Merge Conflict

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Merge Conflict 73: Program Language Evolution Nov 27, 2017

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Keeping up with different operating systems is hard enough, but how do you keep up with all of the new awesome features in C#, Swift, and all of the other amazing languages out there? We discuss how we do it and what is new in C# 7.1, 7.2, and take a glimpse into 8!

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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Merge Conflict 72: Xamarin.Forms on the Web Nov 20, 2017

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Xamarin.Forms on the web? XAML powering your ASP.NET applications? How can this be so? Well with Frank's new Ooui library the life long dream is now a reality. While still early on, developers are loving it! We discuss where it came from and where it is going next.

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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Merge Conflict 71: Continuous Everything with DevOps Nov 13, 2017

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James is on a DevOps kick after going on tour with Donovan in South America and he wants to automate everything! It is different this time as he wants full control with Visual Studio Team Services and he even wants to manage his own build machines! Is he crazy? Probably, listen in to find out.

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for .NET MAUI, Xamarin, WPF, Windows Form, Win UI, Flutter, Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and more! Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download their free e-books.

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Merge Conflict 70: Cloud $$$$ Nov 06, 2017

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It is that time of the year once again! That is right, lightning talks on Merge Conflict. We cover 6 different topics submitted by your, our listeners, in under 30 minutes! This week we discuss IoC, Dependency Injection, Cloud service costs, release management, coded user interface, and our awesome podcast setup.

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
Proudly recorded on Zencastr

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Merge Conflict 69: Copy Pasta Oct 30, 2017

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When is the right time to fork a repository and send a pull request for a feature request? Or is it better use a submodule in your own repository? Or maybe just copy and paste the code into your solution? We discuss all the possibilities.

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
Proudly recorded on Zencastr

Sponsored By:

Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for .NET MAUI, Xamarin, WPF, Windows Form, Win UI, Flutter, Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and more! Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download their free e-books.

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Merge Conflict 68: Throw Some XAML In It Oct 23, 2017

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We know how to share our business logic between our applications, but what about some of the user interface. We aren't talking Xamarin.Forms, we are talking cross platform views in native iOS, Android, and Windows apps. What type of architecture is needed and what technologies enable us to do this?

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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Merge Conflict 67: Surviving a Hackathon Oct 16, 2017

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In a quick follow up, James finally breaks down and learns how to properly learn the profiler. This last weekend Frank & James participated and helped organize a mobile app hackathon for charity. What went right? What went wrong? And will they ever do another hackathon again?

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for .NET MAUI, Xamarin, WPF, Windows Form, Win UI, Flutter, Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and more! Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download their free e-books.

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Merge Conflict 66: Drawing Pixels with SkiaSharp Oct 09, 2017

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Google announces a slew of new products including the brand new Pixel 2, which means James has finally placed an order for a new phone. We break down the full Pixel event, but go deeper into our topic of the week of 2D and 3D cross-platform drawing libraries with SkiaSharp.

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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MFractor: MFractor makes Xamarin app development in Visual Studio for Mac much easier; use the Xamarin.Forms code analysis and generation tools to make working with XAML a breeze and take the sting out of Android development with resource intellisense or mobile specific C# code analyzers. Use coupon code MERGE-CONFLICT for 10% off! Promo Code: MERGE-CONFLICT

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Merge Conflict 65: Worst Plan Ever Oct 02, 2017

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A quick follow up on Frank's Hot-dog or Not app he tried to create in a week. After that we take a look at what it takes to completely plan an actual application by yourself or with a full team. We discuss our management style, tools we like, and how we plan out releases.

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
Proudly recorded on Zencastr

Sponsored By:

Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for .NET MAUI, Xamarin, WPF, Windows Form, Win UI, Flutter, Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and more! Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download their free e-books.

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Merge Conflict 64: Machine Learning as a Service Sep 25, 2017

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If we aren't talking about machine learning then we are talking about machine learning on Merge Conflict! This week we go through several services and resources to find out what exactly it takes to build hot dog or not! We review several free and paid services to create your own machine learning models and how to train them all online!