Muhammad Rehan Saeed

Software Developer at Microsoft, Open Source Contributor and Blogger

WPF Metro Part 1 - Modern UI for WPF

Modern UI for WPF is an excellent Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) SDK providing Metro styles for built in WPF controls and several custom controls.

Posted 19 February 2014 - 3 min read

.NET C#Metro Modern SDK UI User Interface Windows Presentation Foundation WPF XAML

Reactive Extensions (Rx) - Part 3 - Naming Conventions

Reactive Extensions (Rx) Advantages of using IObservable property naming conventions and comparison between C# events.

Posted 14 February 2014 - 2 min read

.NET C#Events Naming Convention Reactive Extensions Rx standards

Reactive Extensions (Rx) - Part 2 - Wrapping C# Events

Reactive Extensions IObservable wrappers for C# events and hiding the C# events entirely from subscribers using explicit interface implementations.

Posted 13 February 2014 - 3 min read

.NET C#Events Explicit Interface Implementation INotifyPropertyChanged Reactive Extensions Rx

Reactive Extensions (Rx) - Part 1 - Replacing C# Events

You should definitely consider using Reactive Extensions (Rx) is as a direct replacement for C# events. This post will explain how.

Posted 11 February 2014 - 4 min read

.NET C#Events Reactive Extensions Rx

Stop The Brace Wars, Use StyleCop

StyleCop analyzes C# source code to enforce a set of style and consistency rules. Rehan advocates its use in this thought provoking article.

Posted 8 February 2014 - 3 min read

C#standards StyleCop

ConfigureAwait in Task Parallel Library (TPL)

The importance of using ConfigureAwait when using the Task Parallel Library (TPL) to improve performance and reduce context switching.

Posted 7 February 2014 - 2 min read

.NET C#ConfigureAwait HttpClient Task Parallel Library ThreadPool Threads TPL

Just Start - The First Blog Post

I thought I should begin this first blog post with a few words on what I hope to achieve.

Posted 1 February 2014 - 1 min read