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 444 Episodes.
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Merge Conflict 74: App Distribution, the Hard Way
December 4th, 2017 | 36 mins 1 sec
alpha testing, android, app center, app distribution, aws, azure, docker, fastlane, ios, testflight, xamarin
How do you get your app into your testers' hands? App Center, TestFlight, HockeyApp, Google Play, E-mail? So many options exist, but how do you do it right and get testers signed up fast? We take a look at all the options and some tools fastlane offers.
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Merge Conflict 73: Program Language Evolution
November 27th, 2017 | 37 mins 40 secs
android, c#, ios, java, swift, xamarin
Keeping up with different operating systems is hard enough, but how do you keep up with all of the new awesome features in C#, Swift, and all of the other amazing languages out there? We discuss how we do it and what is new in C# 7.1, 7.2, and take a glimpse into 8!
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Merge Conflict 72: Xamarin.Forms on the Web
November 20th, 2017 | 36 mins 10 secs
android, asp.net, asp.net core, ios, ooui, xamarin, xamarin.forms, xaml
Xamarin.Forms on the web? XAML powering your ASP.NET applications? How can this be so? Well with Frank's new Ooui library the life long dream is now a reality. While still early on, developers are loving it! We discuss where it came from and where it is going next.
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Merge Conflict 71: Continuous Everything with DevOps
November 13th, 2017 | 42 mins 16 secs
android, automation, bitrise, cd mobile center, ci, delivery, devops, integration, ios, visual studio, vsts, xamarin
James is on a DevOps kick after going on tour with Donovan in South America and he wants to automate everything! It is different this time as he wants full control with Visual Studio Team Services and he even wants to manage his own build machines! Is he crazy? Probably, listen in to find out.
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Merge Conflict 70: Cloud $$$$
November 6th, 2017 | 34 mins 54 secs
android, cloud services, dependency injection, ioc, ios, podcast, podcast setup, xamarin
It is that time of the year once again! That is right, lightning talks on Merge Conflict. We cover 6 different topics submitted by your, our listeners, in under 30 minutes!
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Merge Conflict 69: Copy Pasta
October 30th, 2017 | 34 mins 24 secs
android, copy paste, git, github, ios, management, sharing code, submodule, xamarin
When is the right time to fork a repository and send a pull request for a feature request? Or is it better use a submodule in your own repository? Or maybe just copy and paste the code into your solution? We discuss all the possibilities.
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Merge Conflict 68: Throw Some XAML In It
October 23rd, 2017 | 38 mins 39 secs
android, architecture, cross platform, ios, react native, ui, windows, xamarin, xamarin.forms, xaml
We know how to share our business logic between our applications, but what about some of the user interface. We aren't talking Xamarin.Forms, we are talking cross platform views in native iOS, Android, and Windows apps. What type of architecture is needed and what technologies enable us to do this?
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Merge Conflict 67: Surviving a Hackathon
October 16th, 2017 | 42 mins 51 secs
android, charity, code, devops, hackathon, ios, mobile center, profiling, seattle give camp, xamarin, xamarin.forms
In a quick follow up, James finally breaks down and learns how to properly learn the profiler. This last weekend Frank & James participated and helped organize a mobile app hackathon for charity. What went right? What went wrong? And will they ever do another hackathon again?
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Merge Conflict 66: Drawing Pixels with SkiaSharp
October 9th, 2017 | 45 mins 34 secs
2d graphics, crossgraphics, google, ios, microcharts, ngraphics, pixel event, skia, skiasharp, urhosharp, xamarin, xamarin.forms
Google announces a slew of new products including the brand new Pixel 2, which means James has finally placed an order for a new phone. We break down the full Pixel event, but go deeper into our topic of the week of 2D and 3D cross-platform drawing libraries with SkiaSharp.
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Merge Conflict 65: Worst Plan Ever
October 2nd, 2017 | 48 mins 28 secs
android, hackathon, ios, machine learning, planning, project management, trello, xamarin
A quick follow up on Frank's Hot-dog or Not app he tried to create in a week. After that we take a look at what it takes to completely plan an actual application by yourself or with a full team. We discuss our management style, tools we like, and how we plan out releases.
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Merge Conflict 64: Machine Learning as a Service
September 25th, 2017 | 39 mins 10 secs
android, cognitive services, coreml, ios, ios 11, machine learning, xamarin
If we aren't talking about machine learning then we are talking about machine learning on Merge Conflict! This week we go through several services and resources to find out what exactly it takes to build hot dog or not!
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Merge Conflict 63: Who Needs a Phone Anymore
September 18th, 2017 | 1 hr 15 secs
android, apple keynote, apple tv, apple tv 4k, apple watch, ios, ios 11, iphone x, watchos, xamarin
It is that time of the year when Apple unveils all of the brand new toys for consumers and developers. Sure everyone is talking about the new iPhone X, Apple Watch Series 3, and Apple TV 4K , but what about the launch of Xcode 9, iOS 11, and watchOS 4? We got you covered and discuss it all!
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Merge Conflict 62: Snacking on Android Oreo
September 11th, 2017 | 52 mins 8 secs
android, android 8, android oreo, api 26, ios 11, notifications, oreo, picture-in-picture
We have survived the beta summers and Android 8.0 Oreo is finally out with a plethora of beautiful APIs. We discuss all the delicious bits of this lovely release for both developers and end users.
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Merge Conflict 61: Getting to the Core of ARCore
September 4th, 2017 | 37 mins 40 secs
android, arcore, arkit, augmented reality, ios, light estimation, motion tracking, uwp, virtual reality, vr, windows, xamarin
We just can't get enough of augmented reality and the awesome new SDKs that are being created for developers to use. This week we discuss Google's attempt for Android and web developers with ARCore.
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Merge Conflict 60: Hacking Frank's Apartment
August 28th, 2017 | 35 mins 4 secs
android, azure, azure functions, c# 8, hacking, ios, navigation, serverless compute, soylent, xamarin, xamarin.forms
We are back with lightning talk week here on Merge Conflict. We cover 6 awesome topics in 30 minutes! This week we look at C# 8, Bottom Navigation on Android, Hacking Frank's Apartment with Serverless Compute, and so much more!
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Merge Conflict 59: Managing Open Source Projects
August 21st, 2017 | 52 mins 47 secs
c#, contributing, github, issues, maintaining, merge conflict, open source, projects, pull requests, sqllite-net, xamarin
This week we take an inside look at what it takes to actually maintain an open source project or in James' case 50 open source projects. How do you handle issues, PRs, CI, and how to stay sane when that blue GitHub notification bubble will never go away?