Merge Conflict
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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?
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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 a 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!
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Merge Conflict 50: We Have Standards
June 19th, 2017 | 37 mins 6 secs
.net standard, android, app store, c#, coding, devops, e3, ios, ios 11, lightning talks, microsoft, 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!
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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.
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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.
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Merge Conflict 44: I Love Callbacks
May 8th, 2017 | 41 mins 46 secs
.net, async, await, background, mobile, programming, server, task parallel library, tasks, threading, threads, tpl, xamarin
This week we tackle the TPL, that is right, the Task Parallel Library. We dive into one of our favorite features of C# and .NET, async/await programming.
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Merge Conflict 43: DevOps for the Solo Developer
May 1st, 2017 | 42 mins 37 secs
android, appveyor, bitrise, continous delivery, continuous integration, devops, github, hockeyapp, ios, slack, trello, visual studio team services, vsts, windows, xamarin
DevOps, that is right Developer Operations, all the things that you don't want to do manually, so you automate them! This week we talk about build, test, and deploy for all of your mobile applications and .NET libraries.
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Merge Conflict 41: Print me up, Scotty
April 17th, 2017 | 44 mins 5 secs
3d printing, android, ios, makerbot, mobile, nintendo switch, switch, tiko, xamarin
Is 3D printing poised to change how we prototype and build parts and full machines or is it just another toy? We discuss all the pros and cons on this week's Merge Conflict.
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Merge Conflict 40: Setting Expectations
April 10th, 2017 | 37 mins 34 secs
android, app development, app store promotion, certificates, developer setup, ios, keystores, promotion, settings, xamarin
It's that time again... Lightning Talks!!! This week we cover six different spanning settings, app advertising, provisioning, and more!
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Merge Conflict 39: Parsing Palindromes
April 3rd, 2017 | 43 mins 52 secs
coding challenges, data structures, development, interviews, ios, linked lists, studying, xamarin, xamarin.forms
It's time to tune our developer skills by leveraging some amazing coding challenges that teach us answers to questions like exactly what are linked lists again?