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Serializing data with C#

Years ago, there appeared to be only XmlSerializer.  Then came the DataContractSerializer particular for use with WCF.  Now, it appears there are a couple JsonSerializers – who knows what will be next? Recently, I had to implement a Serializer.  I tried a few of...

File operations with UWP

Gone are the days of choosing a location on the hard drive and saving/loading.  UWP adopts a more phone or tablet-like approach where the user must give permissions before an app can conduct specific kinds of actions – including looking at specific folders, even...

Persisting data for UWP

UWP apps are funny.  Unlike regular desktop apps, it’s not always obvious how to store and retrieve data.  There are two cases I’m talking about: There is no Settings GUI in UWP apps like there was in WPF apps.  Previously, an Engineer could right-click on...