Merge Conflict

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Merge Conflict 14: Stumbling into VR Oct 10, 2016

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This week Frank and James stumble into a whole new world of virtual reality with new devices, SDKs, and a whole lot of fun. Virtual Reality is becoming much more interactive with motion tracking devices introduced with the HTC Vive and new controllers coming to Playstation VR, Oculus, and Google VR (Daydream). We take a look at the transformation of the industry and what is next for developers whether it is on a smart phone or a dedicated device.

Links & Show Notes

Google RV/Daydream
Aztez
HTC Vive
Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface

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Merge Conflict 13: Let's Talk About Bugs Oct 03, 2016

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Let's be honest, no one writes perfect code and those sneaky bugs find their way in. Frank and James take a look at mitigating and managing bugs and how to properly get feedback from their users. What can be added into your application to notify users when bugs are fixed and what can be added to help provide feedback to you when something goes wrong? Let's squash those bugs on this week's Merge Conflict.

Links & Show Notes

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

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Merge Conflict 12: Surviving Beta Summers Sep 26, 2016

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It is new OS season, the best time of year and yet the worst time of year. This week we cover how we survive and preparing for the end of beta summer. We take a look at what steps we take to prepare for the latest releases including when to update machines, update apps, and when is the right time to actually add new features.

Links & Show Notes

Android N APIs
iOS 10 APIs
Appveyor
Visual Studio Team Services
Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface

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Merge Conflict 11: Lightning Talks Round 1 Sep 19, 2016

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It is lightning talk week on Merge Conflict as we cover six different development topics in under thirty minutes. Each topic gets just five minutes of back and forth debate before moving on to the next. This week's topics include markdown, asynchronous programming, hardware and software setup, programmer art, and a little bit of science fiction. While Frank and James picked a few of the topics, many from you our listeners who have been tweeting at us about what you want to hear. Get ready for fast paced development fun on this week's Merge Conflict.

Links & Show Notes

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

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Merge Conflict 10: Wireless. Effortless. Magical. Sep 12, 2016

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Did someone say new Apple hardware? This week we discuss Apple's new phones, watches, accessories, and even a brand new Mario game from Apple's September 7th event. It was also much more then hardware with some exciting announcements around watchOS 3 and iOS 10 going GA this week, which means it is time to make room for a new copy of Xcode on your macOS machine. There was so much packed into this Apple event and we cover it all on Merge Conflict.

Links & Show Notes

Super Mario Run
Apple Watch Series 2
iPhone 7
Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface

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Merge Conflict 9: Welcome Onboard Sep 05, 2016

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The first time users launch your app is the most important time users launch your app. This week we discuss what goes into a great onboarding experience to win over users in just a few seconds. We take an in depth look at why and how some hardware manufacturers are making spectacular setup experiences and what we can learn from them. What should a first run look like and what should we do when we add new features to our app?

Links & Show Notes

Nest Cam
Coffee Filter
Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface

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Merge Conflict 8: Navigating the SyntaxTree Forest Aug 29, 2016

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Interpreting is Easy, Compiling is Hard, and Linking is even Harder. This week Frank and James investigate what actually happens when you hit that compile button. Frank is a compiler addict and James loves trying to understand how the linker works, but there is so much more to development, compiling, and packaging.

Links & Show Notes

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

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Merge Conflict 7: Is Code Sharing Worth It? Aug 22, 2016

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Building cross-platform apps sure isn't easy, but code sharing sure helps, but is it worth it? How and when should you share code across a single app and across all apps that you are developing? What to pick? Share projects? Portable class libraries? .NET Standard libraries? This week we investigate the different approaches to sharing code inside of a cross-platform app and how to efficiently share that code with even more applications.

Links & Show Notes

Sharing Code - Xamarin Documentation
Shared Projects with Xamarin.Forms
.NET Standard Libraries
Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface

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Merge Conflict 6: Debugging the Daily Process Aug 15, 2016

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There is a constant influx of notifications from Slack, e-mail, text messages, and news alerts. This week we discuss how to keep productivity high even with all this going on. We cover some of the tips and tricks that we use to stay organized as developers and go a bit further as to not go crazy and not get distracted when working from home.

Links & Show Notes

Clear
Google Keep
FogBugz
Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface

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Merge Conflict 5: Programming Languages: Gotta Collect 'em All Aug 08, 2016

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C# and F# and Go! Oh my! There are just so many lovely programming languages to learn, but where to start? This week we take a look at what worked for us and what didn’t. James has recently been trying to wrap his head around F#, a functional programming language, and it just hasn’t stuck yet. Maybe because he uses C# all day, or the change from procedural to functional? We tackle all these topics and more on this week's Merge Conflict.