Building Universal Apps with Rocky Lhotka
Carl and Richard talk to Rocky Lhotka about where universal apps in Visual Studio are really going. But first, a bit of a landscape discussion, especially a laugh about the "comeback" of .NET and C#. Did Xamarin save the day? Rocky talks about how universal apps aren't all that universal, but with Xamarin in the mix, you start to look at a common code base for desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile development. Almost. Maybe. It's always more complicated than you think! But Rocky is optimistic that things are going the right way, so that everyone can start building cross-platform applications for their customers really soon.
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:
- Flow controller on Indiegogo https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/flow-an-intuitive-precise-wireless-controller
- Rocky's Blog http://www.lhotka.net/WeBlog/
- Building Universal Apps on MSDN http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/dn609832.aspx
- Shared Project Reference Manager https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/315c13a7-2787-4f57-bdf7-adae6ed54450
- Visual Studio 2015 Android Emulator http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/11/12/introducing-visual-studio-s-emulator-for-android.aspx