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179: Analyzing All That Data

December 9th, 2019  |  54 mins 34 secs

analytics, android, app center, app insights, data, ios, ios 9, telemetry, xamarin

After a year of gathering data in his apps, Frank finally sat down to analyze it all. Did it answer his questions? Did he make changes to the app? Did he rip the telemetry out completely? Tune in.

178: Building C# with Mads Torgersen

December 2nd, 2019  |  49 mins 5 secs

android, c#, csharp, f#, ios, microsoft, xamarin

James sits down with the legendary Mads Torgersen to talk about how the team at Microsoft builds C# and works with the community to plan out and iterate on new features.

177: DevOps, DevOps, DevOps

November 25th, 2019  |  1 hr 6 mins

ado, android, appcenter, azure devops, bitrise, continuous delivery, continuous integration, devops, ios, testflight, xamarin

It is all things DevOps for mobile apps this week. We try to get Frank inline with figuring out continuous delivery with several different products including App Center, Azure DevOps, Bitrise, and more.

176: The Ultimate Developer Machine

November 18th, 2019  |  57 mins 52 secs

16-inch, apple, development, ios, macbook, macbook pro, machine, xamarin

Apple has finally put the Pro back in MacBook Pro with the new 16-inch. We discuss if this is finally the ultimate developer machine, what we would pick, why we would pick it, and if you really need to spend this month money :)

175: #nullable enable

November 11th, 2019  |  45 mins 27 secs

android, c# 8, csharp, ios, nullable, nullable reference types, xamarin

The time is now! Turn on C# 8 in all of your projects and enable Nullable Reference Types! James is a convert and he explains why in this week's pod.

174: LangVersion ??= C# 8

November 4th, 2019  |  49 mins 31 secs

.net core, android, c# 8, csharp, dot-net, ios, uwp, xamarin

The time has come for C# 8 and all of the glorious features it brings! Go time!

173: RISC Is Good

October 28th, 2019  |  43 mins 56 secs

android, architecture, arm, cpu, intel, ios, macos, risc, touchbar, x86, xamarin

Devices are a changing! ARM is slowly taking over the world, now fully running the new Surface Pro X and the touchbar on macOS. What is next for CPU architecture and what does it mean for developers?

172: Who Turned Out The Lights?

October 21st, 2019  |  43 mins 14 secs

accessibility, android, dark mode, design, ios, themes, xamarin, xamarin.forms

Now that the betas are over and the .1 releases are out, it is finally time to actually integrate new features into our app. No better place to start than dark mode! So many considerations when attempting to implement this. Implicit, explicit, system themes? Where to start? We discuss.

171: The Beta Hangover

October 14th, 2019  |  45 mins 14 secs

The beta summers are over and it is time for the beta hangovers where we have to somehow deal with all of the craziness now that new operating systems are out.

170: 10 Ways To Develop Faster And Better

October 7th, 2019  |  41 mins 28 secs

accessibility, android, duo, f#, ios, neo, silly, staying positive, surface, xamarin

Hold on to your seats, because it is time for lighting topics! Surface announcements, state of F#, election update, accessibility, Google silliness, and how to stay positive.

169: A Love Letter To Immutable Data

September 30th, 2019  |  50 mins 35 secs

android, conference, f#, ios, mac, updates, visual studio, visual studio 2019, xamarin, xamarin.forms

Frank is headed off to the Open F# conference where he will be giving a talk entitled "Why I wish I wrote my app in F#" and he gives us a sneak peek at what everyone is in store for.

168: The World of Protocol Buffers

September 23rd, 2019  |  47 mins 8 secs

.net core, android, asp.net, grpc, ios, net-core, proto, protocol buffers, web, xamarin

What are protocol buffers? Why do we care? How do we use them, and what the heck is gRPC?!?!?

167: My Phone's CPU Has 8.5 Billion Transistors

September 16th, 2019  |  50 mins 16 secs

apple, apple arcade, apple tv+, event, ios, ios 13, ipad, iphone, iphone 11, iphone 11 pro, tvos, watchos, xamarin

It is all things Apple all the time! That is right, it is the launch of the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, but so much more including SERVICE! Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade are GO! Additionally, there is a new iPad, new watches, and a whole lot more!

166: Disconnecting with a Feature Phone

September 9th, 2019  |  49 mins 25 secs

alcatel, android, apps, feature phone, ios, nokia, qin, xamarin

Smartphones are everywhere and are essential in our day to day lives and our business. James has decided to take a step away from his smartphone and experiment with a few feature phones. He walks us through his journey of trying to find a decent feature phone in the US, what the experience is like, and if he can survive on just a few built in apps.

165: IoT Gifts Make The Best Gifts

September 2nd, 2019  |  43 mins 50 secs

3d printing, android, gifts, http, ios, iot, wedding, xamarin

What happens when you combine IoT, 3D Printing, and a 48 hour deadline to come up with a wedding gift? The most amazing IoT Wedding Clock ever created... by Frank for H+J! Frank breaks down how he built it, how it works, and how you can build it too!

164: Modding the Game Boy Color

August 26th, 2019  |  38 mins 48 secs

android, game boy color, gameboy, hacking, hardware, ios, midwest embedding, modding, xamarin

We have talked about hardware hacking before, but this time it is actually hacking to enhance existing 20 year old hardware! We put a brand new backlit LCD into an original Game Boy Color. Follow along on our not so smooth adventure and find out how this hardware actually works!