Modern App Development with Rocky Lhotka
Carl and Richard talk to Rocky Lhotka about what it means to build modern apps today. In past shows, Rocky has been pretty frustrated with the native development options and focused primarily on web development with HTML 5 and JavaScript. But things on the native side have gotten better, and Rocky talks about his experiences with Xamarin and the potential of the universal app template in Visual Studio. Could native be making a comeback? Rocky talks about the advantages of the native model with cross-platform development techniques and a sense of an improving future. It's a fun time to be a developer!
Guests:
Rocky Lhotka
Rockford Lhotka is Chief Software Architect at Marimer LLC and is the creator of the open source CSLA .NET development framework. He is the author of numerous books, and regularly speaks at major conferences around the world. Rockford is a member of the Microsoft Regional Director and MVP programs. For more information go to https://lhotka.net.
Links:
- Possible screenshot of the new Start Menu http://techcrunch.com/2014/07/13/screenshot-claims-to-show-off-the-coming-windows-8-1-start-menu/
- Rocky's Thoughts on the New Start Menu http://www.lhotka.net/weblog/ReturnOfTheStartMenuIsLowPriorityToMe.aspx
- ModernMix http://www.stardock.com/products/modernmix/
- Building Universal Windows Apps http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dn642498.aspx
- .NET Foundation http://www.dotnetfoundation.org/