Review of Xamarin 140: Intro to Cross-Platform Mobile Development

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Im just about to join a session on Xamarin University, XAM 140: Intro to Cross-Platform Mobile Development. I spend last night reading through the course material made available by Xamarin University. And basically this course is about two things:

1) Learning how to reference a shared assembly

2) Learning how to link to a shared file

My impression is that attendees at Xamarin University already know how to do regular .net development.

Hence is referencing a shared assembly very very basic. And sharing functionality by linking files is probably possible (I guess its also possible using Visual Studio) but it is definitely not a good way to share common code between projects.

I really hope that the course will bring me more than mentioned above. Otherwise it will be a waste of time.

Most amazing is, that this course is mandatory (1 of 3 courses) to take the Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer exam.

Follow up: Im disappointed. The class did not go through anything but referencing assemblies and using a “worst” practice of sharing files. At least the tutor told that this isn’t an optimal way of sharing stuff.

I hope to see a class of real cross platform mobile architecture. I have a clue that the use of Onion Architecture will be optimal for Cross Platform Mobile Dev.

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2 responses to “Review of Xamarin 140: Intro to Cross-Platform Mobile Development”

  1. lhughey Avatar
    lhughey

    Thanks for the information on this blog. Did you find Xamarin University to be worth the price? Thanks.

    1. Kaj Bonfils Avatar

      It really depends on your learning style. If the classroom style training suits you, It is worth the price. Its not more expensive than other classroom courses – probably the opposite. You can get all the questions answered you like by the instructors and this can really be a benefit when learning something new.
      But if it suits you to learn by reading blog posts and searching forums when you get caught in a corner of your code, its not worth it. After all, you have to sell a hell of a lot of 1$ apps to make up the price of the course as well as the licenses.

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