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Merge Conflict 44: I Love Callbacks May 08, 2017

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This week we tackle the TPL, that is right, the Task Parallel Library. We dive into one of our favorite features of C# and .NET, async/await programming. We take a walk down memory lane to talk about thread pools, completion handlers, locks, and just about everything else we had to do for parallel programming. Sit back, relax, and enjoy some TPL!

Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface
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Merge Conflict 43: DevOps for the Solo Developer May 01, 2017

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DevOps, that is right Developer Operations, all the things that you don't want to do manually, so you automate them! This week we talk about build, test, and deploy for all of your mobile applications and .NET libraries. As solo developers it all seemed like a pipe dream to have everything magically happen when we committed code to GitHub, but the services available streamline the entire process. Frank and James walk through not only their solo DevOps solutions, but what it means when you start working on a team with serious applications.

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 42: Code Coverage == Quality Apr 24, 2017

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It's everyone's favorite topic... TESTING! That's right we tackle the world of unit testing, code coverage, user interface testing, acceptance testing, and so much more. Even though Frank and James are solo developers and there may not always be time to write a full suite of unit tests, that doesn't mean they don't dream of 100% code coverage. What does that even mean though? Does that mean your app will be flawless? Where do you get started and what should be your goals? We discuss on this week's show.

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

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Visual Studio Live!: The development world's trusted educational provider of developer-focused content since 1993, focusing on .NET and Visual Studio. Join us at an upcoming 2017 event in Austin, Washington, DC, Redmond, Chicago, Anaheim, and Orlando. Use promo code for $400 off registration. Promo Code: MERGECONFLICT

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Merge Conflict 41: Print me up, Scotty Apr 17, 2017

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Is 3D printing poised to change how we prototype and build parts and full machines or is it just another toy? Both Frank and James have been long time 3D printing advocates and with prices coming down to consumer friendly levels it seems like it is a great time to jump in. However, as James just recently experienced it may still be early days filled with tons of headaches and thrown away print failures. We discuss the past, present, and future of 3D printing on this week's Merge Conflict.

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 40: Setting Expectations Apr 10, 2017

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It's that time again... Lightning Talks!!! Every 10th episode here on Merge Conflict we take a look at our list of topics and what our listeners have submitted and pick six different topics that each get five minutes of coverage. This round we take a look at the ideal developer setup, how to manage tricky certificates, properly handling settings in applications, publishing an app in a week, effective app store advertising, and finally how to properly ask for that five star review. Sit back and get ready for an action packed episode! Be sure to tweet or email us with topics that you would like to see covered in the future.

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

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Visual Studio Live!: The development world's trusted educational provider of developer-focused content since 1993, focusing on .NET and Visual Studio. Join us at an upcoming 2017 event in Austin, Washington, DC, Redmond, Chicago, Anaheim, and Orlando. Use promo code for $400 off registration. Promo Code: MERGECONFLICT

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Code Signing and Provisioning - iOS
How to Build & Ship an App in a Week
SettingsPlugin: Read and Write Settings Plugin for Xamarin and Windows
Preparing an Application for Release - Android
SKStoreReviewController - StoreKit — Requesting App Store ratings and reviews from users in iOS 10.3

Merge Conflict 39: Parsing Palindromes Apr 03, 2017

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It's time to tune our developer skills by leveraging some amazing coding challenges that teach us answers to questions like exactly what are linked lists again? We share the best resources we know on coding questions and share our experiences from past interviews of what you should really be studying. It isn't just code as we discuss the crazy left field questions that you may be asked during your next interview.

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 38: One Library to Rule Them All Mar 27, 2017

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It is finally time for .NET truly to be EVERYWHERE! This week we investigate the dream of .NET Standard libraries, one library that can be shared in any .NET application. We take a look at the concept, implementation, tooling, and mix in our analysis of the pros and cons of making the big switch to .NET Standard libraries.

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

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Merge Conflict 37: TLS - How Do You EVEN Mar 20, 2017

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It's time to go down the rabbit hole of networking to investigate the ins and outs of Transport Layer Security (TLS) and how it impacts your apps. James walks Frank through his latest issues with APIs requiring TLS 1.2+ and how he was able to debug the situation at 4:30am to get a new release of his app. We attempt to make networking fun as we dive through HTTP Headers and general connectivity tips and tricks.

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 36: Sorry iPhone 4 Mar 13, 2017

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When and how should you drop support for a specific device or operating system? We talk about the market today and how we handle it in our own apps. We also dive into specifics around what types of hardware architecture to support and how that impacts your application. Finally, it is much more than just mobile applications, as the same has to be considered for the desktop, and Frank speaks from personal experience.

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Merge Conflict 35: Security Through Obscurity Mar 06, 2017

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It's time to talk code security when developing applications to try to stop people from stealing our precious code and apps. We discuss the different methods we have used to attempt to obfuscate our code and the tools we use to peek into our own code. When it comes to security, it is more than just the executable we ship as we have to be aware of everything happening on the device such as in app purchases, certificates, web requests, and a bunch of other things. We discuss all this and more on this week's show.