John Baird
CODE Author
John Baird is the founder of Xamlware, a professional consulting firm specializing in Silverlight and Windows Phone 7 development. John has 30 years of experience designing, coding, and implementing software solutions.
John co-founded the Northern Delaware .Net Users group, is heavily involved in the local .Net communities, and travels extensively presenting to user groups, code camps and special interest groups. John is also a three-time recipient of Microsoft’s MVP award and is one of the first MVPs for Windows Phone 7.
Articles Authored
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Windows Phone 7 Development Using MVVM and Unit Testing
Last updated: Friday, December 26, 2025
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2012 - January/February
In his article, John Baird introduces Windows Phone 7 development using the Silverlight framework combined with the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) design pattern and unit testing to create maintainable, testable mobile applications. He explains Silverlight’s layout, data binding, and templating features, and emphasizes MVVM’s separation of concerns to improve code quality and enable unit testing. Baird provides practical guidance on structuring WP7 projects with Models, Views, and ViewModels, illustrating these concepts through a sample expense-tracking app. The article sets a foundation for professional WP7 development and previews further exploration of MVVM frameworks and testing tools in a follow-up.
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Getting Started with Windows Phone 7 Development
Last updated: Saturday, January 18, 2020
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2011 - January/February
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Getting Started with Windows Mobile Development
Last updated: Friday, December 26, 2025
Published in: CODE Magazine: 2008 - July/August
In today’s world of fast food, fast cars, and instant gratification, people expect to be in touch at all times.We have become conditioned to staying in touch with businesses, friends, and families. Because of this desire for instant data, we have the Internet, cell phones, Wi-Fi, MP3 players, and DVD players. As the equipment needed to drive this thirst has become smaller and smaller, we find ourselves looking for portable replacements for our bulky desktop computers.