Your Xamarin Newsletter for December 2017

Get started with Visual Studio App Center, register for upcoming webinars, and more!

Xamarin Newsletter December 2017

Get Started with Visual Studio App Center to Ship Better Apps Faster There's more to creating a successful mobile app than just building it. You also need to continuously build, test, deploy, and monitor real-world apps usage, and iterate. That's why we created App Center, a one-stop service for everything you need to manage your app lifecycle. This playlist of videos and trainings from Microsoft Connect(); 2017 will help you get started with App Center quickly. Get started now for better apps and faster release cycles. Get started »

Register for Upcoming Webinars on Getting the Most Out of iOS 11 and Android 8 The latest OS updates bring exciting features that both users and developers love. Join us on December 13 and 14 to learn how use your .NET skills to tap into the latest OS capabilities for iOS and Android, and ship even better apps. Can't make the live events? Every registrant will receive a link to the recording. Sign up »

Get Your Azure Mobile Badge from Xamarin University We're excited to introduce the Azure Mobile badge, our first non-certification badge, offered exclusively through Xamarin University. You can achieve this designation by completing the Xamarin University Azure Self-Guided Learning courses. If you've already taken any of these classes, credit will automatically be applied towards this badge. Learn more »

Save the Date for Xamarin University's Visual Studio App Center Webinar Want even more training on Visual Studio App Center? Register for our January 25 webinar from Xamarin University to learn how to automate your app development pipeline with Visual Studio App Center. Get the step-by-step demos, tips, and samples you need to start increasing your release frequency and app quality. Register »

Watch AI, Cloud, and Productivity Sessions from Microsoft Connect(); 2017 Whether you're creating cloud-native applications, infusing your apps with AI, or just getting started, Connect(); 2017 has inspiration to help you to build the apps of the future. Find demos, deep dives, and quick starts on the latest in open source technologies, Azure, Data, AI, DevOps, Visual Studio, Xamarin, and more. Start exploring »

Tips and Tricks Publish to Azure from Visual Studio for Mac: Cody Beyer shows you how to create an ASP.NET Core project, edit the site to be unique, and then deploy the project to Azure using nothing but Visual Studio for Mac. Augmented Reality in Xamarin.Android with ARCore: Explore Google's take on AR with the new ARCore SDK. Jon Dick outlines the basics and provides a walkthrough of the new Augmented Reality features, including motion tracking, plane detection, and light estimation. Making iOS 11 Even Easier with Xamarin.Forms: David Ortinau shows you how we're making it even easier to use iOS 11's safe area and large titles in your Xamarin.iOS apps with Xamarin.Forms. .NET Standard Comes to Xamarin.Forms Project Templates: Xamarin's Pierce Boggan explains how to use new project templates in Visual Studio 2017, which enable you to utilize .NET Standard as a code sharing strategy when creating new Xamarin.Forms apps. Hello NuGet! A New Home for Xamarin Components: Details on our plans to sunset the Xamarin Component Store. We recommend developers start migrating projects to use NuGet packages and have published a detailed guide to assist with this.

Upcoming Events Xamarin on the Rocks: CloudGen Verona presents how easy it is to use Xamarin.Android and an overview of the latest from Xamarin.Forms Embedding. December 16, Verona, Italy Xamarin Madrid: Accelerate your development in Xamarin.Forms with Syncfusion components in this three-part presentation streamed on GoToMeeting. Learn about Syncfusion controls for Xamarin.Forms and how to apply them in a solution. December 18, Madrid, Spain Your Xamarin Christmas Project: Microsoft's Laurent Bugnion will discuss What's New in Azure and Xamarin, plus learn how to make your backend serverless, and how much fun it is to code against the Xamarin Live Player. December 20, Zürich, Switzerland Xamarin Android Things | Primer: A getting started guide into the world of Xamarin Android Things for C# developers. You'll deploy a simple Xamarin.Forms app and see how you can use Android Things and Xamarin for IoT Edge scenarios. December 20, Dallas, TX, USA Xamarin Code Camp 2017: Join the Malaysia Mobile .NET Developers Group for a full day of training on how to use Xamarin, including how to leverage your skills in Microsoft Visual Studio and C# to build cross-platform apps with Xamarin.Forms. January 6, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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