Posted on June 15, 2014
I just passed the Mobile Developer Certification Exam – but just barely with 80% correct answers. The exam contained a lot of questions about compilation, garbage collection etc. as well as some more general questions regarding software development. Xamarin has chosen ExamBuilder as the software provider for the exams. I had a lot of problems… Continue Reading Passed the certification exam
Posted on May 25, 2014
Over the short history of Xamarin, there has been a bunch of different ways to share code between platforms, when using Xamarin to create IOS, Android and Windows Phone applications. At first, there were only simple ways to share code, like file linking where the developer had to drag and drop files from one code… Continue Reading Onion architecture with Xamarin and PCL
Posted on May 20, 2014
I have collected the links to additional information provided in each of the session videos. If any links are missing, please add them in the comments. The link collection can be used as a studyguide for Xamarin Mobile Developer Exam. XAM101 Intro to Mobile / Kickstart http://docs.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/application_fundamentals/building_cross_platform_applications/ AND101 Intro to Android with Xamarin Studio http://docs.xamarin.com/guides/android/getting_started/… Continue Reading Studyguide for Xamarin Mobile Developer exam
Posted on March 19, 2014
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… Continue Reading Review of Xamarin 140: Intro to Cross-Platform Mobile Development
Posted on July 24, 2013
I’ve been working on a WinForms project for a while and I’m getting progressively more tired of the magic strings used when doing databinding. (See MSDN documentation here) The problem is that the datamember of the datasource being bound to the control is a plain old System.String: e.g: lblName.DataBindings.Add(“Text”, myViewEntity, “UserName”); I can live with… Continue Reading Strongly typed databinding in WinForms – aka. no more magic strings!
Posted on October 8, 2012
I’m currently working on a legacy project that has been ported from Visual Studio 2010 to Visual Studio 2012. The project uses the Visual Studio 2010 feature that allowed to access private members through some automatically generated code. In Visual Studio 2012, this causes a warning when compiling: This task to create private accessor is… Continue Reading Testing private members with PrivateObject and PrivateType
Posted on August 29, 2011
Update 2011/08/31: I’ve had a lot of response from other freelancers with similar experiences. They suggested a few extra issues which have been added below. Thanks. —————————– As a freelancer / contractor, I startup on new projects or new clients every 6 months or so. I usually get the job through an agent after an… Continue Reading Why are my clients always wasting their money on me?
Posted on May 15, 2011
Its been two years since my last blog post. I havent died, but even though im still breathing, its been a coupple of busy years. Another kid, a new house etc have taken all my time. But things are looking brighter and im starting to get more tech focused again. Thia blog post is about… Continue Reading Developer pc
Posted on May 14, 2009
Day 4 on TechEd is going to be spend on the following program: Test driven development Custom features that enabled users to develop rate and share content with moss 2007. – No budget for tools – hot tools on a limited budgetMS silverlight on sharepoint architectural and development patterns Design patterns in the real world… Continue Reading TechEd day 4
Posted on May 14, 2009
Day 3 went off with the Zen of Architechture by Juval Lowy… se other post. After that breathtaking session, I went for a certification session. The concept is basically that a guy spends 1 hr telling you how to pass a certification test. What is necessary to know, what isn’t. I attended a session covering… Continue Reading TechEd Day 3 followup