I love multi-targeting for creating libraries, and it is at the core of all of my plugins and Xamarin.Essentials. If you don't know what multi-targeting is don't worry as it is pretty rare that you would need to use it if you are creating apps. Most likely you will want to use multi-targeting in creating cross-platform libraries. In the past you would have to create multiple libraries for each target framework (such …
James Montemagno
In all my years of development and blogging I never thought I would be writing about how amazing a C# struct is, how awesome IEquatable is, and how C# 7 features make implementing all of it mind blowing.
In Xamarin.Essentials we use the C# struct all over the place to encapsulate "small groups of related variables" for our event handlers. They are groups of data that don't need to be created by the …
James Montemagno
Xamarin.Essentials has to be my favorite project that I have worked on at Xamarin so far. Bringing together over 30 native platform specific APIs into a single API that creates a linker safe and optimized library that so far has really delighted developers. I did some surveys last week and everyone could not stop saying positive things about the library, which is awesome! One thing stood out though that seems to be …
James Montemagno
Nearly a year ago I re-launched montemagno.com with the goal of creating a website rich of developer content, powered by Ghost a great CMS system, and with beautiful branding and theming that was mobile responsive.
Monthly Newsletter Something I have always wanted to have was a newsletter that would allow me to have a closer relationship with my readers than just back and forth on Twitter. That is why I am pleased to …
James Montemagno
