These days JSON is used a lot. For storing data, for storing settings, for describing other JSON files, and often for transporting information between server and client using DTOs (Data Transfer Objects).

When using an Azure Mobile App Service or ASP.NET Web API you will see that JSON is the default format to transport data. When running apps on a PCs with a fixed internet connection data size might not be a hot topic. But for apps on mobile devices, possibly using slow, limited, or expensive connections you want to save on the amount of data that is transferred.

My PC just got upgraded to the latest Windows 10 Insiders build (slow ring, build 10565) and suddenly a couple of VMs were missing from the Hyper-V Manager.

I first suspected the security settings on the directories were the problem, but my changes didn’t fix anything. After browsing around the internet, I found a couple of fixes that might help you if you have the same problem.

For a Universal Windows App I wanted to implement a Pivot. Reading the guidelines for tabs and pivots by Microsoft, I got inspired by the examples given.

However, no code samples are supplied so there is no indication how to create this in your own Xaml app.

I received a couple of comments on my article about “making the pull-down-to-refresh work with a Windows Phone virtualizing list control”.

The problem was that the functionality stopped working after navigating away from the page containing the ItemsControl control.

Every Microsoft Dynamics CRM developer has faced this problem: How to get the entity type code for your custom entity in JavaScript. If you need the entity type code for the current form there are several supported ways to get it. But when you want the entity type code for a different custom entity, you are in trouble.

The SDK has no real solution for this, and hard-coding is no option as the numbers can change per deployment.