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UK Dev Briefing Day
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, Berkshire. If you want to be a part of the next event, please contact your ADM or reach out to learn more about Premier Support for Developers. Building a Mobile App with a Cloud Backend At Microsoft UK, the Cloud and Developer team of Application Development Managers (AD...
Ironman or Pokémon: Both are helping make the virtual real!
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. Ironman and Pokémon both are telling the story of our future reality – virtual or otherwise. It is gratifying when films and games allow for a better understanding of something we do as developers in the world of IT. Often the work we do, the bits and the bytes, are not...
Global resources in Xamarin Forms! No App.xaml? Create one!
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 about those). Sometimes the constructs that devs hope to find in Xamarin Forms are not there waiting for them by default. Such was the case with App.Xaml. Continue reading on Joe’s blog…
Let’s talk about Technical Debt
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 get here? Technical Debt What is Technical Debt? Many developers would say it simply represents all the code they would fix if they had the time to do it. It’s sometimes described as the gap between making something work and building it the right way. The ...
Xamarin Forms: Avoiding data binding in ListViews
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 mentions reducing the amount of data binding, and I was asked recently how you would do that in a ListView, so here is my solution for that. I am not a fan of over optimizing, so I would only use this if you are seeing performance issues in your ListView (scrolling hiccups etc.) alo...
US Workshops, Webcasts, and Tech Talks – July 2016 Update
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 includes proven practices established through the support of Microsoft’s largest customers. Teams struggle to keep up with the latest technology trends, so training and knowledge transfer are important investments to build the expertise required for optimal application and infrast...
¿Por que le debe importar la diversidad a desarrolladores?
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) David S. Lipien, a Director in Microsoft’s Premier Services, collaborated with Stephen Barnes and Katie Konow to highlight the value of team diversity in application development. They are all part of the Enterprise Services Business, enabling clients to leverage IT for business success in the cloud and on the ground. ¿Se desempeña usted en...
Bienvenido a Soporte Premier para Desarrolladores
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. Constantemente cambia la forma en que vivimos y trabajamos, y empresas a través del mundo se están adaptando a economías móviles, conectadas, y globales. Innovaciones en la nube que abren nuevos mercados y optimizan recursos están creando ventajas competitivas diariamente - y estas vent...
xam.plugins.connectivity – all APIs Sample
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 samples as well. Continue reading on Joe’ blog…