Using C#, XAML + Uno Platform to Build One Codebase, Cross-Platform Apps

Rukesh Shrestha Articles, C#, Development Technologies & Tools, Mobile 1 Comment

For more than a decade, we have been developing applications with C# and XAML. Throughout that time, the pair has really only been known for Desktop (WPF) and UWP applications.

Later came Xamarin, which utilizes C# as a unified language to share between all platforms. Then Xamarin.Forms was introduced, which was different in that it utilized XAML to develop the user interface with a single codebase for cross-platform (iOS, Android, UWP).

This progression has excited all the WPF developers out there. The only remaining platform left was web development. At one time, Silverlight was the option, but it was deprecated because of heavy loading and security concerns of browser plug-in solutions.

Then came the WebAssembly [also known as Web Assembly Modules (WASM)] that web browsers can directly execute without having to parse a source file.

In this post, we will discuss how to create a rich user browser interface using the cross-platform Uno Platform and WebAssembly technology. The example application will walk through building Models, ViewModel and View under a shared project that is common to all different platform-specific projects.

Elm Language

Lou Mauget Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, JavaScript, Programming, Single-Page Application Leave a Comment

This blog is about my dalliance with Elm; a purely functional, statically typed language that has type inference. It compiles to JavaScript. Functional programming is compelling, but heretofore, I’d only woven cherry-picked techniques into large object-oriented projects. In FP parlance, I’m partially applied! The times, they are a-changin’.

In this article, I’ll:
– touch on the reasoning for giving a nod to functional languages and data immutability;
– move on to Elm; a blazing-fast, statically typed, purely functional browser-side language that compiles to JavaScript and follows the principles of functional reactive programming;
– survey background items and the Elm environment;
– show a simple type-and-click application, followed by a more realistic To-do application;
– end with my impressions from functional-programming semi-outsider point-of-view.

Keyhole Announces Gold Dev Up 2018 Sponsorship & Speaker

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We are pleased to announce that Keyhole Software is a Gold Sponsor of the 2018 St. Louis Developer Conference! This will be the fourth year of Keyhole Sponsoring.

Formerly known as the St. Louis Days of .NET and rebranded as Dev Up during the 2015 conference, the 11th annual edition will bring together regional and national IT experts to share their knowledge for technology.

The Dev Up conference is October 8-10, 2018 at the St. Charles Convention Center in St. Charles, Missouri. Monday, October 8th features all-day hands-on sessions called “Pre-Compilers” which are optional. The main conference takes place on October 9th & 10th and features over 140 technical training sessions geared toward all levels of experience.

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