Summary: <p>In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan is joined by Matthew Robbins to discuss his XAML productivity tool MFractor, building addins for Xamarin Studio, code generation with Roslyn, and his journey from idea to product.</p> <p>Show Notes:</p> <p>01:20 - What is <a href="https://www.mfractor.com/" rel="nofollow">MFractor</a>?</p> <p>04:45 - How Matthew drives feature development for MFractor</p> <p>07:00 - Journey from idea to product</p> <p>09:30 - Building add-ins for Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio for Mac</p> <p>13:45 - Cool tricks anyone can do with Roslyn</p> <p>22:00 - The moment Matthew realized this could be a product</p> <p>23:00 - Roslyn code generation tricks and tips</p> <p>26:50 - The future of MFractor</p> <p>Links & Show Notes:</p> <ul> <li>The <a href="http://xamarinpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow">Xamarin Podcast</a> website</li> <li><a href="https://www.mfractor.com/" rel="nofollow">MFractor</a></li> <li><a href="http://docs.mfractor.com/" rel="nofollow">MFractor Documentation</a></li> <li><a href="https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/xamarin-studio/customizing-ide/extending_xamarin_studio_with_addins/" rel="nofollow">Building Add-ins for Xamarin Studio</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/matthewrdev/building-addins-for-xamarin-studio" rel="nofollow">Matthew's Guide on Building Add-Ins for Xamarin Studio</a></li> <li><a href="https://university.xamarin.com/guestlectures/building-xamarin-studio-addins" rel="nofollow">Xamarin University Lecture on Addins</a></li> <li><a href="https://roslynquoter.azurewebsites.net/" rel="nofollow">Roslyn Quoter</a></li> <li>Pierce: <a href="https://twitter.com/pierceboggan" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://github.com/pierceboggan" rel="nofollow">GitHub</a> </li> <li>Matthew Robbins: <a href="https://twitter.com/mfractor" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/matthewrdev" rel="nofollow">GitHub</a> </li> </ul> <p>Subscribe:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/xamarin-podcast/id691368176?mt=2" rel="nofollow">iTunes</a></li> <li><a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Ifcss44ww5lc375esulsuettsey" rel="nofollow">Google Play Music</a></li> <li><a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes691368176/xamarin-podcast" rel="nofollow">Overcast</a></li> </ul><p>Special Guest: Matthew Robbins.</p>
