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.NET Conf 2020 and Community Events this October

Virtually tune-in to communities around the world through amazing online events, streams, and recordings this October. Stay connected to your developer communities through the upcoming .NET Conf 2020, virtual Meetups, community stand-ups, podcasts, and more. Get started with .NET tutorials and learn how to host your own virtual experiences!

Xamarin.Forms 5 Preview: Advanced UI Controls for Beautiful Apps

Xamarin.Forms 5 brings to stable release features that you have seen in preview over the latest several 4.x releases. This includes solid and gradient , , drag-and-drop, , , and . These new features inject new creative potential for your application designs to create beautiful, interactive experiences. Let's look at those highlights, and then...

Customer Showcase: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is known for it’s many areas of involvement in the movie industry, but it is most famous for the annual awards show, The Oscar’s ®. See how the Academy migrated their infrastructure to Azure and leveraged Xamarin to deliver a rich, responsive experience to its members across a range of devices.

Fabulous: Functional App Development

Learn how to get started with functional programming with Xamarin, F#, and Fabulous to create amazing native mobile apps. Guest blogger and Fabulous maintainer Timothé Larivière walks you through what Fabulous is, how to get started, and how to build real world functional native mobile apps.