By Mark & Steven

Between episodes it has happened. Xamarin.Forms have been archived on GitHub. Of course we had to take a quick moment to reminice. Then talk about migrations, and working with legacy systems that just keep on being used.By Mark & Steven

Looking at eclipses straight on, or with an Apple Vision Pro and Mark spills all the beans on the MVP Summit.By Mark & Steven

Steven updated Debug Rainbows to be used under .NET MAUI. We say farewell to AppCenter and look at what you can do when moving forward in replacing the different services.By Mark & Steven

What special thing does Mark use ChatGPT for? The answer might amaze you! The truth is, AI is everywhere these days. But is it a good or bad thing?By Mark & Steven

It has been a while. So there is a lot to talk about, in this episode we dive into new and old development machines. What is the state on the Mac as a .NET developer when it comes to IDEs and what will Steven be using once Visual Studio for Mac will be out of service.By Mark & Steven

War of the keyboards?! .NET turned 20?! A new movie coming out?! This episode is packed with things to talk about!By Mark & Steven

This week we are joined by our good friend Daniel Hindrikes. Daniel shares his experiences writing Blazor apps. We talk about Web Assembly vs Server hosting, integration into .NET MAUI apps, bindings in Blazor and using Razor Pages to write your UI. Does Daniel miss XAML? Tune in and find out.By Mark & Steven

Today we cover a lot of different things going on in our lives and the tech world. What kind of gadget did Mark get from his wife for Christmas? Find out!By Mark & Steven

In this weeks episode we talk about making stunning mobile apps. Shaun tells us how he created Super Wordsearch with the help of tools like Skia Sharp and Lottie while using Xamarin Forms.By Mark & Steven

Coded UI in Xamarin.Forms is not as popular as using XAML, but if you ask our guest Brandon Minnick we're all crazy for liking XAML so much. Join us in learning why!By Mark & Steven

So .NET Conf happened a few days ago. Steven visited a conference in person. So perfect time to look at all the new shiny stuff that just was released.By Mark & Steven

Today we talk about all the different things that go into making a UI that's component-based instead of just mashing it all together willy nilly. Future you will thank us!By Mark & Steven

It is this time of year again, so much new tech is released. Not only devices, but also software. So tune in to find out our thoughts on MAUI .NETs latest release, the Microsoft device updates and the new Apple hardware that has just been dropped.By Mark & Steven

Last week we had an awesome conference about all things Xamarin and MAUI, let's talk about it! Also, stick around until the end because there will be some sad news. Number 5 will shock you!By Mark & Steven

Virtual Machines are nothing new. They have been around for many years. Maybe you have even used some in the past as a development environment. But these days, virtual dev environments are making a significant comeback. Powered with Docker and using Visual Studio Code in the Frontend, the cloud is the limit. Is it time to make the switch?…

In this pod we talk about the current status and future of Xamarin.Forms. Everyone is talking about .NET MAUI nowadays, but is Xamarin.Forms also still getting some love? And why is Forms becoming .NET MAUI anyway? And why is there a baby crying?!By Mark & Steven

Today we sit down and discuss learning new coding languages. We've all been programming in C# for a while now, but what new languages are we looking to pick up? And is it even easy to start to learn a new one? What does it all entail? Let's find out together!By Mark & Steven

Today we can write websites that run as desktop apps. Such hybrid apps are usually built using HTML, javascript and CSS. But with .NET 6, Blazor will provide a solution for writing hybrid apps in .NET. Crazy right? But it gets even better. Using .NET MAUI, you can extend your website with native features. Sounds great? Well, let us tell you all abo…

Managing e-mail is such a chore. Especially when you come back from vacation, and a humongous pile of it is looking straight at you. Is a Tinder-style application THE solution here? Find out in this episode!By Mark & Steven

Some of us (only Mark) have been on a holiday, so we have things to catch up on! .NET MAUI, Visual Studio, all the things!By Mark & Steven

It's summer, and we are taking this week off to enjoy the sun, the family, friends, bbq and the summer life.By Mark & Steven

We quickly touch upon Visual Studio 2022 for Mac, which is in private preview at the time of recording. Then we face the question as old as time. How can you work with different people on one code base without starting flamewars whenever you review pull requests? We discuss our experiences, helpers and mindsets in this episode.…

A new preview of .NET 6 and therefore also .NET MAUI is out: preview 6. So of course, we have to talk all about what is new in this preview and what to expect from preview 7.By Mark & Steven

In this episode we're talking about the different things we are currently tinkering with in and around the house. From BBQs to Kindles, and lights to airconditioning.By Mark & Steven

After quickly discussing if we still have a job once GitHub Co-Pilot goes public, we discuss the ins and outs of versioning software. From semantic, new-newer-newest to other version strategies we have seen along the so far.By Mark & Steven

Between the three of us, we have quite some experience with public speaking and going to conferences. In this episode, we will share our experiences, fears and more. Also, what is up with all the Windows 11 panic?!By Mark & Steven

Being in IT means that automation is always something that's top of mind. Be it something in your development pipeline or something at home. We cover a range of automation bits and bobs in this episode.By Mark & Steven

Since early 2020 online conferences have become a thing we have attended, presented, and even organised. So what have our impressions been, and how do we compare them against in-person events? So tune in, and feel free to share your experiences with us on Twitter.By Mark & Steven

The pandemic slowly seems to be contained, time to go out and get fit again! At least, we have been home much which didn't always treat us right. In this episode we talk about what we do to get fit and how much it hurts!By Mark & Steven

You have your app idea; you got a picture of the design, even found that gradient. But don't stop there. What about your fonts and icons? In this episode, we talk about fonts, icons, where you can get them and what to look out for.By Mark & Steven

Microsoft Build has traditionally been the place where all new shiny things for developers get announced. And while this year's edition was a bit more Azure heavy, we still managed to find a few nuggets of information that we'd love to share.By Mark & Steven

Documenting what you're building is one of those things that isn't every developers favorite activity. However, doing so helps everyone from yourself to the people who might take over your project in the future. Today we talk about why that is and what you can do to help people.By Mark & Steven

Universal Windows Platform (or UWP) is an interesting platform with a lot of potential. Yet, for some reason it doesn't really take off, at least not for cross-platform developers. In this episode we talk about what is up with UWP, a bit of history, some hopes for the future... It's all in here and more!…

In this episode, we leave the wired space and talk about connecting devices and sending information through thin air. So get ready to hear all about WiFi, Bluetooth, BLE, Airtags and more.By Mark & Steven

Things used to be better when we were growing up, but is that truly the case? In this episode we'll be looking at old tech that isn't around anymore to see if our memories might be a bit clouded!By Mark & Steven

Hooray! Episode 50! Normal people would probably wait until 52, but we like round numbers, deal with it. For this special episode we talk all about our experience so far. What do we love, what do we hate and how do we do it.By Mark & Steven

Authenticating a user is often more than meets the user's eye. In this episode, we discuss the challenges, options and our experiences with said topic. We dive into some OAuth, do our best to pronounce Auth0 and discover the passcode to Geralds top-secret studio vault.By Mark & Steven

The IDE is your friend, or at least we assume it is. It's where your spending most of your time as a developer, most likely. In this episode we discuss our first memories of them, our favorites and things we don't like about them.By Mark & Steven

Tune in while we talk all about object relational mappers. OK, mostly Entity Framework because of the .NET developers we are. But also we touch on Dapper, document databases, our migration nightmares and even Steven and Gerald's mothers... Now if that doesn't convince you to listen I don't know what will!…

In this weeks pod Mark, Steven and Gerald discuss becoming a Generalist or a Specialist. What pays more? What are the pros and cons? Oh and of course Ts are discussed. So tune in and enjoy this special episode in a general sense.By Mark & Steven

Apps process data. A lot of data. But how do apps ensure that that data isn't shared with people that you don't want to share it with? That's what we're diving into today.By Mark & Steven

So it is 2021, and creating a website and running a website can still cost you a small fortune. Do you really need a web server, database and whatnot for a simple blog? In this episode, we discuss static websites and how you can use them on a budget to create websites for big and small demands. So tune in and enjoy the opinions and stories.…

You can't really have missed it: Microsoft Ignite 2021 edition happened and there was a lot of great announcements. New shiny things for HoloLens, Teams, Azure and... Pokemon Go? Tune in for our highlights and takes!By Mark & Steven

The recently released .NET 6 Preview 1 comes with a lot of new bits and bobs. We will use this pod to go over them and see what's useful for us and what isn't. Also, hairdressers are a booming topic right now.By Mark & Steven

A question we get asked is: how do you have time to do all these things?! Spoiler alert: we have no clue! But we have opinions, tips, pointers (get it...?) and bad jokes, so we're going to talk about how to be productive and not get distrac... Is that a unicorn?!By Mark & Steven

Writing code can be fun, especially when you start a new project. But then time passes and all of a sudden adding or changing existing features gets hard. Things begin to break unexpectedly, and stuff starts to feel messy. But it does not have to be that way. A well-structured app and a few guidelines are here to help us all. If we follow the SOLID…

Apps perform a lot of tasks for you, even ones you might not know about. Where do they do them you ask? Well, in the background of course! Today you will learn all about how to do that yourself!By Mark & Steven

Crashing apps, everyone hates them! So in this episode we talk about all the things you might want to think about to make your own apps as resilient as possible. From versioning your APIs to tricking your users, we got you covered!By Mark & Steven

The idea of being able to have a conversation with our computing devices is nothing new. Going down memorylane to early IRC days all the way back to the present using AI to try and pass the Turing Test. In this episode we discuss our experiences, opinions and give our best Bot beep impression.By Mark & Steven