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UK Dev Briefing Day

August 4, 2016 Aug 4, 2016 08/4/16
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In this post, Senior Application Development Manager, Neal Champion shares an overview of the UK Dev Briefing Day.  This annual event typically runs in the spring of each year, covering up-to-date presentations on the latest tools and development capabilities for the Microsoft platform.  It is held at the Microsoft UK Campus in Reading, ...

Ironman or Pokémon: Both are helping make the virtual real!

July 29, 2016 Jul 29, 2016 07/29/16
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This post is a collaboration between David S. Lipien- Director in Microsoft’s Premier Services, Jeremy Rule- Practice Manager in Microsoft’s Premier Services, and Dan Simmons- Technical Manger. They are all part of the Enterprise Services Business where they enable clients to leverage IT for business success in the cloud and on the ground...

Global resources in Xamarin Forms! No App.xaml? Create one!

July 23, 2016 Jul 23, 2016 07/23/16
Monu Bambroo
In a recent post from his blog, Premier Developer Consultant Joe Healy shows us how to create global resources in Xamarin Forms. Xaml developers moving to Xamarin Forms are hoping to take some of their good habits from the Windows (WPF/Silverlight/UWP) dev world with them (probably a few of their bad ones as well but we don’t want to talk...

Let’s talk about Technical Debt

July 22, 2016 Jul 22, 2016 07/22/16
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It seems that every company has at least one application built on aging technology and held together by virtual duct tape. Have you been that developer, fighting to upgrade a solution before it breaks? Have you been that business guy making the tough budget decision—maintenance or new development? This post is for both of you. How did we ...

Xamarin Forms: Avoiding data binding in ListViews

July 18, 2016 Jul 18, 2016 07/18/16
Monu Bambroo
In a recent post from his blog, Premier Developer Consultant Bill Reiss shows us how to avoid data binding in List Views for Xamarin Forms. This post was inspired by Jason Smith’s Evolve session discussing performance in Xamarin Forms. Jason gives a lot of great information and I highly recommend watching the video. At one point he ...

US Workshops, Webcasts, and Tech Talks – July 2016 Update

July 7, 2016 Jul 7, 2016 07/7/16
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Premier Support for Developers provides access to a wide range of advisory and training options that include most popular developer technologies.  Options range from onsite, instructor-led workshops to remote training, and even access to a distinguished team of Developer Consultants for specialized advisory needs.  Content frequently ...

Bienvenido a Soporte Premier para Desarrolladores

July 1, 2016 Jul 1, 2016 07/1/16
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As part of our effort to further represent the diversity of developers and the regions we support, we are happy to announce several posts translated to Spanish for our Latin American audience.  The posts can be easily filtered by LATAM or Region_LATAM tags. (Original Post) El software es la fuerza innovadora de nuestra era. ...

xam.plugins.connectivity – all APIs Sample

June 24, 2016 Jun 24, 2016 06/24/16
Monu Bambroo
In a recent post from his blog, Premier Developer Consultant Joe Healy shows a fantastic cross platform plugin for working with connectivity scenarios in Xamarin. The plugin works with iOS, Windows UWP, Android, using Forms as well as native targets. The repository has full source code  for the plugin. The repo also has some lightweight ...

Random SQL Workload Generator

May 26, 2016 May 26, 2016 05/26/16
Monu Bambroo
In a recent post from his blog, Premier Developer Consultant Bradley Ball  gives us a step-by-step overview of how to use SQL Server Random Workload Generator Many developers develop their own T-SQL, many DBA’s have to maintain that SQL.  If you are looking for a way to generate a workload against a SQL Server to practice performance ...