Frank Krueger

About Your Co-Host

Frank is an independent mobile developer living in Seattle, WA. He started work as an embedded systems engineer, moved on to be a web developer, and eventually found happiness as an iOS developer. He has written iCircuit - an interactive electronic circuit simulator that runs on all the great platforms; Calca - the text editor that is also a powerful calculator; and Continuous - a fun and powerful .NET IDE for the iPad. All the while, Frank has enjoyed releasing open source projects and contributing as much as he can to the software development community. His programming interests include computer graphics, simulation, programming languages, and artificial intelligence. When he's not at his computer, you can usually find him hiking around some mountain or sleeping in a tent by a river.

Frank Krueger has Co-hosted 57 episodes

Merge Conflict 55: Mac vs PC

July 24th, 2017 | 50 mins 43 secs
PC, Windows 10, development, mac, mac vs pc, macos, visual studio, xamarin

It is that age old debate... Mac vs PC! What is the most optimal operating system for development, what are the ups and downs of each, and what are our favorite tools to keep us productive regardless of where we are working.

Merge Conflict 54: Dropping in on the iPad

July 17th, 2017 | 47 mins
android, augmented reality, drag drop, iOS 11, iPhone, ios, ipad, machine learning, wwdc, xamarin, xamarin.forms

iOS 11 is packed full of awesome with machine learning, augmented reality, and a full file system, but who cares about that? Let's talk about our new favorite feature: Drag & Drop!

Merge Conflict 53: Document All The Things

July 10th, 2017 | 57 mins 49 secs
.net, android, async, await, docs, documentation, github, github pages, ios, pwa, tasks, wyam, xamarin

It has been said that if feature has not been documented, than it might as well not exist. It could not be more true from our findings and this week we finally take a look at all things documentation! We also get to your listener feedback on this special 1 year anniversary episode!

Merge Conflict 52: Bug Fixes and Improvements

July 3rd, 2017 | 47 mins 35 secs
.net standard, Updates, android, app store, code coverage, google play, ios, user feedback, windows, xamarin

Will Frank ever update his apps in the app store? When, how, and what all should go into that super important app update that your users are expecting. We investigate what has changed for us and the app stores in the last year.

Merge Conflict 51: The Core Developer Experience

June 26th, 2017 | 39 mins 58 secs
.net, .net core, Azure, android, asp.net, aws, c#, cli, ios, linux, server, visual studio, visual studio mac, xamarin

.NET on Linux? Yes we can, with .NET Core! This week we tackle what it is like to developer for the server and the web using the new fancy Core tooling with .NET Core and ASP.NET Core.

Merge Conflict 50: We Have Standards

June 19th, 2017 | 37 mins 6 secs
.net standard, DevOps, E3, Microsoft, android, app store, c#, coding, iOS 11, ios, lightning talks, nintendo, ratings, review, standards, xamarin

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!

Merge Conflict 49: The Magic of MVVM

June 12th, 2017 | 43 mins 43 secs
android, architecture, ios, mvc, mvvm, mvvmcros, mvvmlight, mvx, uwp, xamarin, xamarin.forms

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.

Special Edition: WWDC 2017 Recap

June 8th, 2017 | 1 hr 19 mins
MacBook, WWDC 2017, Xcode 9, apple, augmented reality, iOS 11, imac pro, ios, ipad pro, macOS High Sierra, machine learning, wwdc, xamarin

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.

Merge Conflict 48: Frank Mocks Interfaces

June 5th, 2017 | 37 mins 46 secs
.net, android, api design, architecture, c#, design time, ios, repl, sketch, windows, xamarin, xamarin live player

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? We tackle these tough questions.

Merge Conflict 47: You Got Some F# in My C#

May 29th, 2017 | 54 mins
.net, F#, android, c#, c# 7, ios, language, pattern matching, tuples, visual studio, windows, xamarin

C# 7 is here! The most functional version of C# to date. This week we break down every single new feature and let you know what we love and what we think is just okay.