Hands-on with Xamarin.Forms

Want to write your first cross-platform mobile application? Join us to learn how to write a mobile application using C# with Xamarin.Forms. Bring your laptop and follow along whether you are using Visual Studio or Visual Studio for Mac. I will take you through the basics of creating a collection view with data pulled from a real API. We will cache images and pull in NuGet packages. You will walk away with a working knowledge of Xamarin.Forms application development.

C# is a great language for writing mobile applications. Anything you can do in Java and Kotlin, you can do in C#. You will be able to create a native mobile application and use all of the Native API's including calling Java and Kotlin code from your C#.

Windows:

• Visual Studio 2017 for Windows with Xamarin: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/cross-platform/get-started/installation/windows
• GitHub Desktop Client: https://desktop.github.com/ (You can use whatever git tool you are proficient with.)
• Check for Updates: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/install/update-visual-studio?view=vs-2017

Mac:

• Visual Studio for Mac: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/mac/installation
• GitHub Desktop Client: https://desktop.github.com/ (You can use whatever git tool you are proficient with.)
• Check for Updates: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/mac/update

API Documentation: https://randomuser.me/documentation

Materials for Tonight: https://github.com/seansparkman/Introduction.Xamarin.Forms

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Speaker Bio

I have been a software developer for 18 years now. I have worked in various industries from advertising to voice recognition. I love troubleshooting and problem-solving. As a team lead and senior programmer at Infinity Interactive, Inc., I do primarily C# development for web and mobile. My passion for mobile development has driven to found the DFW Mobile .NET User Group and helped me achieve my Xamarin MVP.

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