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.NET on Linux? Yes we can with .NET Core! This week we tackle what it is like to develop for the server and the web using the new fancy Core tooling with .NET Core and ASP.NET Core. Frank stress tests .NET on Linux servers with the ultimate button clicking experience and James attempts to figure out how the internet and ASP.NET MVC works all from VS for Mac! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Sponsored By: Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and Xamarin.Forms. Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download our Xamarin e-books.  Links: Introduction to ASP.NET Core | Microsoft Docs .NET Core Command-Line Interface (CLI) Tools | Microsoft Docs .NET Standard | Microsoft Docs Frank A. Krueger on Twitter: "20,000 clicks later" shared-button

It is that time again, lightning talks! We cover 6 different topics in under 30 minutes! This week we talk coding standards, documentation, E3, app reviews, and so much more! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Sponsored By: Visual Studio Live!: The development world's trusted educational provider of developer-focused content since 1993, focusing on .NET and Visual Studio. Join us at an upcoming 2017 event in Austin, Washington, DC, Redmond, Chicago, Anaheim, and Orlando. Use promo code for $400 off registration. Promo Code: MERGECONFLICT Raygun: Don't wait for users to report problems. Raygun gives you complete visibility on errors, crashes and performance problems affecting your end users. Raygun has full support for .NET, Javascript, Xamarin, and all other major languages and platforms. Links: NuGet Gallery | Settings Plugin for Xamarin and Windows 2.5.8 NuGet Gallery | System.Collections.Immutable 1.3.1 Introducing .NET Standard | .NET Blog Apple won’t let apps annoy you with their own review prompts anymore - The Verge Responding to Reviews on the App Store - Apple Developer EditorConfig StyleCop/StyleCop: Analyzes C# source code to enforce a set of style and consistency rules.

We are back to talk architecture with MVVM, that is right Model-View-ViewModel, and all of the awesome stuff that comes along for the ride with the fantastic frameworks available. Before we talk about those frameworks, we go through why we love MVVM itself, what it is, how to use it, and why it is not just data binding. We take a look at popular frameworks and how to use MVVM with no framework at all. So sit back and get ready for architecture! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Sponsored By: Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and Xamarin.Forms. Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download our Xamarin e-books.  Links: Episode 5: MVVM & Data Binding with Xamarin.Forms | The Xamarin Show | Channel 9 Episode 13: MVVM Helpers | The Xamarin Show | Channel 9 Episode 12: MVVM Light and Xamarin with Laurent Bugnion | The Xamarin Show | Channel 9 Episode 10: Prism for Xamarin.Forms with Brian Lagunas | The Xamarin Show | Channel 9 Model–view–viewmodel - Wikipedia jamesmontemagno/mvvm-helpers: Collection of MVVM helper classes for any application MvvmCross MVVM Light Toolkit Build a Native Android UI & iOS UI with Xamarin.Forms - Xamarin Frank's list diffing observable collection

WWDC has come to a close and we are here to fill you in all the news from the largest Apple Developer event of the year. From iOS 11 and amazing new machine learning APIs, to brand new Mac hardware to start development on, to yes renaming in Xcode 9, we break down each and every announcement that you need to know about. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Sponsored By: Raygun: Don't wait for users to report problems. Raygun gives you complete visibility on errors, crashes and performance problems affecting your end users. Raygun has full support for .NET, Javascript, Xamarin, and all other major languages and platforms. Links: Platforms State of the Union - WWDC 2017 - Videos - Apple Developer Apple Events - WWDC Keynote, June 2017 - Apple Operating systems: You've been sherlocked | The Economist ARKit - Apple Developer Machine Learning - Apple Developer Math Blaster Episode I: In Search of Spot - Wikipedia

To create design time data or not to create design time data, that is the question? Or is it better to mock out all of your interfaces or say heck let's code straight to the API end points? When you are developing a large project and desire the "blendability", what approach is best to take, and what works well with design time tools like Blend and the Xamarin Live Player? We discuss all this and more on this week's episode. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Sponsored By: Visual Studio Live!: The development world's trusted educational provider of developer-focused content since 1993, focusing on .NET and Visual Studio. Join us at an upcoming 2017 event in Austin, Washington, DC, Redmond, Chicago, Anaheim, and Orlando. Use promo code for $400 off registration. Promo Code: MERGECONFLICTLinks: Xamarin.Forms XAML Previewer Design Time Data Getting Started with the Xamarin Live Player

C# 7 is here! The most functional version of C# to date with pattern matching, tuples, local functions, and so much more! This week we break down every single new feature and let you know what we love and what we think is just okay. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Sponsored By: Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and Xamarin.Forms. Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download our Xamarin e-books.  Links: What's New in C# 7 | Microsoft Docs C# 7 Work List of Features · dotnet/roslyn dotnet/roslyn: The .NET Compiler Platform The future of C# | Build 2017 | Channel 9

The dream of continuous deployment and debugging your Android and iOS apps from Visual Studio with nothing more than a device is now a reality. We talk shop on what the Xamarin Live Player is and how we built it. Frank goes into the inner workings of his genius mind and the bits and bytes of how the Live Player player works. James on the other hand got to work on the app and IDE integrations with the Xamarin team and discusses the intricate parts of running an app inside of an app. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Sponsored By: Visual Studio Live!: The development world's trusted educational provider of developer-focused content since 1993, focusing on .NET and Visual Studio. Join us at an upcoming 2017 event in Austin, Washington, DC, Redmond, Chicago, Anaheim, and Orlando. Use promo code for $400 off registration. Promo Code: MERGECONFLICTLinks: Xamarin Live Player - Xamarin Xamarin: The future of mobile app development | Build 2017 | Channel 9 Xamarin Live Player for Android Walkthrough - YouTube Getting Started with the Xamarin Live Player - YouTube Xamarin Live Player FAQ | Xamarin Blog Xamarin Live Player - Xamarin Documentation ZXing.Net.Mobile: Zxing Barcode Scanning Library

The past few days at Microsoft Build 2017 have been filled with wonderful news for .NET and Xamarin developers. On this weeks pod we have a full recap of the event, announcements, and a few predictions. Additionally, we deep dive into a few stand out topics such as XAML Standard, .NET Standard 2.0, the Xamarin Live Player, and of course Fluent Design. Sit back and relax for a Build 2017 packed show. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Sponsored By: Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and Xamarin.Forms. Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download our Xamarin e-books.  Links: Microsoft Build 2017: Day One Recap, Highlights, Announcements Microsoft Build 2017 Review of Day Two - Windows News & Updates Microsoft/xaml-standard Xamarin Live Player Merge Conflict 35: Security Through Obscurity Xamarin: The future of mobile app development | Build 2017 dotnet/standard: This repo is building the .NET Standard .NET Standard 2.0, UWP support and UI futures | Build 2017 | Channel 9 New distro’s coming to Bash/WSL via Windows Store Fluent Design System

This week we tackle the TPL, that is right, the Task Parallel Library. We dive into one of our favorite features of C# and .NET, async/await programming. We take a walk down memory lane to talk about thread pools, completion handlers, locks, and just about everything else we had to do for parallel programming. Sit back, relax, and enjoy some TPL! Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Sponsored By: Visual Studio Live!: The development world's trusted educational provider of developer-focused content since 1993, focusing on .NET and Visual Studio. Join us at an upcoming 2017 event in Austin, Washington, DC, Redmond, Chicago, Anaheim, and Orlando. Use promo code for $400 off registration. Promo Code: MERGECONFLICTLinks: Task Parallel Library (TPL) Permissions Plugin for Xamarin and Windows Task.ContinueWith Method Coffeehouse Blunders

DevOps, that is right Developer Operations, all the things that you don't want to do manually, so you automate them! This week we talk about build, test, and deploy for all of your mobile applications and .NET libraries. As solo developers it all seemed like a pipe dream to have everything magically happen when we committed code to GitHub, but the services available streamline the entire process. Frank and James walk through not only their solo DevOps solutions, but what it means when you start working on a team with serious applications. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Sponsored By: Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and Xamarin.Forms. Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download our Xamarin e-books.  Links: Open sourcing the MSTest Test Framework Submitting the App to App Review Trello HockeyApp - The Platform for Your Apps AppVeyor Bitrise - iOS & Android Build Automation Slack: Where work happens

It's everyone's favorite topic... TESTING! That's right we tackle the world of unit testing, code coverage, user interface testing, acceptance testing, and so much more. Even though Frank and James are solo developers and there may not always be time to write a full suite of unit tests, that doesn't mean they don't dream of 100% code coverage. What does that even mean though? Does that mean your app will be flawless? Where do you get started and what should be your goals? We discuss on this week's show. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Sponsored By: Visual Studio Live!: The development world's trusted educational provider of developer-focused content since 1993, focusing on .NET and Visual Studio. Join us at an upcoming 2017 event in Austin, Washington, DC, Redmond, Chicago, Anaheim, and Orlando. Use promo code for $400 off registration. Promo Code: MERGECONFLICTLinks: Visual Studio Mobile Center Bitrise - Integrations Xamarin Test Cloud What is Paket? Live Unit Testing in Visual Studio 2017 Open sourcing the MSTest Test Framework NUnit xUnit.net

Is 3D printing poised to change how we prototype and build parts and full machines or is it just another toy? Both Frank and James have been long time 3D printing advocates and with prices coming down to consumer friendly levels it seems like it is a great time to jump in. However, as James just recently experienced it may still be early days filled with tons of headaches and thrown away print failures. We discuss the past, present, and future of 3D printing on this week's Merge Conflict. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Sponsored By: Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and Xamarin.Forms. Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download our Xamarin e-books.  Links: Tiko - The Unibody 3D Printer Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects Folding Nintendo Switch Stand - Thingiverse Amazon.com: PancakeBot 2.0 OpenSCAD - The Programmers Solid 3D CAD Modeller OpenJSCAD.org Scott Hanselman : 3D printed foldable #NintendoSwitch stand.

It's that time again... Lightning Talks!!! Every 10th episode here on Merge Conflict we take a look at our list of topics and what our listeners have submitted and pick six different topics that each get five minutes of coverage. This round we take a look at the ideal developer setup, how to manage tricky certificates, properly handling settings in applications, publishing an app in a week, effective app store advertising, and finally how to properly ask for that five star review. Sit back and get ready for an action packed episode! Be sure to tweet or email us with topics that you would like to see covered in the future. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Sponsored By: Visual Studio Live!: The development world's trusted educational provider of developer-focused content since 1993, focusing on .NET and Visual Studio. Join us at an upcoming 2017 event in Austin, Washington, DC, Redmond, Chicago, Anaheim, and Orlando. Use promo code for $400 off registration. Promo Code: MERGECONFLICTLinks: Code Signing and Provisioning - iOS How to Build & Ship an App in a Week SettingsPlugin: Read and Write Settings Plugin for Xamarin and Windows Preparing an Application for Release - Android SKStoreReviewController - StoreKit — Requesting App Store ratings and reviews from users in iOS 10.3

It's time to tune our developer skills by leveraging some amazing coding challenges that teach us answers to questions like exactly what are linked lists again? We share the best resources we know on coding questions and share our experiences from past interviews of what you should really be studying. It isn't just code as we discuss the crazy left field questions that you may be asked during your next interview. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Sponsored By: Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Android, and Xamarin.Forms. Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download our Xamarin e-books.  Links: HackerRank CareerCup: Programming Interview Questions Programming Challenges The many flavors of HttpClient | Kerry's Blog

It is finally time for .NET truly to be EVERYWHERE! This week we investigate the dream of .NET Standard libraries, one library that can be shared in any .NET application. We take a look at the concept, implementation, tooling, and mix in our analysis of the pros and cons of making the big switch to .NET Standard libraries. Follow Us Frank: Twitter, Blog, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Links: .NET Standard Library | Microsoft Docs .NET Standard Library Support for Xamarin .NET Standard Libraries in Xamarin Studio .NET Standard 2.0 Installing a PCL into netstandard Libraries Introducing .NET Standard | .NET Blog Semantic Versioning Fody/PropertyChanged