Issue 231

LUCE CARTER

Hey everyone!

Hope you had a fun Halloween 🎃👻

I was in Cologne, Germany last week for Xamarin Expert Day, which was fun and insirpring in equal measure. Was also great to hear people enjoy the newsletter!

Lots of great links this week, as usual. Have a great weekend!

Luce 🧡

NEWS

November Xamarin and .NET Developer Events

November kicks off with Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, but it is not the only event that you might want to follow or attend this month. As usual, Jayme has you covered on the Xamarin Blog!

November Xamarin and .NET Developer Events

CODE

C# IEnumerable vs List and Array

We often use variations of IEnumerable, Lists and Arrays in our code, but do we really understand the pro's and con's of them?

C# IEnumerable vs List and Array by Ben Muller

Three Ways To Write Xamarin Apps In F#

The world of mobile app development clearly is dominated by object-oriented concepts. But does it have to be that way forever? This article discusses three different approaches to write Xamarin apps in F#.

Three Ways To Write Xamarin Apps In F# by Thomas Bandt

XAMARIN FORMS

Authentication Using Microsoft App Center

Authentication is something that we all want to implement in our apps, but historically it hasn't been that easy. Auth is now built into Microsoft App Center, making it easier than ever to get started.

Authentication Using Microsoft App Center by Trevor Tirrell

Xamarin.Forms - Nuevo CarouselView!

With the launch of Xamarin.Forms 4.3 we get a variety of new features: CarouselView, RefreshView, HTML in Label, etc. It is a good time to deepen the use of CarouselView .

[Xamarin.Forms] Nuevo CarouselView! by Javier Suárez Ruiz

Xamarin.Forms 101: Styles

This week, Maddy takes a look at sharing XAML code for a consistent look and feel of your apps using explicit and implicit styles, both locally in your XAML file and globally throughout your app.

*Xamarin.Forms 101: Styles by Maddy Leger

What's New in 2019 Volume 3: PDF Viewer Xamarin

Syncfusion release Essential Studio 2019 Volume 3 earlier this year. This includes feature updates to their Xamarin.Forms PDF Viewer.

What's New in 2019 Volume 3: PDF Viewer Xamarin by Ramkumar Ravy

UI Challenge Ficus IoT App -Part 2

Luis is writing a 3-past series on how he recreated an app design he saw on Dribble. In Part 2, he discusses creating the Actions Page UI.

UI Challenge Ficus IoT App -Part 2 by Luis Pujols

PODCASTS & VIDEOS

Partly Cloudy: If Forms Was a Turtle (Xamarin.Forms Shell)

Episode 3 of Partly Cloudy is out! This week, Matt introduces you to Shell, a new navigation experience in Xamarin.Forms 4, that allows you to quickly and easily scaffold out your applications with tabs, menus and navigation.

Partly Cloudy: If Forms Was a Turtle (Xamarin.Forms Shell) by Matt Soucoup

Merge Conflict: 173: RISC Is Good

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?

Merge Conflict: 173: RISC Is Good by Soundbite.fm

Thinking outside of the box with Xamarin.Forms | Xamarin Developer Summit

Platform dependant code can be a live saver with Xamarin Forms to tweak your design. But this means that you'll need to be fluent in that area too... In this talk from Xamarin Dev Summit in July, Glenn Versweyveld shows you how you can tackle several common UI problems, with a minimal use of Customer Renderers.

Thinking outside of the box with Xamarin.Forms | Xamarin Developer Summit by Xamarin Developers

Issue 231 1st November 2019