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Introducing HTML & JS Data Templates for Metro Apps

Introducing HTML & JS Templates for Metro Apps

Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS) provides convenient ways to format and display data. Here we focus on templates and a few ways of implementing them in a Metro app. Templates provide a way to present multiple instances of object data to the user with a high degree of control while maintaining ease of implementation. Templates can be used with ListViews, other controls provided for Metro app development, and can even be used without a predefined view.

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An Implicit DataTemplate Alternative for Silverlight 4

Custom Microsoft Silverlight Development

One feature that Silverlight 4 lacks when compared to its big brother, WPF, is implicit DataTemplates. That is, the ability to define a DataTemplate for a specific type. If you are willing to wait for Silverlight 5, you are in luck because it will introduce implicit DataTemplates to the Silverlight developer. For those of you that can’t wait: fear not. Just because implicit DataTemplates are not supported by Silverlight 4, it doesn’t mean that you can’t get the same effect with a little work.

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