons and event handlers Change an element's color New Project Launch Visual Studio and ...continue reading "Basic UWP: Virtual Pet Setup"

One button to control it all! Create a simple proof-of-concept UWP application with a dynamic button. Navigate linear content stored in an array with one 'Next' button. After all content has been shown, button text changes from 'Next' to 'Start Over'. Notes This post is an update of the Dynamic Button (Windows Form). This tutorial ...continue reading "Dynamic Button UWP: Navigate Array Content"