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152: Refreshing Hanselman.Forms - Visual, CollectionView, & Serverless Backend Jun 03, 2019

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What does it look like to refresh a 5 year old app with the all of the changes in iOS, Android, and Xamarin.Forms? James walks through all of the UI and backend changes he has been making to fully optimize the app. Additionally, he walks through how he is using Azure Functions to revolutionize his backend.

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151: The Future of the Future of .NET May 27, 2019

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At Microsoft Build 2019 the .NET team announced some amazing news around the unification of .NET runtimes with .NET 5. We could not let another week go by without talking about how awesome this is for .NET developers and what it means for the future of application development.

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
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150: We Have Lift Off May 20, 2019

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The lighting talk topics tradition is alive! We are answering your questions and commenting on your topics! 8 of them in total including how to keep up with Android, how we met, UI testing, figuring out if dependency injection really is hype, and how to land a job without a CS degree.

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
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**149: .NET Powered Political Campaign** May 13, 2019
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It is official, Frank is running for political office. Since we don't talk politics on this podcast we get into the technology side of running for a seat on city council. What tools exist, need updating, or are missing all together. Frank fills us in on all the details.

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148: When App Developers Get Together May 06, 2019

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They talk about how they hate updating apps and all of the issues that they run into when it comes to code, libraries, OS updates, software updates, store changes, and support! Here we go again!

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
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147: I'm a Mac Developer! Apr 29, 2019

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James is official a macOS developer thanks to Xamarin.Forms! He ported My Stream Timer over to macOS from WPF in a matter of hours and he gives a full break down of the good, bad, and the ugly.

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
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146: Dependency Injection, Inversion of Control, and HttpClientFactory Apr 22, 2019

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You read it right! James is going all in on DI and IoC... or is he? We chat about the pros, cons, and reasons why James hasn't gone all in for many years and why he has started to change his mind using the new Microsoft.Extensions.Host library!

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
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Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface

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Telerik: Progress is the creator of the ultimate toolkit for building modern high-performant web, mobile, desktop apps and chatbots - Telerik DevCraft - which includes .NET controls, Kendo UI JavaScript components, reporting, automated testing and productivity tools.

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144: Package Up Those .NET Core 3 Apps Apr 08, 2019

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So long Desktop bridge and hello MSIX, the new hero of packaging and distributing Windows applications (and maybe more). James walks through his new .NET Core 3 WPF app and how he stumbled upon MSIX. We also discuss what the heck it is, the downsides, the upsides, and the future of packaging up apps.

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
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143: It's a Services Episode Apr 01, 2019

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Apple steps out of its element to announce several new services and a... credit card? What does this mean for developers, consumers, and the future of Apple? We discuss it all.