{"id":7381,"date":"2013-09-13T16:48:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T20:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=7381"},"modified":"2019-04-02T12:57:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-02T19:57:03","slug":"weekend-entertainment-from-xamarin-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/weekend-entertainment-from-xamarin-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Entertainment from Xamarin Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Xamarin developers aren&#8217;t building amazing mobile apps in C#, many of them head to their blogs to share their experiences with the developer community at large.  The links below will take you to just a few of our favorite articles that were published in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<h2>Great blog posts<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knowing.net\/index.php\/2013\/08\/10\/chromecast-home-media-server-xamarin-ios-ftw\/\">ChromeCast for Xamarin.iOS<\/a> &#8211; Larry O&#8217;Brien\n<a href=\"http:\/\/roycornelissen.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/23\/azure-service-bus-notification-hub-for-ios-bonus-xamarin-binding\/\">Azure Service Bus Notification Hub for Xamarin.iOS<\/a> &#8211; Roy Cornelissen\n<a href=\"http:\/\/visualstudiomagazine.com\/articles\/2013\/08\/01\/unit-test-your-ios-apps.aspx\">Unit Test Your iOS Apps<\/a> &#8211; Greg Shackles\n<a href=\"http:\/\/visualstudiomagazine.com\/articles\/2013\/09\/01\/creating-a-ui-in-xamarin-ios.aspx\">Creating a UI in Xamarin.iOS<\/a> &#8211; Wallace B. (Wally) McClure\n<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.xamarin.com\/samples\/monotouch\/UIImageEffects\/\">Image Effects with Xamarin.Android<\/a> &#8211; Prashant Cholachagudda\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.monday8am.com\/en\/2013\/08\/04\/xamarin_comienzos\/\">Movement to Xamarin and Mobile Development<\/a> &#8211; Angel E. Anton Yebr\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidortinau.com\/site\/st._louis_alt.net_meetup_the_rise_of_xamarin\/\">St. Louis ALT.NET Meetup: The Rise of Xamarin<\/a> &#8211; David Ortinau<\/p>\n<h2>Podcasts<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fastchicken.co.nz\/2013\/09\/03\/gone-mobile-podcast-episode-1-is-out\/\">Gone Mobile Podcast Episode 1 Is Out<\/a> &#8211; Nic Wise, Greg Shackles &amp; Jon Dick\nXamarin Podcast <a href=\"http:\/\/chrisntr.github.io\/blog\/2013\/08\/26\/first-episode-of-the-xamarin-podcast\/\">Episode 1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chrisntr.github.io\/blog\/2013\/09\/05\/second-episode-of-the-xamarin-podcast\/\">Episode 2<\/a> &#8211; Chris Hardy &amp; Pierce Boggan<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started Guides<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ybigus.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/quick-start-with-xamarinios.html\">Quick Start with Xamarin.iOS<\/a> &#8211; Yaroslav Bigus\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.falafel.com\/Blogs\/jesse-liberty\/2013\/09\/11\/getting-started-with-xamarin-android\">Getting Started with Xamarin Android<\/a> &#8211; Jesse Liberty\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.falafel.com\/blogs\/jesseliberty\/jesse-liberty\/2013\/09\/13\/learning-xamarin-2-using-the-genymotion-emulator\">Using the Genymotion Emulator<\/a> &#8211; Jesse Liberty\nXamarin iOS Designer and Storyboards <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.falafel.com\/Blogs\/lance-bullock\/2013\/08\/09\/xamarin-ios-designer-and-storyboards---part-1\">Part 1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.falafel.com\/Blogs\/lance-bullock\/2013\/08\/20\/xamarin-ios-designer-and-storyboards---part-2\">Part 2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.falafel.com\/blogs\/LanceBullock\/lance-bullock\/2013\/08\/26\/xamarin-ios-designer-and-storyboards---part-3\">Part 3<\/a> &#8211; Lance Bullock<\/p>\n<h2>Xamarin Apps<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/smartypantscoding.com\/the-official-launch-of-line-diet-for-iphone\">LineDiet App<\/a> &#8211; Roger Peters\n<a href=\"http:\/\/danielvaughan.org\/post\/Farlight-Brings-a-Captivating-Drawing-Experience-to-Your-Device.aspx\">Farlight<\/a> &#8211; Daniel Vaughan\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.neteril.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/16\/similardio-rdio-meets-lastfm\/\">Similardio, Rdio Meets Last.fm<\/a> &#8211; J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Laval<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/csharp-brick.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/csharp-brick.jpg\" alt=\"csharp-brick\" width=\"303\" height=\"310\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7444\" \/><\/a>\nTo show our thanks to these developers for sharing their experiences, we&#8217;re sending C# t-shirts to all of these authors.  If you have an article about developing with Xamarin that you&#8217;d like to share <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?screen_name=xamarinhq&amp;text=Talkin'%20'bout%20%23xamarin%20over%20here%20URL\" class=\"twitter-mention-button\">tweet to @xamarinhq<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Xamarin developers aren&#8217;t building amazing mobile apps in C#, many of them head to their blogs to share their experiences with the developer community at large. The links below will take you to just a few of our favorite articles that were published in recent weeks. 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