My current clunky “put all the code in the view” approach to V-Drum Explorer is creaking at the seams. I’m really not a WPF developer, and my understanding of MVVM is more theoretical than practical. I’ve read a reasonable amount, but quite a lot of aspects of V-Drum Explorer don’t really fit with the patterns … Continue reading V-Drum Explorer: Planning notes for MVVM →

So, just to recap, I’m writing an explorer for my Roland V-Drums set (currently a TD-17, but with a TD-27 upgrade on the way, excitingly). This involves copying configuration data from the module (the main bit of electronics involved) into the application, displaying with it, editing it, then copying it back again so that I … Continue reading V-Drum Explorer: Memory and 7-bit addressing →

It’s amazing how sometimes small changes can make you very happy. This week I was looking at how DragonFruit does its entry point magic, and realized I had a great use case for the same kind of thing. Some of my oldest code that’s still in regular use is ApplicationChooser – a simple tool for … Continue reading New and improved JonSkeet.DemoUtil →

I’ve been immensely privileged to be invited to speak at various international developer conferences, and until now I’ve usually tried to accept the majority of those invitations. I’ve had a wonderful time, and made many dear friends – who I’ve often then caught up with at other events. However, I’ve recently found that travelling has … Continue reading Reducing my international speaking →

If this is the first blog post about V-Drum Explorer you’ve read, see the first post in this series for the background. In this post we’ll look at the MIDI interface I use in V-Drum Explorer to send and receive configuration information. MIDI basics (Apologies to anyone who really knows their stuff about MIDI – … Continue reading V-Drum Explorer: MIDI interface →