Join us for our monthly Xamarin and MvvmCross Meetup! As always on the 2nd Thursday of the Month! The MvvmCross Meetup focusses on Mobile Developers who want to learn more on Xamarin & MvvmCross, from Rookie to MVP! The event schedule: 17.00 – 17.30 Walk-inn with Coffee 17.30 – 18.30 Food & Drinks 18.30 – 19.00 Intro and Ecosystem Update …
Connect(); // 2016 – Developer Tools recap
Yesterday we at XABLU watched an exciting Connect(); // 2016 – Microsoft’s yearly event for developers. The event was packed with announcements which are both interesting from a technical and strategic perspective. The first live demo given by Chris Dias and set the tone for the rest of the event. Chris gave a very nice demo of developing a Node.js …
.NET standard
The goal of .NET Standard is “one library to rule them all”, or more simply, one set of APIs that can be used across platforms without compatibility issues. At the moment, developers targeting one of the .NET variants need to understand the underlying platform to be able to develop for it. What makes it even more complicated is that there …
TechDays 2016 wrap up
XABLU attended TechDays 2016 with our ‘100% Pure Xamarin’ story. It was really a blast to be in the zone where the action is happening. Over the last years Microsoft is making a big shift towards open source and being cross-platform; the vibration that this gives is amazing! It’s inspiring to see all these Microsoft partners sharing their knowledge on …
XABLU becomes Xamarin Premier Consulting Partner
When we started XABLU more than 1 year ago it was clear from the beginning that we wanted to be a ‘100% Pure Xamarin’ company with a focus on mobile app development with Xamarin technology. This week we have become a ‘Xamarin Premier Consulting Partner’: a clear and strong message on both our strategy and capabilities! It is also a …
MvvmCross Meetup
Over the last year we have been organising our monthly MvvmCross hackathon. Besides the socialising part and the famously good food the main ‘goal’ has always been to attract new contributors to the open source project. While this has been successful and indeed PR’s from regular visitors have been accepted upstream, we feel the need to bring this to the …
Microsoft’s TechDays 2016
On the 4th and 5th October the annual Microsoft TechDays will take place in Amsterdam. This year the XABLU team will be present to inform you about Xamarin mobile app development. Whether you want to talk about setting up a good app architecture or organising your mobile strategy: we’re the team that can help you realise your mobile targets! We …
UI/UX Review
Over the years we have seen the mobile space maturing rapidly. While first companies ‘just wanted an app as soon as possible’, these days companies have a full mobile strategy often labelled with a ‘Mobile First’ tag. We have also seen a change in consumer behaviour: brand loyalty is at a low, and feedback to your product or service comes …
Microsoft releases .NET Core 1.0
When Microsoft released .NET Core 1.0 earlier this week I literally jumped up out of my chair. At Xablu we love open source in general; and I personally find the .NET Core project, which is basically build up from the ground over the last years, very intriguing. When Microsoft introduced C# and .NET back in the day, at least the …
Should we port our app to Xamarin?
With the recent Microsoft Xamarin takeover it might be the right time to re-evaluate your current mobile app (strategy) and the technology stack it’s based on. If you have been in the position where you needed to define and give shape to a mobile strategy then you’re probably familiar with the choice that needs to be made with respect to …