{"id":47181,"date":"2020-05-04T11:30:24","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/?p=47181"},"modified":"2020-05-04T13:24:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T20:24:03","slug":"virtual-may-xamarin-dotnet-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/virtual-may-xamarin-dotnet-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Xamarin and .NET Events in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hope that everyone is staying safe and healthy. Below are just a few of the virtual events, streams, and videos to watch this May &#8211; all from the comfort of home. When it comes to upcoming .NET and Xamarin events, there are tons of new ways to stay virtually-active with your developer communities. Including lots of exciting content provided by the teams at Microsoft and the global community. As well as information to help you host your own online events. Read on to find out more!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Virtual Conferences in May<\/h2>\n<h4>May 12th<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devaroundthesun.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Dev Around The Sun<\/a>: A 24-hour, international technologist track and fundraiser helping those affected COVID-19<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>May 19-21<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/register.build.microsoft.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Build<\/a>: 48-hours of free and continuous content in an interactive environment during a completely digital event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>May 29-30<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/virtualml.net\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Virtual ML.NET Community Conference<\/a>: A free, 2-day community-driven conference on all things ML.NET<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Virtual User Group Meetups in May<\/h2>\n<h4>Wednesday, May 6th<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Xamarin-Cologne-User-Group\/events\/269967708\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Xamarin Cologne User Group<\/a>: Building Xamarin.Forms UIs in C# &#8211; Brandon Minnick<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Rochester-Xamarin-Meetup\/events\/270334745\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rochester Xamarin Meetup<\/a>: Building Xamarin.Forms User Interfaces at Runtime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Tuesday, May 12th<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/TechValleyNETUserGroup\/events\/270177755\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tech Valley .NET User Group (TVUG)<\/a>: May Virtual Meetup &#8211; Supporting Dark Mode with Xamarin.Forms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Wednesday, May 13th<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/NskDotNet\/events\/270236025\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NskDotNet<\/a>: (Online) NskDotNet Meetup #8 &#8211; Effective Unit Testing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Wednesday, May 20th<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/azxplatform\/events\/270293662\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Arizona Xamarin Developer Group<\/a>: Implementing Secure Web Authentication (w\/ Xamarin.Essentials) + Using Dropbox Api<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Tuesday, May 26th<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Birmingham-DotNet-And-Xamarin-User-Group\/events\/266606445\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Birmingham .NET &#038; Xamarin User Group<\/a>: Building next generation web apps with Blazor &#8211; Chris Sainty<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Wednesday, May 27th<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Cape-Town-Ms-Dev-User-Group\/events\/270420246\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MSDUG United: First Lock-down Online Virtual Event<\/a>: Three tech communities joined in one &#8211; first (joint) online meetup!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Register for Build 2020<\/h2>\n<p>Registration for Build 2020 is <a href=\"https:\/\/mybuild.microsoft.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">now open<\/a> and completely free to join this 48 hour virtual event. There will be several keynotes, general sessions, and interactive sessions through the two days for Xamarin and .NET developers, so register today!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/05\/Build.png\" alt=\"Microsoft Build 2020 Registration Banner\" width=\"687\" height=\"158\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/05\/Build.png 687w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/05\/Build-300x69.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>User Group and Event Organizers<\/h2>\n<p>Host your own virtual meetups, events, and streams! The .NET Foundation has an <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dotnet-foundation\/wg-outreach\/issues\/10\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">excellent source<\/a> of information about the different platforms to host a virtual Meetup or event. Our friend <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jongalloway\">Jon Galloway<\/a> also recorded a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m85ZGXF06vk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">full tutorial<\/a> using the Microsoft Teams&#8217; new <b>Live Event<\/b> feature to host a meetup. To use Meetup.com for scheduling events, try the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/blog\/how-to-host-an-online-event-on-meetup\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Online Event Feature<\/a>. This will streamline hosting a Meetup with one of these services.<\/p>\n<h2>Content and Speakers<\/h2>\n<p>Spark ideas for topics to present by browsing through our recent online conferences. All content including slides, videos, and code are from the recent .NET Conf focus events. The Visual Studio for Mac Refresh(); event are available online as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dotnet-presentations\/dotNETConf\/tree\/master\/2020\/FocusOnBlazor\/Technical\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Conf &#8211; Focus on Blazor<\/a>: All things Blazor with tons of great content<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/VisualStudioForMacRefresh\/tree\/master\/Technical\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Visual Studio for Mac Refresh();<\/a>: Hours of content on all topics of .NET development on a Mac.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/dotnet-presentations\/dotNETConf\/tree\/master\/2020\/FocusOnXamarin\/Technical\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">.NET Conf &#8211; Focus on Xamarin<\/a>: 14 packed sessions on Xamarin!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For speakers, look no further than our amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/mvp.microsoft.com\/en-us\/MvpSearch?&#038;kw=xamarin&#038;ex=Developer+Technologies\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft MVPs<\/a>. All of which love to present on all the .NET topics. When in doubt, we are here to help with a new <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.microsoft.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=v4j5cvGGr0GRqy180BHbR0lYQ-BAoQdMgEd876uTVu1URTlQSFdWVFEyWFdONTJYSDBIWFE2TTdRUC4u\">Xamarin User Group Speaker Request Form<\/a>. Tell us about your user group, dates of the event, and what topics needed. Then, we will try to pair you with someone from the Xamarin team to present at your user group!<\/p>\n<h3>Watch a Streamer<\/h3>\n<p>You may already know that the .NET teams host <a href=\"https:\/\/dotnet.microsoft.com\/platform\/community\/standup\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">live community stand-ups<\/a> every week. However, did you know that the Xamarin community is also super active on live-streaming sites, such as Twitch? <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/03\/Xamarin-Live-Streamers-1024x552.png\" alt=\"Image of different virtual Live-Streamers\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/03\/Xamarin-Live-Streamers-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/03\/Xamarin-Live-Streamers-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/03\/Xamarin-Live-Streamers-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/03\/Xamarin-Live-Streamers.png 1513w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theurlist.com\/xamarinstreamers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">full list of streamers<\/a> that stream throughout the week. Be sure to follow them to stay up to date.<\/p>\n<h2>Join a .NET Stand-up<\/h2>\n<p>Multiple times a week the .NET teams meet online to talk about the latest news across all .NET products. Find live, upcoming, and past episodes on the new <a href=\"https:\/\/dotnet.microsoft.com\/platform\/community\/standup\">.NET Community Stand-up website<\/a>. This includes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CNcts28prAY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Xamarin Community Stand-up<\/a> Thursday, <strong>May 7th, at 10 AM PST with all things Xamarin.Forms 4.6<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><center>\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fqm6wnZ2e1U\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<h3>Re-watch .NET Conf &#8211; Focus on Xamarin<\/h3>\n<p>Our largest virtual Xamarin event of the year with .NET Conf &#8211; Focus on Xamarin. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/02\/2020-02-13_15-03-26-1024x262.png\" alt=\".NET Conf Focus on Xamarin\" width=\"640\" height=\"164\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/02\/2020-02-13_15-03-26-1024x262.png 1024w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/02\/2020-02-13_15-03-26-300x77.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/02\/2020-02-13_15-03-26-768x196.png 768w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2020\/02\/2020-02-13_15-03-26.png 1158w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>There is over nine hours of content, between fourteen sessions from the Xamarin team and community members. All of this awesome content is available on demand! View the full playlist on <a href=\"https:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/Events\/dotnetConf\/Focus-on-Xamarin\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Channel 9<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLdo4fOcmZ0oW4W_qQr_dlnKtAfTB0Ezl9\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay virtually-active this May with your developer communities through engaging online events, live-streams, and on-demand videos, all from the comfort of home!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":579,"featured_media":47215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5216,383,1],"tags":[7282,5108,8553,8,6108,8551,8552,8393,27],"class_list":["post-47181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements","category-events","category-xamarin","tag-net","tag-build","tag-dev-around-the-sun","tag-events","tag-live-streams","tag-may","tag-ml-net","tag-virtual","tag-xamarin"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Stay virtually-active this May with your developer communities through engaging online events, live-streams, and on-demand videos, all from the comfort of home!<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/579"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}