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The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 126: .NET 9, Holiday Hacks, & GitHub Copilot Free.NET 9 is officially here! We talk a little bit .NET Conf and the major announcements, .NET Aspire, AI, Holiday Hacks, and GitHub Copilot Free!
Links:
.NET Conf: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdo4fOcmZ0oXeSG8BgCVru3zQtw_K4ANY
.NET Aspire: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/aspire/get-started/aspire-overview
Microsoft Extensions AI: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-microsoft-extensions-ai-preview/
GitHub Copilot Free: https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/github-copilot-in-vscode-free/
Visual Studio - Copilot Blog: https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2024/12/18/free-github-copilot
Visual Studio Code - Copilot Blog: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/github-copilot-free-is-here-in-visual-studio/2024-12-2345 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 124: CollectionView++, AI Goodies, and VS Code SetupIt's time for another .NET MAUI Podcast with James, David, and Matt! This podcast we talk all about VS Code for .NET MAUI and some setup recommendations, new AI enhancements, and goodies coming to .NET MAUI in .NET 9 Preview 7 that you can try today!
Links:
James VS Code Setup Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t2zzoW4D98
James Deploy to iOS Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-kZ-AgEeO8
.NET 9 Preview 7: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/dotnet-9-preview-7/
OpenAI SDK: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/?p=52138
Inference SDK: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/azure-ai-model-catalog-dotnet-inference-sdk/
2024-08-2645 min
dotnet.NET Conf: Focus on AI.NET Conf: Focus on AI is a free, one-day livestream event that features speakers from the community and Microsoft teams working on integrating AI into .NET applications. Learn how to build intelligent applications with .NET using the latest AI libraries and tools, enhance existing applications with AI features, and see real-world examples of AI in action. Tune into focus.dotnetconf.net on August 20, 2024. Ask questions live and learn how to make your .NET applications smarter.
Sessions:
Keynote - State of .NET + AI - Scott Hanselman, Maria Naggaga
Get started incorporating AI into your .NET applications and services - Stephen Toub
...2024-08-218h 24
dotnetOpenAI and Azure OpenAI: A .NET SDK Convergence StoryWith June’s 2.x Beta releases of the official OpenAI library and its Azure OpenAI companion library, building intelligent apps in .NET has never been easier. What are the key differences between the two services? How are the libraries used together? What are the security best practices? Join for a code-heavy session that addresses these questions and more.
Resources:
Event Collection: https://aka.ms/dotnetFocusAI/Collection
AI Challenge: https://aka.ms/dotnetFocusAI/CredentialChallengeLive
Learning Path: https://aka.ms/dotnetFocusAI/Learn
Playlist: https://aka.ms/dotnetFocusAI/OnDemand
Repo: https://aka.ms/dotnetFocusAI/Repo
Survey: https://aka.ms/dotnetFocusAI/Evaluation
Featuring: Matt So...2024-08-2141 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 122: Has it been a year already?Show Notes
C# Azure Search Sample with MAUI!
.NET AI Documentation
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2024-07-1239 min
dotnetASP.NET Community Standup - .NET Hack Together Winners!The .NET Hack Together was a hackathon where folks created cloud-native or AI apps with .NET 8. In this episode of the ASP.NET Community Standup we'll feature the winners! Check out the innovative AI, cloud-native (built with Aspire), and the best overall apps all created with .NET 8.
Community Links: https://aka.ms/hacktogether/dotnet
Featuring: Jon Galloway (@jongalloway), Andy Merhaut, Zadok Joshua, Divakar Kumar, Matt Soucoup
#CloudNative #Aspire #DotNet2024-01-2553 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 121: M365 Admin App: A Customer .NET MAUI Migration StoryShow Notes
The M365 Admin app is used to administer M365 tenants on the go. It's a complex app written in Xamarin.Forms ... or it was. Find out how the team behind the M365 admin app migration from Xamarin.Forms to .NET MAUI.
.NET MAUI API Browser
Reuse Effects in .NET MAUI
Upgrade a Xamarin.Forms app to a .NET MAUI app with the .NET Upgrade Assistant
Migrate a Xamarin.Forms custom renderer to a .NET MAUI handler
Namespace changes
API changes
Update app dependencies
Migration troubleshooting...2023-12-1552 min
dotnetHack Together .NET: Welcome and What's New in .NET 8Welcome to the Great .NET 8 Hack! Find out all about how you can create applications with .NET 8 and win amazing prizes. We'll have a chat with Gaurav Seth - the Director of Product for .NET about all the new features of .NET 8 and then dive a bit deeper to show them off.
Featuring: Aaron Powell (@slace) Matt Soucoup (@codemillmatt) Gaurav Seth (@gauravseth)
#HackTogether #DotNET2023-11-2154 min
dotnetHack Together .NET: Hack Together .NET - It's a wrap!We made it through our 2-week virtual hackathon. Join Aaron, Justin, Matt, and some surprise guests as we recap the topics we covered and maybe even pick one of two projects (at random!) that have been submitted too.
Featuring: Aaron Powell (@slace), Justin Yoo (@justinyoo), Matt Soucoup (@codemillmatt)
#DotNET, #HackTogether, #Aspire2023-11-1556 min
dotnetHack Together .NET: The Great .NET 8 Hack - Generative AI for the .NET Developer🛠️Build, innovate, and #HackTogether! 🛠️ It's time to get started building apps with .NET 8. 🔥
In this session take your AI skills to the next level and learn how to add generative AI to .NET 8 applications. We'll explore the basics and also show you how to prototype AI apps quickly with .NET Interactive.
This live session is a part of the #HackTogether series - where you can win great prizes for building applications with .NET 8. Find out more at https://aka.ms/hacktogether-dotnet.
Featuring: Matt Soucoup (@codemillmatt) Diego Colombo (@colombod)
#AI #HackTogether #OpenAI2023-11-101h 12
dotnetLearn Live - Work with variable data in C# console applicationsFull series information: https://aka.ms/learnlive-get-started-with-csharp
More info here: https://aka.ms/learnlive-get-started-with-csharp-Ep4
Follow on Microsoft Learn:
- Session documentation: https://aka.ms/learnlive-20231011A
Dive deeper into data and types, learning how to manipulate string and numeric data and perform operations on arrays.
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Learning objectives
- Choose the correct data type for the data you need to work with
- Cast and convert data from one type to another
- Modify string data, formatting it for display or changing the content of the string
- Manipulate arrays, adding, removing, and sorting data
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Presenters
Daniel Gomez
Associate...2023-10-091h 36The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 120: Polaris : A Customer Migration StoryShow Notes
Migrate your Xamarin.iOS Binding Library
Migrate your Xamarin.Android Binding Library
Auth0 Documentation for .NET MAUI
Mapbox .NET MAUI Support
Minnesota Enterprise Mobile UG: Party On with 3rd Party Binding Libraries in .NET MAUI
.NET MAUI API Browser
Reuse Effects in .NET MAUI
Upgrade a Xamarin.Forms app to a .NET MAUI app with the .NET Upgrade Assistant
Migrate a Xamarin.Forms custom renderer to a .NET MAUI handler
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David: Twitter, Github
2023-10-0649 min
dotnetLearn Live - Add logic to C# console applicationsFull series information: https://aka.ms/learnlive-get-started-with-csharp
More info here: https://aka.ms/learnlive-get-started-with-csharp-Ep3
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- Session documentation: https://aka.ms/learnlive-20231004A
Examine the relationship between code blocks and variable scope, and deepen your C# coding experience with Boolean expressions, selection statements, and iteration statements.
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Learning objectives
- Evaluate Boolean expressions to make decisions in C#
- Control variable scope and logic using code blocks in C#
- Branch the flow of code using the switch-case construct in C#
- Iterate through a code block using for statement in C#
- Add looping logic to...2023-09-291h 30
dotnetASP.NET Community Standup - Reliable web app pattern for .NETThe reliable web app (RWA) pattern helps migrate web apps to the cloud with high performance, security, reliability, and operations. Based on the Azure Well-Architected Framework, it sets a strong foundation for future modernization in Microsoft Azure. Learn how to optimize cost and performance with minimal changes from on-premises to Azure. Join us to improve your web app's reliability in Azure with best practices.
Community Links: https://www.theurlist.com/aspnet-standup-2023-07-18
Featuring: Matt Soucoup (@CodeMillMatt), Jon Galloway (@jongalloway)
#aspnetcore #azure2023-07-151h 10The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 119: Build and MAUI and RecapsShow Notes
Microsoft Build just happened - tune in to hear David's, James', and Matt's thoughts!
Latest Releases
Latest on .NET MAUI
.NET upgrade assistant w/ support for MAUI
NET 8 preview 4 & 5 and Visual Studio Previews
Visual Studio 17.7 Preview 1
Visual Studio 17.7 Preview 2
.NET 8 Preview 4
.NET 8 Preview 5
Speech recognition in .NET MAUI w/ community toolkit
C# Dev Kit for VS Code
Latest News
Visual Studio UI Refresh
Create a PR in Visual Studio
Surround selection
Azure News
QnA assist in MS Learn
Azure Service of the Month
Azure Deployment Environments...2023-06-2338 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 118: ...and we're backShow Notes
It's been a little bit... but James, David, and Matt are back with the latest .NET MAUI and Azure news!
Latest Releases
The latest on .NET MAUI
.NET Upgrade Assistant
.NET Upgrade Assistant NuGet
.NET 8 Preview 3
Visual Studio 17.6 preview 2
Visual Studio 17.5 updates
Latest News
Drawing elements on maps in .NET MAUI
Azure Developers - .NET Day
Let's Learn .NET - All Around the World
Build, Build, and more Build
File and folder dialogs in with the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit
Azure News
Getting started with OpenAI in .NET
...2023-04-2850 min
dotnetLet's Learn .NET - AzureLet's Learn .NET is a 2-hour event to learn the basics of cloud computing by building an ASP.NET Core web app and deploying it to Azure. Come to learn something new and leave with something that we all built, together, live with experts!
Community Links: https://aka.ms/letslearn/dotnet/azure
Featuring: Matt Soucoup (@CodeMillMatt), Alex Wolf
#dotNET #Azure #Cloud #ASPNET2023-04-272h 01The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 117: James and David Pick on MattShow Notes
In addition to some good natured ribbing - James, Matt & David talk about the latest and greatest in .NET MAUI development.
Latest Releases
.NET MAUI Latest
Visual Studio 17.5 Previews
Markdown
Sticky Scroll
Dev tunnels
Spell checking
.NET MAUI Community Toolkit
.NET Community Toolkit
Latest News
MVVM in WinForms
Updates to the podcast app
Azure News
Azure Developers YouTube
Azure CosmosDB Conf
Azure Service of the Month
Azure OpenAI
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Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
David: Twitter, Github
2023-02-0430 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 116: .NET Conf RecapShow Notes
.NET Conf happened, it was amazing, and David, James and Matt will bring you up to date! The latest MAUI, .NET, and Azure are all coming at you.
Latest News
.NET Conf
.NET Student Zone
Azure News
Azure bicep
Azure Service of the Month
Form recognizer
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Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
David: Twitter, Github
2022-12-1045 min
dotnet.NET Conf 2022 - Student ZoneBuild your portfolio at the .NET Conf Student Zone. Come build some awesome projects with Microsoft experts and learn all about .NET. You will walk away with a project portfolio on your very own portfolio website – don't worry, we will build it right along with you.
In each 30-minute session, you will build an app or project to add to your .NET portfolio. You will build web apps, a mobile app, an ML project, and more! At the end of the event, we will give you the tools you need to ace your next coding assignment with Visual Studio!
Get th...2022-11-075h 01The .NET MAUI PodcastIt's the season of release candidates (take 2)Show Notes
With .NET 7 around the corner, we're putting the finishing touches on everything in preparation - tune in to find out more! David, James, and Matt will fill you in on all the details plus the latest in Visual Studio and Azure news!
New releases
.NET MAUI support for .NET 7 RC2
On.NET with David with .NET MAUI for .NET 7
Draw all over your maps
.NET MAUI support for XCode 14
.NET 7 RC2
VS Mac 17.4 P2.1
.NET MAUI Community Toolkit v1.3
Latest News
Microsoft Teams Infrastructure and ACS migration to .NET 6
Microsoft...2022-10-2133 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 115: It's the season of release candidatesShow Notes
With .NET 7 around the corner, we're putting the finishing touches on everything in preparation - tune in to find out more! David, James, and Matt will fill you in on all the details plus the latest in Visual Studio and Azure news!
New releases
.NET MAUI support for .NET 7 RC2
On.NET with David with .NET MAUI for .NET 7
Draw all over your maps
.NET MAUI support for XCode 14
.NET 7 RC2
VS Mac 17.4 P2.1
.NET MAUI Community Toolkit v1.3
Latest News
Microsoft Teams Infrastructure and ACS migration to .NET 6
Microsoft...2022-10-2134 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 114: .NET MAUI in .NET 7 RC 1 - Wha?!?Show Notes
Can you believe it? There's already a new major version of .NET MAUI on its way! David, James, and Matt will fill you in on all the details plus the latest in Visual Studio and Azure news!
New releases
.NET MAUI in .NET 6 Service Release 5
NET MAUI in .NET 7 RC 1
Visual Studio 2022 17.4 Preview 2
Latest News
Cloud Skills Challenge almost over!
Learn Live .NET MAUI chugs along
Colored bracket pairs in Visual Studio
Bicep in Visual Studio
Azure News
.NET 7 in Azure Functions
.NET MAUI + Azure Cosmos DB on...2022-09-2347 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 113: The Season of .NET MAUIShow Notes
Whether it's summer or winter where you live, one thing is for certain - it's the season of .NET MAUI! Tune in for the latest and greatest in Azure, Visual Studio, and .NET MAUI news.
New releases
.NET Community Toolkit 8.0
Visual Studio 17.3
Visual Studio Mac 17.3
Visual Studio 17.4 Preview 1
Latest News
.NET MAUI – Learn Live!
.NET Conf – Focus on MAUI recap
.NET MAUI Beautiful UI Challenge
Local events
.NET MAUI Cloud Skills Challenge
Azure News
Azure SQL temporal tables
Azure SQL multi-model
Azure Service of the Month
Azur...2022-08-2637 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 112: We're Back From Vacation!Show Notes
We may have missed a month out on vacation - but we're back better than ever with the latest installment of the .NET MAUI podcast!
New releases
.NET MAUI Updates
.NET MAUI ecosystem shipping libraries!
Sentry
GoogleMaps
SkiaSharp Views
Steema Charts
Community Toolkit
Serilog
.NET MAUI SR3
Visual Studio preference improvements
[Visual Studio edit while you search](o https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/sneak-peek-and-edit-your-code-while-you-search/?WT.mc_id=dotnet-70279-masoucou)
Visual Studio ARM64
VS Mac 17.3 Preview 2
Latest News
.NET Conf - Focus on MAUI
Getting started with DevOps and .NET MAUI
...2022-07-2238 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 111: Aloha .NET MAUIShow Notes
It's out - it's GA - move all your apps now. .NET MAUI is released.
New releases
.NET MAUI Update
.NET MAUI Learning Path
.NET MAUI website
Let's Learn .NET MAUI
.NET MAUI Samples
Latest News
Migrating to .NET MAUI blogs number 1
Migrating to .NET MAUI blog number 2
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Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
David: Twitter, Github
2022-05-2431 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 110: RELEASE CANDIDATE!Show Notes
.NET MAUI RC is here. I don't need to say any more.
New releases
.NET MAUI RC
Visual Studio for Mac Preview 9
.NET MAUI Workshop
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Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
David: Twitter, Github
2022-04-1518 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 109: .NET MAUI (preview 14) is Released!Show Notes
Another month, another step closer to the .NET MAUI GA! Join James, David and Matt to hear about the latest bits being added to .NET MAUI.
Plus learn all about using GitHub Actions as a .NET developer, the latest on Azure, and of course, the pick of the pod!
New releases
.NET MAUI Preview 14
Visual Studio for Mac Updates
...and hot off the press VS Mac Updates
Latest news
GitHub Actions for .NET Devs
GitHub Actions Code Metrics and Class Diagrams
Find out more about Mermaid!
Sneak peek...2022-03-1842 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 108: Buddy AppAnother customer success story - this time a Xamarin app that helps those in the construction industry with mental health.
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2022-03-1133 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 107: .NET MAUI Preview ... Number 13!Show Notes
Can you believe we're on .NET MAUI Preview 13? As David says, we're getting so close to release he can almost taste it!
Plus we have other great news about Visual Studio - including the best Visual Studio feature ever - and a special Let's Learn .NET all about Git and GitHub.
New releases
.NET MAUI update
Visual Studio 17.1 out!
Latest news
Let's Learn .NET - Git and GitHub
.NET 20th anniversary retrospective video
All the Azure in one spot
Visual Studio Connected Services
Pick of...2022-02-1838 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 106: Customer Success Stories: ONNXWe're back at it again with a customer success story. In this episode, learn how you can use the ONNX runtime to add in on-device machine learning to your apps.
Show Notes
Machine Learning in .NET with ONNX Runtime
ONNX Runtime
Microsoft ONNX Runtime GitHub
ONNX GitHub
ONNX Model Zoo
Netron
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Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
2022-02-0434 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 105: Not One But Two .NET MAUI Previews!Show Notes
Can you believe there were 2 .NET MAUI previews since our last episode? Come on in and listen and David Ortinau breaks all of the newness down.
And we have more on the latest releases of Visual Studio and the latest Azure news too!
New releases
.NET MAUI Preview 11
.NET MAUI Preview 12
New .NET MAUI documentation
Visual Studio 17.1 Preview 2
Facebook SDK v12.2 for Xamarin
Latest news
Create .NET Microservices - Learn LIve Series
.NET Podcast app
Cloud news
Intro to Azure Chaos Studio
Azure Cosmos DB Conf...2022-01-2148 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 104: ScreenMediaAnother customer success story! ScreenMedia develops apps for a multitude of customers and find out how much fun they're having.
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Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
2022-01-1450 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 103: 2021 - It Was a Good OneShow Notes
Join Matt & James as they review the new .NET MAUI features, how to author Visual Studio extensions and the latest Azure news.
New releases
dot.net available in 2 new languages
Latest news
Writing Visual Studio Extensions made even easier
VSIX Cookbook
Everything you wanted to know about Onnx
MobCat GitHub
Cloud news
Tune Azure Storage uploads
Azure service of the month
Azure Orbital
See Azure Orbital in action
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Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
David: Twitter, Github
2021-12-1730 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 102: M365 Admin AppIt's another customer success story! This time learn how the M365 team created an app that allows you to administer your M365 instance on the go!
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Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
2021-12-0342 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 101: .NET 6 Is On The LooseShow Notes
James, David, and Matt go over .NET 6 and .NET Conf and all the goodness!
New releases
.NET MAUI Update
.NET 6 Release
Visual Studio 2022
VS 2022 UI Upgrades
Personalize Docs in VS2022
C# 10
Latest news
Journey to accessible apps
Xamarin platform updates
Cloud news
Azure Container Apps
Azure service of the month
Azure Form Recognizer
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Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
David: Twitter, Github
2021-11-1946 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 100: Preview-ManiaShow Notes
All the previews and release candidates you could ever want. .NET 6 RC 2 - the final RC. .NET MAUI Preview 9, Visual Studio RC and Preview 5 - there's even a Visual Studio for Mac preview to talk about!
Tune in as David and Matt talk all about the previews!
New releases
.NET MAUI Update
VS 2022 Mac Preview 1
VS 2022 Release Candidate and Preview 5
.NET 6 Release Candidate 2
Latest news
.NET Conf
Visual Studio Theme Converter
Cloud news
Azure REST API Guidelines
Azure service of the month
QnA Maker
2021-10-1532 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 99: Azure IoTWe have a special show today where we're going to learn all about Azure IoT and a Xamarin app that helps you explore it.
Stefan Wick, Rido Minguez Pablos, and Ben Buttigieg join us to tell us about the app and Azure IoT.
Show Notes
Azure IoT
Azure IoT Central
Azure IoT Hub
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Matt: Twitter, Blog, GitHub
2021-09-2438 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 98: The Ultimate .NET MAUI UpdateShow Notes
.NET 6 release candidate is out ... and that means there's big news around .NET MAUI. Tune in to find out what David Ortinau has to say!
New releases
.NET MAUI update
.NET 6 release candidate 1
Visual Studio 2022 preview 4
Latest news
.NET Conf
Azure service of the month
Azure Monitor
Cloud news
Azure Monitor .NET SDK
Azure Cosmos DB end-to-end example
Entity Framework 6 Core with Azure Cosmos DB
Pick of the pod
Fig
Stowage
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Matt: Twitter...2021-09-1744 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 97: The New .NET MAUI PodcastShow Notes
Can you believe it - the Xamarin Podcast is now the .NET MAUI Podcast?!? New name - same great flavor!
We talk about .NET, Visual Studio, Azure, and of course .NET MAUI!
This month there's a new preview of .NET MAUI, a bunch of Visual Studio updates, news on the .NET MAUI Community Toolkit and Essentials, and of course more Azure than you can you can shake a stick at.
New releases
.NET MAUI Update
MAUI Themes
VS Mac 2022 private preview
VS 2019 v16.11
VS 2022 preview 3
Latest news2021-08-2048 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 96: The Final Xamarin PodcastShow Notes
It's over. Done. Final. Caput. No more. This is the last Xamarin podcast ever. What's going to happen next month? Tune in to find out.
But also tune in to find out about the latest updates on .NET MAUI, Visual Studio 2022, what happened to the Xamarin Forums, and learn how to use Chromecast from your Xamarin apps!
New releases
Visual Studio 2022 - Preview 1
Latest news
New .NET forums
New .NET MAUI forums
Chromecast with Xamarin.Forms
New Videos
Shiny 2.0
Cloud news
Azure Functions: Discover...2021-07-0931 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 95: Sketch 360Another story of an app built with Xamarin!
This time find out about a unique app that takes advantage of the Surface Duo to let you create 360 degree drawings!
Download the Sketch 360 app
Sketch 360 GitHub repo
Microsoft Garage project
More info about Sketch 360 for Surface Duo
Surface Duo documentation
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2021-06-2542 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 94: MORE .NET MAUIShow Notes
Can you believe it - Build has come and gone and there's so much goodness to talk about with .NET MAUI - and David Ortinau is back to fill us all in.
Plus we have the latest updates on the updates to Visual Studio and Visual Studio Mac and how to make your Xamarin.Forms apps more accessible and beautiful. And there's some great cloud news for Azure Function fans!
All this and more!
New releases
.NET MAUI update
Visual Studio v16.10 and v16.11 preview out
Visual Studio...2021-06-1139 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 93: BlackbaudAnother customer success story! This time find out how Blackbaud started from no Xamarin experience to delivering a complexing mobile payment terminal to help nonprofits - even with bindings to hardware!
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2021-05-2847 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 92: May 2021 - It's Almost Build Time!This month James & Matt welcome back David Ortinau from an update on .NET MAUI and all the other goodness that you expect.
Show Notes
New releases
Visual Studio v16.10 Preview 2
Visual Studio 2022 Update
Cascadia Code
Latest news
Xamarin accessible apps
The Journey to Accessible Apps
Accessible apps on the Xamarin Show
Xamarin Community Toolkit updates for accessibility
Accessibility Learn module
Microsoft Ability Summit
Cloud news
Optimize costs w/ Azure Blob Storage
Learn modules: OpenAPI & API Management & Visual Studio
New Videos
C# Highlights
Ranges
Tuple pattern matching
Default interface...2021-05-1435 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 91: LivePersonIt's another customer story - this time find out how LivePerson enables apps to talk with a live person in customer support scenarios.
Show Notes
Find out more about LivePerson
WebRTC on iOS
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2021-04-2337 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 90: .NET MAUI Q&ADavid Ortinau sites down with us to answer a TON of listener questions on .NET MAUI. Plus we got some cloud news & of course the Pick of the Pod!!
Show Notes
Latest news
Great looking settings screens for Xamarin.Forms
Cloud news
Microservice March w/ Let's Learn Microservices
Cloud Learning Resources for .NET Devs
Azure service of the month!
Azure Health Bot
Pick of the pod!
Visual Studio XAML Code Generation
Comet Extension for VS Code
Learn Live
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James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict...2021-04-0952 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 89: PolarisIt's another customer story - and on this podcast hear about the amazing app that pairs with snowmobiles, motorcycles, off-road, and other powersports vehicles.
Find out how the developers at Polaris created an app that allows you to find trails, and track your position along the trail - so you can ride safely. And make sure your friends do too. And it even generates 3D fly-thrus of your ride so you can share them later!
All of that and more on this Xamarin Podcast!
Show Notes
Ride Command
Memory Management and Profiling...2021-03-2644 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 88: .NET MAUI Special UpdateMatt and James are joined by David Ortinau for a special update on .NET MAUI. Plus a whole lot of other updates on new releases of Visual Studio for Mac and Windows, the latest news on the Xamarin Community Toolkit, and an amazing ASP.NET Core Web API series ... yes, we talk web in a Xamarin pod!
Show Notes
New releases
MAUI Update w/ David Ortinau
.NET 6 – Preview 1
Visual Studio v16.9 out – v16.10 preview 1
What's new in Visual Studio 16.9 Live Stream
Visual Studio Mac 8.9
Latest news
Tabs w/ Xamarin Community Toolkit
CollectionVew with...2021-03-1242 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 87: Xamarin Community Toolkit Extravaganza!It's the Xamarin Community Toolkit extravaganza!
The toolkit it out! It's glorious! You should use it today because it'll solve all of your Xamarin app development needs!
.... or it'll at least make your life a bit easier ...
James and Matt talk all about the Community Toolkit, what's all inside of it, and the new video series that goes along with it too! And they also talk about customizing Radio Buttons to your exact UI needs. .NET MAUI ... .NET MAUI .. and more .NET MAUI - and they even sneak in some time to talk...2021-02-1237 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 86: MedusaTune in to find out how Medusa used Xamarin and Azure to create an app to help the mobile healthcare clinician in the field to capture patient care info!
XamCat code samples
Medusa Medical
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2021-01-2243 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 85: Xamarin.Forms 5 with David OrtinauXamarin.Forms 5.0 has just been released.
And it's all Xamarin.Forms 5 all the time in this special podcast!
Principal Program Manager David Ortinau join James and Matt to lead them through all the new exciting bits in Xamarin.Forms 5.0.
Show Notes
Xamarin.Forms 5 is here!
NYE at the Space Needle
My Cadence app
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2021-01-0847 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 84: American AirlinesIn this podcast Matt interviews Kiran Gandla and Chandra Poshala from American Airlines about the app that helps keep the airline running.
Xamarin and Azure play a big part and our very own MCAT team helped pave the way too!
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2020-12-1832 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 83: Wrapping up 2020 by looking ahead to 2021!It's the end of the year and in December's podcast James and Matt wrap up 2020 by talking about a cool new app that lets you draw 360 degree sketches with the Surface Duo - made with Xamarin.Forms! Azure Mobile Apps v4.2 is official, there's a brand new Microsoft Q&A site. And you don't want to miss a sneak preview of what's to come with .NET MAUI!
Show Notes
New Releases
Sketch360 + Xamarin.Forms + Surface Duo
Azure Mobile Apps v4.2
Visual Studio 16.9 Preview 2
Latest News
Microsoft Q&A for .NET
.NET MAUI...2020-12-1141 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 82: iRel8iRel8 is an amazing app built with Xamarin that helps people during the toughest moments in life.
iRel8 facilitates mental wellness using Xamarin - find out the heartfelt story behind this app in this episode of the Xamarin podcast.
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2020-11-2051 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 81: November is for .NET 5This month James and Matt talk about the new Apple silicone, XBox ... and of course some Xamarin and Azure too!
.NET 5 is out! And with that there are some great Xamarin enhancements in the latest version of Visual Studio. Find out how to update your Android manifest files so you can still send emails in Android 11. And there's a new version of Azure Mobile App Services ... what?!?
Show Notes
New Releases
.NET 5
.NET Conf
All the new Xamarin newness (XAML Hot Reload 2.0 with Binding Failures, iOS Hot Restart)
Latest News
...2020-11-1326 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 80: Seeing AISeeing AI is an app for iOS that narrates the world around you. And it's built with Xamarin and Azure. In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Matt talks to the folks behind Seeing AI.
The history of the app, how it was built, and the challenges and successes encountered along the way.
All of this in this episode of the Xamarin Podcast.
Download Seeing AI today - it's amazing!
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Special Guests: Alexey Strakh and Saqib...2020-10-2328 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 79: October of ReleasesThis month James and Matt talk about all of the new releases that are out and ready for you to code with in October!
There's a new iOS. There has to be a new XCode then too. What would another month be without a new Xamarin.Forms preview release be? And this one is Xamarin.Forms 5!! And there's Xamarin.Essentials too!
It's not all new releases though in this pod - lots of news to talk about too.
Hack your way to some swag with Hacktoberfest. Find out about the Fabulous world of...2020-10-0931 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 78: The OscarsIn this special episode of the Xamarin Podcast - Matt talks to the folks behind the Oscars app.
You'll find out a ton of great insights on how the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences built a Xamarin.tvOS app, lift and shifted their infrastructure to Azure, and released a Xamarin.Forms app too.
All with a little help with our friends from Microsoft's Mobile Customer Advisory Team!
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2020-09-2242 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 77: Surface Duo, Android Startup Times, and Xamarin.EssentialsThis month James and Matt talk about new Microsoft Learn modules on the Surface Duo. The continuing saga of the Xamarin.Forms Shell quick tips.
Of course it's a new month and that means there's a new preview version of Visual Studio! Find out all the goodness that goes along with that.
If you wanted to detect if your app was run for the first time ever, or the first time for a new version, or whatevs... Xamarin.Essentials has you covered with a great API.
James and Matt also talk about how...2020-09-1134 min
The .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 76: Brushes, Gradients, and ShapesLots of new stuff to talk about this month!
Ever want to get down to the nitty gritty and do some drawing in Xamarin.Forms! Well, now in Xamarin.Forms 4.8 you can!
James and Matt discuss all the ins and outs of brushes, gradients and shapes and how you can implement them in your Xamarin.Forms app.
There's also new releases for Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac. Find out about how you can make your .NET meetups shine - and attend some new ones too.
And tell us all...2020-08-1436 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 75: Inverter Converter and Xamarin.Forms 4.7Xamarin.Forms 4.7 is out and the Inverter Converter is all the rage!!
... well ... multi-value bindings are all the rage - but that doesn't have quite the ring of Inverter Converter.
This month James and Matt run down the rest of the great features in Xamarin.Forms 4.7 including how it helps you manage light and dark themes, eliminates the need for James' image circle plug-in, and makes writing Grid row and column definitions so, so, so much easier.
Tune in to hear about some new requirements for submitting Android 10 apps to the Google Play...2020-07-1028 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 74: Build 2020 Updates//Build 2020 just happened - remotely!
James and Matt recap all of the great Xamarin announcements - and then you can go out and watch all the sessions.
Plus this episode covers how to build iOS extension while reusing some Xamarin.Forms pages a new Azure + Mobile documentation center and so much more.
And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and Pick of the Pod!
Show Notes
Latest News
Xamarin Build Updates
.NET MAUI
Learn TV
Learn what Learn TV is all about
Shell Quick Tip: Passing...2020-06-1234 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 73: Essentials 1.6, Forms 4.6 and Contact TracingHope everybody is staying healthy!
We have lots of news and new releases to cover this month for you!
Xamarin.Essentials and Xamarin.Forms have new releases. And the Xamarin engineering team was hard at work to get a cross-platform API out for the new contact tracing API from Apple and Google.
James and Matt also talk about //Build, a couple of cool new case studies, and recap the wackiness of the Crazy Cognitive Service Combo Challenge!
And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and Pick of the Pod!2020-05-0837 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 72: Logically Embed That AuthenticationLogically embed that authentication ... that doesn't make sense at all ... or does it?
Well it does when James and Matt talk about Azure Logic Apps, embedded fonts, and the brand new Xamarin.Essentials authentication!
Yeah - they have nothing to do with each other whatsoever! 😄
But James and Matt talk about a whole lot more - including a wrap-up of the recently completed .NET Conf - Focus on Xamarin, new releases of Visual Studio for Windows and Mac, and great new tools for making your Android apps faster!
And of course, the...2020-04-1044 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 71: Focus on Xamarin!This month James and Matt talk about Xamarin.Forms, Xamarin, and everything related to Xamarin - you could say they Focus on Xamarin.
That's because on March 23, 2020 there's a live streaming event called .NET Conf - Focus on Xamarin! Tune in to get a preview of all the great content coming up.
But of course there's more in store in this pod too! You want the best features of Xamarin.Forms 4.5? You got it. Not enough & you want 4.6 pre-release news too? Done & done! Haven't heard enough about AndroidX yet - well fill you in some...2020-03-1331 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 70: It's Xamarin.Forms Trigger-Mania!It's trigger-mania! Mania! On the dancefloor!
This month James and Matt talk about Xamarin.Forms triggers every chance they get - because there's trigger news everywhere!
The dancing doesn't stop there though - Microsoft has new dual screen devices coming out, and you can bet that Xamarin.Forms supports them! We got you covered with all those details.
Xamarin.Forms 4.5 has a pre-release, and you'll want to tune in to find out what great features await you!
Speaking of new features... Visual Studio for Windows and Mac have great new previews...2020-02-1441 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 69: Happy New Decade!New Year - New Decade - New Pod!!
This month James and Matt recover from their holiday hacks to go over the latest and greatest in the world of Xamarin!
There's a new version of Xamarin.Essentials out for the new year. And the new year also brings back a look at the top blogs and videos of 2019.
Whew - the community sure came up with a ton of great ideas for the Santa Talk Challenge and Matt & James talk about the best.
There's a hot new XAML hot reload tips...2020-01-1041 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 68: All The New 4's: Xamarin Forms 4.4 and Visual Studio 16.4!!Everything that's new ends with a 4!
This month James and Matt go over the big releases of Visual Studio 16.4 and Xamarin.Forms 4.4!
But there's more than the latest releases! There's news galore! Snnpts Challenge results. Hacktoberfest, and 5 quick tips for getting the most out of the CollectionView are covered.
Would you like to know how serverless fits into Cloud Native? What about the new Azure SDKs? Done and done.
And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and the Pick of the Pod!
Show Notes
Visual...2019-12-1343 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 67: Partly Forms-y With a Chance of Visual StudioIn this month's episode James and Matt talk a bit about everything.
From previewing this year's HUGE Ignite Conference, to talking about the incredible bumper on Matt's new Channel 9 show - Partly Cloudy - the guys hit it all this month.
They also discuss the new release of Xamarin.Forms 4.3 , and how to find out what's new with the new stuff!
James explains the new App Bundle Support coming to Visual Studio - and why that's a great thing for you and your Android applications! That and a ton of great Azure goodness...2019-11-0839 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 66: .NET Conf Recap!In this month's episode James and Matt recap .NET Conf!
.NET Conf just happened and if you missed anything don't worry, because... We. Have. You. Covered.
There were a ton of great announcements and we talk about them all. Including all of the Xamarin related sessions, what Hot Restart is, and the release of a ton of .NET 101 videos.
Oh ... and did you know that XAML Hot Reload is hiding in plain sight within the stable version of Visual Studio!?!? We have all of that, and cloud news, and the Azure service of...2019-10-1139 min
DevTalk with Kerry W. LothropUsing Visual Studio App Center as a backend for your mobile app. With Matt SoucoupOn episode 20 of DevTalk, I speak to Microsoft‘s Matt Soucoup about using Visual Studio App Center as a backend for your mobile app. Links: App Center Overview Setting up App Center Auth App Center Auth SDK for Xamarin App Center Data for Xamarin2019-09-2438 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 65: Pull to Refresh, Pull Requests, and Refresh ViewsIn this month's episode James and Matt talk a bit about everything.
iOS 13 and Android 10 are hot off the presses. Xamarin.Forms 4.2 is too! There's something cool called Boots that will keep your feet dry in the pool of continuous integration and Azure Functions now has Dependency Injection!
Plus the Pick of the Pod!
As always, get yourself some free Azure here!
Show Notes
Check out all the goodness of .NET Conf!
Reserve your spot in Redmond for .NET Conf
Get started with iOS 13
Get started with Android 10
All the...2019-09-1339 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 64: We Love Us Some Android!In this month's episode James and Matt love Android almost as much as they love going to the dentist ... seriously!
There's a ton of Android goodness to discuss and they tackle it all!
You've heard of Android Start-up Tracing - now find out how it makes your app faster!
What's all the hubbub about AndroidX? James has got your covered!
And did you know there's a great session from the Xamarin Developer Summit that you can watch that shows you the what, how, and why to optimizing your Android build?!? You bet there...2019-08-0936 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 63: The Heat Is On! Hot(!!)Reload Is Out!It's July and we're in Houston for the Xamarin Developer Summit!!
And it's 🔥🔥🔥hot hot hot🔥🔥🔥!!
But it's not the temperature outside - it's because Xamarin.Forms XAML now has HOT RELOAD! 🔥🔄
If that's not mind bending enough - we cover a ton of other great stuff in this pod too! There's a ton, ton, ton of new Android improvements. AndroidX, startup tracing, JetPacks - find out what those all are!
Did you know that Tizen supports Xamarin.Essentials? You do now! VS Mac has better XAML Intellisense, and learn all about the goodness that...2019-07-1234 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 62: Xamarin.Forms 4 - Who Could Ask For More?Wait no more to set a high score with Xamarin.Forms 4, it ain't no bore! That's right, Xamarin.Forms 4.0 has officially been released and it's on fire! Join James and Matt as they discuss the new features of 4.0, preview this summer's Xamarin Developer Summit, talk about some Android fun, and explore the ins and outs of Azure Event Grid.
As always, get yourself some free Azure here!
Show Notes
Office hours are back!
Xamarin.Forms 4.0 Intro Blog
The Xamarin.Forms 4 live stream recording
Intro to Shell Blog
The Docs for Shell
Can you believe...2019-06-0743 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 61: Build 2019 Recap Extravaganza!It's the first full week in May and that can only mean one thing - it's Microsoft //Build time!! Join James and Matt as they recap the highlights and announcements from this year's Build event.
As always, get yourself some free Azure here!
Show Notes
Build playlist on Xamarin YouTube channel
.NET 5 announcement
Visual Studio App Center Auth
Visual Studio App Center Data
Visual Studio App Center announcements
Big-time updates to Cognitive Services
Cognitive Services Personalizer
Cognitive Services Forms Recognizer
Cognitive Services on Containers
Visual Studio Online
Cloud Shell Editor - VS Code in...2019-05-1052 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 60: Visual Studio 2019 Is In The Wild!!After all the preview releases - Visual Studio 2019 finally was released and this week Matt and James run down the highlights for Xamarin developers! This episode isn't just limited to VS2019 though - Android, Apple Watch, Xamarin.iOS, and a surprise announcement await too! Tune in!
As always, get yourself some free Azure here!
Show Notes
What's New In Visual Studio 2019
Visual Studio 2019 Release Notes
What's New for Xamarin Developers in Visual Studio 2019
Visual Studio 2019 for Mac is Available
Introducing the Xamarin.iOS Interpreter
GlideX - Fast Images on Android
Get those Apple Watch...2019-04-1230 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 59: POP! New docs, blogs, customer showcases, and Twitch streams!Lots of new great stuff to talk about this month! New, new, new web pages galore! Xamarin landing documentation page, Xamarin development blog, and customer app showcase! James tells us how to debug ASP.NET Core Web APIs from Android, and find out what POP means. All of that this month and more!
Show Notes
Brand new Xamarin documentation landing page!
One stop shop for all the Microsoft development blogs
Xamarin app customer showcase - get inspired!
XamU getting Twitch-y
The Twitch Live Coders team
Catch James on Twitch
Updatng the Hanselman.Forms app
Debug those...2019-03-0836 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 58: Releases and Previews and Roadmaps!In this episode, James and Matt discuss the latest previews of Visual Studio and Visual for Mac. There's new stuff for Xamarin.Forms, Android keeps on getting faster, App Center's new features are mapped out, and C++ makes an appearance?!? Tune in for all of this and more!
Show Notes
Download the Visual Studio 2019 Preview
What's in VS 2019 For You!
Intellisense and Intellicode Improvements
Intellicode Using ML? No Way!
R8 and D8 - The Dexer and Shrinker
Add Some C++ To Your Xamarin App!
Cosmos DB - SQL API - Xamarin Tutorial In the Docs
Cosmos...2019-02-0830 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 57: New Year - New Pod! Office Hours, Hockey App Moves, XamU Retires, and Essentials Becomes a Video Star!In this first episode of the New Year - and the second month in a row - James and Matt chat about the office hours that Matt's been hosting with the community. James has some big news about Hockey App ... or is that App Center now? Xamarin University is retiring, but Xamarin.Essentials is now a star of its own video series!
James will give you a rundown of his hands on experiences with Xamarin.Forms 4.0 and introduce you to the new .NET Community Stand-Ups. In cloud news - there's a new Azure Cosmos DB SDK in...2019-01-1146 minThe .NET MAUI PodcastEpisode 56: Let's Reboot ThisIn this month's episode we reboot the podcast! Matt Soucoup, a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft joins James as host and we expand the topics to focus both on Xamarin mobile development and using Azure with your mobile apps.
In this episode we recap the latest news in the Xamarin world including a marathon Twitch workshop, wondering Android build time improvements, the latest news in Xamarin.Forms, and recent announcements from Microsoft Connect();. We also cover the latest in Azure news, including DevOps, MSAL, and new Azure Cosmos DB pricing.
All of this, and a...2018-12-0745 min
Merge Conflict125: Getting Fancy With Bluetooth Low EnergyBluetooth is everywhere! What is Bluetooth Low Energy? Why does it matter for mobile devices and IoT devices and what can you do with it? We cover all of this and so much more!
A true summary of this episode of Merge Conflict can only be best described by our fellow listener David: "So what I took from new podcast is that Frank is the Seattle's human version of the google street car driving (skateboarding) around capturing wifi (bluetooth) data."
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Merge Conflict: Twitter, Facebook...2018-11-2649 min