Articles filed in category 'UI (User Interface)'

  • .NET Core for the Desktop
    Software vendors and conferences would tell you that the desktop is dead, but if you’re a working consultant, you know that’s not true. Mike dives into a great tool using WinForms to show you what you’ve been missing.
  • A Data-Driven Menu System for Bootstrap
    Did you know that you can create a simple one-line menu system using two C# classes and a little bit of Razor code in an MVC page to create a hierarchical menu structure for drop-down menus? Paul shows you how.
  • A Good Idea is Just the Start
    If you ever thought you’d like to develop the Next Big Thing, you’ll need Q’s advice about how to get started and what to do before you start writing code.
  • Create a Title Bar for User Controls
    Those helpful buttons for minimize, maximize, and close functions need to be added to your WPF pages if you don’t want to crowd your user’s screen. Paul shows you how.
  • Display a Progress Message on an MVC Page
    In this article, Paul Sheriff explains how to enhance user experience in MVC web applications by displaying progress messages during server post-backs. He demonstrates multiple techniques, including disabling buttons, changing button text, showing pop-up messages, graying out the background, and adding animated Font Awesome spinners to indicate processing. Sheriff emphasizes the importance of immediate user feedback to prevent repeated clicks and improve usability, and p...See More
  • Web Code is a Solved Problem: How about Fixing Web UI Next?
    Originally published as a blog post - Fixing Web UI
  • XAML Anti-Patterns: Layout SNAFUs
    Just when you think a container is simple, your user resizes the screen and mayhem ensues. If you want to know what happened—or prevent it, better yet—read Markus’ piece about the XAML layout engine.
  • Yes, User Prompts and Unit Tests Can Co-Exist
    If you thought that pages and dialogs that need a response from a user couldn’t be unit tested, John will show you how it’s done using dependency inversion.