xamarin university Archives - XABLU https://www.xablu.com/tag/xamarin-university/ We build Ventures, Products and Teams Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:50:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://www.xablu.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/xablu-favicon-100x100.png xamarin university Archives - XABLU https://www.xablu.com/tag/xamarin-university/ 32 32 A Deep Dive into Xamarin for the UPS Team https://www.xablu.com/2019/02/01/a-deep-dive-into-xamarin-for-the-ups-team/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 10:15:21 +0000 https://staging.xablu.com/?p=18351 The Xamarin training with UPS provided growth for both parties. We learned from their challenges, which helped us refine and adapt our approach to their needs.

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Last week we had the pleasure of getting a team at UPS up and running with Xamarin development. Nico Milcoff flew over to the USA to lead an enthusiastic team of developers at the UPS Innovation Center in New Jersey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPS, the multinational package delivery and supply chain management company headquartered in the USA, got in touch with us through IT training broker NewAge Solutions. As they were looking for an intensive Xamarin course for their developers, we sent Nico Milcoff, who is a Microsoft MVP with many years of Xamarin development and training experience.

An intense week of Xamarin training

Held at the UPS Innovation Center in New Jersey, a full classroom of 15 developers took part in the week-long course.

As we’re a Xamarin University-certified training partner, the course followed the Xamarin University curriculum, with a combination of lectures, discussion and hands-on labs that let the group try out what they learned.

Participants had nothing but praise for Nico, who they said delivered the training very clearly while staying engaging and motivating!

At the end of the week, the UPS developers were equipped with the skills to independently start coding cross-platform mobile apps with Xamarin. As summed by one participant:

This is a great course if you want a deep dive into Xamarin’s capabilities, and to learn the proper methodology for building your project.
CHRIS, DEVELOPER AT UPS
Xamarin training at UPS Innovation Center

Interested in your own in-house training course?

Whether you’re looking for an intro to the technology, or want an intensive course to get your dev team ready to code with Xamarin, we’re here to help.

Our training team is made up full-time developers who draw on their everyday experience in the field to bring to life their Xamarin courses. Check out our Training page for more details!

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]]> Xamarin at university level – our first student workshop https://www.xablu.com/2018/05/23/xamarin-at-university-level-our-first-student-workshop/ Wed, 23 May 2018 11:59:00 +0000 https://staging.xablu.com/?p=18883 As a recent graduate, I’ve noticed first-hand that training in the C# programming language isn’t offered very often by universities. And Microsoft Xamarin isn’t usually offered as a course at all! To help bridge […]

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Maurice Markvoort

As a recent graduate, I’ve noticed first-hand that training in the C# programming language isn’t offered very often by universities. And Microsoft Xamarin isn’t usually offered as a course at all! To help bridge the gap for students looking to become Xamarin app developers, we decided to offer free on-campus workshops.

We recently held our first workshop at Saxion University in Enschede in cooperation with the ICT student association S.V. Syntaxis. Mark Jonker, our Head of HR & Training, got in touch with Syntaxis to present the idea, and they were enthusiastic from the start. After some planning, the workshop was organized for May 8th, 2018.

An evening with S.V. Syntaxis students

The evening event followed a similar format to our regular meetups aimed at more experienced developers, but here the focus was on introducing the basics and benefits of Xamarin development.

My colleague Maurits, a Xamarin University certified trainer, gave a presentation about getting started with the technology, discussing the ins and outs and why you should use Xamarin to develop apps. He also did some live coding, showing the students how to create a simple weather app in Xamarin.

I then gave a presentation (my first as a working developer!) on getting started with Xamarin.Forms, looking at the differences compared to Xamarin native (the part Maurits focused on). I then live coded the same weather app as Maurits but this time using Xamarin.Forms, helping to illustrate the differences between the two options.

After a short break, we gave the students the chance to start building a small to-do list app themselves, and provided hands-on support. It was quite interesting to see the different coding knowledge represented among the students, with several already knowing some C# and Xamarin, and others with only knowledge of Java. Luckily, Java is quite similar to C#, so it reduces the learning curve.

Upcoming workshops and events

We had a lot of great feedback about the workshop and plan to offer many more in the coming year!

Our next student workshop is scheduled for June 19th at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen in cooperation with S.V. RealTime. More details and RSVP.

We also have a meetup for developers new to Xamarin in Utrecht this evening – this one is open to everyone so be sure to attend if you’re in the area! More details and RSVP.

 

Curious how Xablu can help your organization ?

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]]> Get Coding with Microsoft Xamarin https://www.xablu.com/events/get-coding-with-microsoft-xamarin/ https://www.xablu.com/events/get-coding-with-microsoft-xamarin/#respond Wed, 23 May 2018 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.xablu.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=9778 We’re excited to host this edition of our popular meetup in Utrecht! Want to start developing your own apps with Microsoft Xamarin? Then this meetup is for you. Featuring presentations […]

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Want to start developing your own apps with Microsoft Xamarin? Then this meetup is for you. Featuring presentations by Xamarin University trainer Marc Bruins and Xamarin certified junior developer Maurice Markvoort, this edition is aimed at developers of all experience levels who are new to Xamarin, and will give you an overview of this powerful platform for creating cross-platform mobile applications. By the end of the evening, you’ll be able to start building your first Xamarin app!

The schedule:

17:30 – 18:00 Walk-in with drinks and food

18:00 – 19:00 “Introduction to Xamarin” by Marc Bruins, Xamarin University trainer

19:00 – 19:30 “Getting started with Xamarin.Forms” by Maurice Martvoort, Certified Xamarin developer

19:30 – 21:00 Build your first Xamarin app – time to start coding with the opportunity to get hands-on advice

To join, please RSVP in our meetup group Xamarin MvvmCross and .NET Meetup.

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XABLU developer Marc Bruins has just got back from a week in sunny California, where he led a Xamarin training course at Newegg headquarters.

A leading retailer for computer hardware in North America, Newegg was interested in getting its developers started with Xamarin. They approached US-based training company Accelebrate, who then got in touch with Marc Bruins to lead an in-house course. As a Microsoft MVP and Xamarin University-certified trainer, Marc regularly teaches and speaks about Xamarin to both beginners and experienced developers.

One week to get developing with Xamarin

After several calls with Newegg, Marc got to work preparing for a five-day training program aimed at taking their developers from Xamarin newbies to independently coding Xamarin apps. Last week, he flew over to Newegg headquarters in Industry, California to deliver the training in person.

18 developers from both back-end and front-end teams attended the training, both on-location and remotely. The course followed the Xamarin University curriculum and included interactive discussions and hands-on labs where participants could quickly apply their new knowledge.

After an intensive week of learning, it was time to hand out the certificates. Congratulations to the new Xamarin developers!

Interested in your own in-house training course?

Whether you’re looking for an intro to the technology, or want an intensive course to get your dev team ready to code with Xamarin, we’re here to help. Our training team is made up of three Xamarin University-certified trainers who are also full-time developers. This means that not only are they officially qualified to teach Xamarin app development, they also speak from their everyday experience in the field.

Check out our Training page for more details or just send an email to Mark Jonker, Head of Training, at m.jonker@xablu.com

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]]> Get Started with Microsoft Xamarin https://www.xablu.com/events/get-started-microsoft-xamarin/ https://www.xablu.com/events/get-started-microsoft-xamarin/#respond Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.xablu.com/?post_type=tribe_events&p=9529 Interested in learning to develop your own cross-platform mobile apps using Microsoft Xamarin? Then this meetup is for you! Featuring Microsoft MVP Martijn van Dijk and our own Xamarin University-certified […]

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]]> Interested in learning to develop your own cross-platform mobile apps using Microsoft Xamarin? Then this meetup is for you!

Featuring Microsoft MVP Martijn van Dijk and our own Xamarin University-certified trainers, this edition of our regular Xamarin meetup is aimed at developers of all levels who are new to Xamarin, and will give you an overview and deep dive into this powerful platform for developing cross-platform mobile applications.

Taking place at our new headquarters in the Twente World Trade Center, join an enthusiastic group of local developers for beers, food, and a lot of learning!

By the end of the evening, you’ll be ready to start building your first Xamarin app!

Be sure to join our Meetup group to RSVP and get updates on future events.

The schedule:

17:30 – 18:00 Walk-in with drinks and food

18:00 – 21:00 What is Xamarin, Deep Dive into Xamarin, Build your first app

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