James Montemagno

Principal Manager, Tech PM, Developer Community

James Montemagno is a Principal Lead Program Manager for Developer Community at Microsoft. He has been a .NET developer since 2005, working in a wide range of industries including game development, printer software, and web services. Prior to becoming a Principal Program Manager, James was a professional mobile developer and has now been crafting apps since 2011 with Xamarin. In his spare time, he is most likely cycling around Seattle or guzzling gallons of coffee at a local coffee shop. He co-hosts the weekly development podcast Merge Conflict http://mergeconflict.fm.

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Drawing Elements on Maps with .NET MAUI

April 25th, 2023
.NET MAUI now features a Map control that allows you not only to display a position with pins, but also render full geometry to essentially draw on a map! In this post I show you how to do it.

5 .NET MAUI Features for Building Great Desktop Apps

January 23rd, 2023
When developing desktop apps with .NET MAUI there are great built in features that you can integrate into your apps to deliver a higher quality experience for the form factor. Today, we take a look at 5 unique features to consider in your apps.

Top .NET Videos & Live Streams of 2022

December 30th, 2022
Let's take a look at the top .NET videos and live streams from the .NET team in 2022!

Top .NET Blog Posts of 2022

December 30th, 2022
Let's take a look back at the top .NET blogs posts from 2022!

Build Your Own Podcast App with .NET 7, Blazor, and .NET MAUI

December 19th, 2022
The .NET Podcast app is a sample application showcasing .NET, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET MAUI, Azure Container Apps, Orleans, and more. Pull down the source code and explore the architecture today.

.NET Conf 2021 Recap – Videos, Slides, Demos, and More

December 2nd, 2021
.NET Conf 2021 is over, but you can re-live the largest .NET event of the year with full access to video recordings, slides, demos, and more.

Introducing the .NET Tech Community Forums

November 4th, 2021
Today, we are launching the .NET Tech Community for developers to have deep technical discussions, share how-tos, talk best practices, and more.

Announcing Microsoft Q&A for .NET

November 25th, 2020
Introducing the brand new Microsoft Q&A for .NET, your one stop for getting your techinical questions answered by experts from Microsoft and the .NET community.

Introducing .NET Live TV – Daily Developer Live Streams

October 15th, 2020
Introducing .NET Live TV, your one stop shop for all .NET and Visual Studio developer live streams across Twitch and YouTube.