At the Queensland C# Mobile Developers meetup group's September event, I gave an updated version of my 'Starting out right with Xamarin' presentation from 2015. Since the last iteration, quite a lot has changed in the Xamarin space but many of the pr…
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Introduction to Visual Studio App Center
Visual Studio App Center is Microsoft's integrated app lifecyle automation platform, recently promoted to GA. At the Queensland C# Mobile Developers meetup group's first event for 2018, I gave a talk on the service, including a broad overview of the …
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Introduction to UrhoSharp
UrhoSharp is a cross-platform 3D application and game engine for Xamarin platforms. At the Queensland C# Mobile Developers meetup group's October event, I gave a talk on the engine, including broad overview of the library, core concepts and a few dem…
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Intro to Azure Mobile Engagement
At the Brisbane Azure User Group's November meetup, I gave a quick introduction to the Azure Mobile Engagement offering that recently went into GA. It was one a of a number of lightning talks given at the meetup, each aimed at summarising one of the …
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So Valuable Right Now
Finally, a genuine use for my 'almost-famous' tag! I am honoured to be able to announce that I have been awarded MVP status for Xamarin. The award is for "outstanding independent community leaders who have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to hel…
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Starting out right with Xamarin
At the Queensland C# Mobile Developers meetup group's June event, I gave a presentation entitled 'Starting out right with Xamarin'. It's a light-hearted but informative overview of things to keep in mind when beginning to work with Xamarin, including…
CocosSharp
Creating a basic game in CocosSharp (Part 1)
At the end of last year I gave a talk on the Xamarin CocosSharp framework at the Queensland C# Mobile Developers meetup group. The aim was to give an overview of the framework and what it can do, and to provide a quick walkthrough of the code for a v…