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Getting Started With & Learning C#

In 2006, after years of writing C++ and Java code, while attending UAT an instructor named Phil Miller introduced me to this amazing language called C# and changed my life. It was love at first “Hello World” and I have never looked back. C# is an extremely powerful, mature, and extremely cross-platform programming language that I have been using for decades. The beauty of C# of course is that you get this amazing cross-platform framework called .NET, which gives developers ability to perform RES…

James Montemagno

Add NuGets To All Projects In Xamarin Studio with 1 Click

I simply love Matt Ward [https://twitter.com/lastexitcode], a wonderful developer who works on NuGet inside of Xamarin Studio. He is always blogging about all of the recent updates to NuGet in XS, so be sure to follow his blog [http://lastexitcode.com/]. Matt does so much more though including an awesome add-in for Xamarin Studio to add some awesome new features when using Xamarin Studio. My favorite feature is Solution Level adding of NuGet packages. Why do I love this feature? Well because I u…

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Editing Markdown in Xamarin Studio

I can’t help myself I really love Xamarin Studio. Don’t get me wrong I still love Visual Studio for everything that it does, but with Xamarin Studio 5.9 [http://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin.studio-5.9-enhancements/] the best mobile focused IDE just keeps getting better. However, did you know that you don’t have to wait for new releases of Xamarin Studio to get new features? Xamarin Studio has an entire ecosystem of awesome plugins to extend the IDE and I just stumbled upon one that solves one of my…

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My Favorite Xamarin Studio Features

There have been a lot of exciting announcements recently from Xamarin for developers. First, is that Xamarin Indie now has a monthly subscription option for just $25 a month [http://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-indie-now-25-dollars-per-month/]! Then there was the release of Xamarin Studio 5.2 [http://blog.xamarin.com/be-more-productive-with-these-new-xamarin-studio-features/] , which brought awesome new features such as side-by-side editing and awesome new NuGet updates. I have been a Visual Studio…

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Xamarin Studio + NuGet PCL Support!

From @SharpDevelop [http://twitter.com/sharpdevelop] comes a long awaited update to the Xamarin Studio NuGet Manager Plugin [https://github.com/mrward/monodevelop-nuget-addin]. I wrote about this plugin before, but with this update brings updated support for NuGet including PCLs for Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS. It is extremely easy to add this functionality to Xamarin Studio and I made a short video [http://screencast.com/t/L9tJzk3iZs] to get you going. Unable to display content. Adobe…

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How to setup Xamarin Studio for iOS 6 Support

Even though iOS 7 has been dominating the market and is now on over 75% of iOS devices, it might still be important for you or your company to support iOS 6. It was for me recently when I was developing Puppy Kitty Overflow [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puppy-kitty-overflow-random/id766177393?ls=1&mt=8] as my girlfriend [http://www.twitter.com/stefispice] is unable to upgrade her phone and I wanted to ensure she could run the app. So I sent out on a quest to get iOS 6 support working in…

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Xamarin + PCL + MAC Xamarin Studio + Visual Studio #LetsDoThis

This blog is now obsolete as official PCL support has been added to Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS for both Visual Studio and Xamarin Studio. There is no longer a need to do any file copying or anything fancy, simply hit File->New Project -> PCL. I have a webinar: you can find here [http://blog.xamarin.com/webinar-recording-native-app-development/] So last night at the Xamarin [http://xamarin.com/] drinkup in Bellevue there was a lot of discussion about PCL and also bout MVVM frameworks…

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Getting Started With & Learning C#

Add NuGets To All Projects In Xamarin Studio with 1 Click

Editing Markdown in Xamarin Studio

My Favorite Xamarin Studio Features

Xamarin Studio + NuGet PCL Support!

How to setup Xamarin Studio for iOS 6 Support

Xamarin + PCL + MAC Xamarin Studio + Visual Studio #LetsDoThis

James Montemagno

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