James Montemagno
Co-Host of Merge Conflict
James Montemagno is a Principal Program Manager for Mobile Developer Tools at Microsoft. He has been a .NET developer since 2005 working in a wide range of industries including game development, printer software, and web services. Prior to becoming a Principal Program Manager, James was a professional mobile developer and has now been crafting apps since 2011 with Xamarin. In his spare time, he is most likely cycling around Seattle or guzzling gallons of coffee at a local coffee shop.
James Montemagno has hosted 469 Episodes.
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289: App Publishing Road Blocks
January 17th, 2022 | 44 mins 4 secs
android, cd, ci, dotnet, dotnet 6, ios, macos, xamairn.forms, xamarin
Frank is in a rush to try to get out an app into the app store in record time, but he runs up against those bumps that we have talked about so many times. We discuss his biggest road blocks.
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288: Turning Hacks into Reality
January 10th, 2022 | 41 mins 5 secs
android, animal crossing, app store, freemium, ios, island tracker, paid apps, turnips, xamarin
We give an update to our holiday hacks that have become real things that we need to actually care about. Did we go too far, or not far enough? We discuss.
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287: Tech Highs and Lows of 2021
January 3rd, 2022 | 53 mins 54 secs
android, crypto, ios, metaverse, nft, uwp, xamarin
We break down the winners and laggers in tech from 2021 as we look forward to the excitement of what is to come in 2022.
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286: Hacking 3D Holograms with .NET
December 27th, 2021 | 44 mins 28 secs
.net, android, c#, dotnet, holograms, raspberry pi, xamarin, xamarin.forms
It is time for our holiday hacks! Frank is building and printing awesome 3D holograms with .NET and James is building apps for his favorite cross-country ski sno-park!
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285: is not null
December 20th, 2021 | 31 mins 32 secs
.net, c#, csharp, dotnet, null, xamarin
More C# features coming at you! Ones that you totally need to know about!
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284: C# 10 Global & Implicit Usings
December 13th, 2021 | 31 mins 55 secs
.net 6, android, c#, c# 10, csharp, csharp 10, dotnet 6, global usings, implicit usings, ios, using directives, xamarin, xamarin.forms
Are global and implicit usings controversial? It seem so, we discuss all the details of this awesome C# 10 feature.
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283: The Metaverse - When, where, why
December 6th, 2021 | 40 mins 19 secs
meta, metaverse, ready player one, snow crash, xamarin
Are we already living in a metaverse?
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282: Automating Protocols
November 29th, 2021 | 31 mins 57 secs
desktop, development, ios, mac, macos, maui, mobile, protocol, scheme, xamarin
Custom schemes, http schemes, protocols, they are a pain to develop for, but are so powerful! After years of using them, we finally figured out how to automate it and we have a lot of ideas!
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281: C# 10, .NET MAUI, Blazor Hybrid, and more!
November 22nd, 2021 | 47 mins 44 secs
.net 6, .net maui, blazor, blazor hybrid, dotnet, dotnet maui, maui, xamarin
.NET Conf is over and we get hands on with live .NET 6 bits and get excited about all sorts of new features! We cover all sorts of goodies in this lighting topic podcast.
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280: .NET 6 and Visual Studio 2022 are here!
November 15th, 2021 | 42 mins 32 secs
.net conf, .net maui, dotnet 6, maui, vs 2022, xamarin, xamarin.forms
We break down the latest in .NET 6, VS 2022, and all of .NET Conf 2021.
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279: What are Azure Container Apps?
November 8th, 2021 | 34 mins 11 secs
.net, azure, container apps, dapr, docker, dotnet, kubernetes, microservices, xamarin
Deploy containerized apps without managing complex infrastructure. Write code using your preferred programming language or framework, and build microservices with full support for Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr). Scale dynamically based on HTTP traffic or events powered by Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling (KEDA).
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278: Inside .NET Hot Reload
November 1st, 2021 | 46 mins 42 secs
.net hot reload, android, asp.net core, blazor, dotnet, dotnet maui, hot reload, ios, microsoft, xamarin
Frank recently dove into the inner workings of .NET Hot Reload and came out with a bunch of fun facts of how ti works! We discuss.
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277: MacBook Pro & Pixel 6 Event Recaps
October 25th, 2021 | 50 mins 9 secs
android, apple, ios, macbook pro, macos, pixel 6, xamarin
What a week full of new hardware! MacBook Pro devices, Pixel 6, and so much more!
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276: .NET 6 + C# 10 == Mind Blown
October 18th, 2021 | 48 mins
.net, .net 6, android, blazor, c#, c# 10, dotnet, dotnet 6, ios, xamarin
This week we explore some brand new features in C# 10 including global usings, implicit usings, scoped namespaces, and minimal APIs!
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275: Analyzing Squid Game’s Motion Detection (Red Light, Green Light)
October 11th, 2021 | 36 mins 52 secs
ai, android, ios, machine learning, ml, motion detection, squid game, xamarin
This week we break down the technology in Netflix's hit show Squid Game. We look at the motion sensing and detection technology in episode 1 to find out if it is realistic or just TV magic.
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274: Building IoT Things
October 4th, 2021 | 39 mins 34 secs
apps, dc motor, iot, meadow, robot, servos, xamarin
James needs the ultimate tutorial on what and how to build things with Microcontrollers and Frank is here to help!