Over the course of my career I’ve encountered this too many times. Application rot. What is Application Rot? I’m currently performing a detailed code review on a client system. It’s. read more…
I still, after all these years, have a very sour taste in my mouth regarding the Apple developer tax. I actually think it’s disgusting to charge developers for enriching their. read more…
Technofog (/tɛkˈnɒ/fɒɡ/) – the confluence of domain specific jargon, technical debt and knowledge gaps that negate sensible use of even familiar technologies at the start of a new job or. read more…
There’s no doubt about it, things that help are good. This topic of abstraction came up in a chatroom the other day and I found myself advocating not abstracting in. read more…
Change tracking object contents at first might seem like an easy or straightforward task but there are lots of pitfalls and potential issues with many solutions. What works in your. read more…
I have a fairly complex development environment for my current project and needed to allow some self-signed certificates to pass through the SSL certificate chaining process when calling from mobile. read more…
There is a new release of MvvmCross yesterday that takes the platform to v4 beta 5 that was released yesterday. I’ve also contributed a new v4 sample project which provides. read more…
After having upgraded to Windows 10 I found that I had some networking issues running the Xamarin Android Player. When trying to start the emulator it would attempt to create. read more…
I love automating processes and making things consistently repeatable. Continuous integration is your friend, yes it can take time to setup but if you take that effort hit upfront it. read more…
Learning a new technology can sometimes be a very time consuming and error prone process. The more complex the technology the longer this process can go on for. When I. read more…
Hmm … missing your lovely Xamarin Android intellisense in the Visual Studio .axml code editor? Me too … The Solution Open Visual Studio Open any .AXML file in your solution. read more…
So as I blogged a few days ago about the issues I was having with getting to grips with all the issues I was having (which you can read here). read more…
Well, today was a lot of fun. You can tell just how much fun from the ridiculous title of this blog post. I’ve lost most of a productive day to. read more…
At the moment I’m working through the implementation of a mobile application build on top of the Xamarin platform targeting Android, iOS and eventually Windows Phone as well. I’ve done. read more…
Most web developers and designer make use of this common CSS selector to help make pages easier to consume by hiding things in the UI like buttons until the context. read more…
I know the title suggests this is a guide on how to get started and since I haven’t even started yet it’s a tad premature eh! Anyway, over the last. read more…
Hmm, rather ambitious title there Jammer … Anyway, I’ve just started looking at building some iOS and Android (plus others in the future) development and have so opted to use. read more…
Application Maintenance – Application Rot
Over the course of my career I’ve encountered this too many times. Application rot. What is Application Rot? I’m currently performing a detailed code review on a client system. It’s. read more…
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Apple Developer Tax
I still, after all these years, have a very sour taste in my mouth regarding the Apple developer tax. I actually think it’s disgusting to charge developers for enriching their. read more…
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Technofog
Technofog (/tɛkˈnɒ/fɒɡ/) – the confluence of domain specific jargon, technical debt and knowledge gaps that negate sensible use of even familiar technologies at the start of a new job or. read more…
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Abstracting APIs – Abstract Potentially Insane?
There’s no doubt about it, things that help are good. This topic of abstraction came up in a chatroom the other day and I found myself advocating not abstracting in. read more…
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View Model Value Change Tracking in MvvmCross & Xamarin
Change tracking object contents at first might seem like an easy or straightforward task but there are lots of pitfalls and potential issues with many solutions. What works in your. read more…
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Whitelist SSL Certificates in .NET for Xamarin / MvvmCross Apps
I have a fairly complex development environment for my current project and needed to allow some self-signed certificates to pass through the SSL certificate chaining process when calling from mobile. read more…
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MvvmCross Beta5 & SidePanel Navigation Sample
There is a new release of MvvmCross yesterday that takes the platform to v4 beta 5 that was released yesterday. I’ve also contributed a new v4 sample project which provides. read more…
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Xamarin Android Player in Windows 10
After having upgraded to Windows 10 I found that I had some networking issues running the Xamarin Android Player. When trying to start the emulator it would attempt to create. read more…
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Xamarin Android Automated CI Publishing Using MSBuild & JetBrains TeamCity
I love automating processes and making things consistently repeatable. Continuous integration is your friend, yes it can take time to setup but if you take that effort hit upfront it. read more…
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Learning MvvmCross
Learning a new technology can sometimes be a very time consuming and error prone process. The more complex the technology the longer this process can go on for. When I. read more…
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Xamarin Android AXML Intellisense
Hmm … missing your lovely Xamarin Android intellisense in the Visual Studio .axml code editor? Me too … The Solution Open Visual Studio Open any .AXML file in your solution. read more…
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Xamarin – The Baptism of Fire – Windows 7
So as I blogged a few days ago about the issues I was having with getting to grips with all the issues I was having (which you can read here). read more…
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PCL Profile 259 in Visual Studio 2012 on Windows 7, Xamarin, MvvmCross & ReSharper 7.1
Well, today was a lot of fun. You can tell just how much fun from the ridiculous title of this blog post. I’ve lost most of a productive day to. read more…
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Code Reviewing – Xamarin Components and MvvmCross Plugins
At the moment I’m working through the implementation of a mobile application build on top of the Xamarin platform targeting Android, iOS and eventually Windows Phone as well. I’ve done. read more…
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Enabling CSS Hover Selector on Touch Enabled Devices
Most web developers and designer make use of this common CSS selector to help make pages easier to consume by hiding things in the UI like buttons until the context. read more…
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Mvvmcross (Mvx) Getting Started
I know the title suggests this is a guide on how to get started and since I haven’t even started yet it’s a tad premature eh! Anyway, over the last. read more…
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Cross Platform Development w/ Xamarin & SVN Source Control on OSX
Hmm, rather ambitious title there Jammer … Anyway, I’ve just started looking at building some iOS and Android (plus others in the future) development and have so opted to use. read more…
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