In this post I'm going to show you how to build and use re-usable components with shared data in Angular 1.x. While there are similarities to the new component system build into Angular 2.0 Angular 1.5, my component is a completely separate entity and, in my opinion, more robust in most ways. More...
First I'd like to note a correction as this original post was unintentionally misleading. The following works with Mono but will not work with the full fledged .NET Framework.
This afternoon while doing some related research I realized that I had been doing something for awhile that appears to be somewhat of a unicorn in the C# community: using generic attributes. Upon further research I saw a lot of information on creating generic attributes that ranged from "you can't" to "here's how you create a custom type descriptor and dynamically inject the attribute". As I have been doing it for awhile a much easier way, I somehow was never aware that it was a problem for some, so here is how you do it.
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Announcement
All proceeds from JSON .NET for Unity between December 1st and December 20th will be going to charity! The awesome folks at the Unity Asset Store were very helpful in getting my product changes made so I could make this happen.
All proceeds will be going to the Siena / Francis House here in Omaha, NE. They will help to provide Christmas toys for homeless and needy children. They will also help to provide essentials such as hats, boots and gloves for these children and their families. The response from the Unity community so far has been overwhelming with sales making a significant jump since announcing the charity drive yesterday. At the time of writing of this article we have already raised $1,519, nearly $1,000 of which is within the last 24-hours alone. I am thrilled that together we are able to make a difference this holiday season.
UPDATE: Total donation was $3,000
If you've been looking for JSON .NET for Unity, now is the time to snag it. If you'd like to help directly, you can visit the Siena/Francis donation page, or consider making a donation to your own local homeless shelter, even if it's old clothes, boots, hats, gloves, blankets, pillows, anything you can think of that they might need. Or give them a call and they'll provide you with a list of their most critical needs.
You can find all of the relevant links below:
Siena/Francis House
http://www.sienafrancis.org/
JSON .NET for Unity on the Asset Store
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/#/content/11347
Release Thread
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/200336-RELEASED-JSON-NET-For-Unity-3-5-with-AOT-Support
Charity Announcement Thread
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/216813-JSON-NET-Proceeds-in-December-going-to-charity
I wanted to kick off my category on Unity (sometimes called Unity3D, though Unity is the proper name) by talking about Serialization, especially in conjunction with Json .NET (the Newtonsoft library) which I've ported to Unity 3.5+ and made to be compatible with iOS and the Web Player. I'll give examples of serialization and deserialization with both Json and Bson (Binary Json).
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Before writing about Unity, I wanted to provide clarification for my subscribers and let them know that I've moved away from XNA development and moved to Unity. While XNA isn't entirely dead (there are still plenty of XNA developers around and still using XNA for desktop and XBLIG games), it is certainly fading away.
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The other day I was helping a friend setup a new website. He wanted to use DNN for his content management and had settled on GoDaddy for hosting as this is where his domain was registered. I had him setup his Windows Shared Hosting account and I set out to install DNN. This is where the problems began. I will show you how to get it working though. More...
On Thursday I headed down to a local Verizon Wireless store and picked up my HTC 8X. I've been using and customizing it heavily for a couple of days now and I wanted to share my initial thoughts. So far it's been a solid device and I absolutely love it. I'll give you the lowdown from my purchase experience and use. More...
I have successfully published my first Windows Phone 7 application and wanted to quickly share my first impressions. The idea for the application came from my wife. She asked if I could create a daily reminding application to take her birth control pill, so that's what I set out to do. I create a quick and simple application that allows the user to specify a time to receive the daily reminder. Tapping the reminding takes you to an entry page where you can specify whether or not you took your pill for that day. Another page with a calendar control color codes the days to show which days you've taken the pill, which you haven't, and which have nothing entered. All colors are taken from the current selected Windows Phone 7 theme so they vary based on the user. You can see my app here: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/01d893fb-59f1-40e9-af27-416080ec72ea. And here are my first impressions of the development and the marketplace: More...
If you're using Google Apps for your email you may want to send email through a Google Apps account from your website. This is a process I've found to be poorly documented (the documentation can be difficult to find) and there are several examples of different implementations, some of which work and some do not. You need to make sure you're using the correct outbound server, the correct port, and setting up the authentication credentials properly. Here I'm going to show you how to make it work. More...
I love to get involved with a variety of technologies. Recently I became interested in the .NET Micro Framework. My knowledge of electronics is very basic at most but I'm interested in what types of home automation I can potentially accomplish with a micro controller. Having a .NET background, I figured the .NET Micro Framework was a great place to start, so I picked up a Netduino Plus and dove in. I found the basic "Turn on the built in LED" projects to be too simple for my taste so I'm going to show you my first project. More...