Gone Mobile Podcast

It's been a few years since we've talked Couchbase on the show, so with their recent release of Couchbase Mobile 2.5 we thought we'd bring Robert Hedgpeth on to catch us up! Special Guest: Robert Hedgpeth.

You may know Eric Sink from the database syncing product Zumero, or perhaps the source control versioning system SourceGear. Now, Eric is building a platform for High School sports fundraising, and he's doing it in .NET. Special Guest: Eric Sink.

OutSystems allows you to do some pretty amazing things with Low to No Code. We talk to Stacey Levine about their platform to see just how much you an accomplish without coding! Special Guest: Stacey Levine.

Creating apps from spreadsheets? You bet! In this episode we're joined by Jason Smith and Mark Probst, formerly of Xamarin/Microsoft, to talk about their new endeavor called Glide. Glide's goal is to let you build beautiful, data-powered apps quickly and easily, so tune in to learn what it's all about! Special Guests: Jason Smith and Mark Probst.

We finally sit down with Leonardo and Diego from UXDivers to talk about their products GrialKit and Gorilla Player. GrialKit is a collection of Xamarin.Forms user controls, templates, pages, and basically a really simple way to make your app look great. Gorilla Player lets you live preview and hot reload XAML from your Xamarin.Forms products on a device or simulator. Special Guests: Diego Rivero and Leonardo Rodriguez.

It's been awhile since we've had a good F# discussion, so for our final episode of 2018 we decided to fix that. Join us as we talk to Jim Bennett about the latest and greatest in the world of F# and how it's becoming a better option than ever before for building mobile apps! Special Guest: Jim Bennett.

We discuss and recap some of the more interesting highlights from Microsoft Connect 2018.

Bryan can finally share what he's been working on, and "IoT" is full of .NET goodness! On this episode we talk to Bryan Costanich about Meadow, a new microcontroller where .NET is king. This isn't your typical microcontroller, give us a listen! Special Guest: Bryan Costanich.

Thomas Burkhart talks with us about what Flutter is, what it's like to program in Dart, and the pro's and con's of Flutter as a mobile development platform. Special Guest: Thomas Burkhart.

Building a business around software is hard work, and often it's hard to come across detailed advice from those who have dared to give it a shot. In this episode we're joined by Matthew Robbins, founder of MFractor, to talk about his experiences building a company around developer tooling, and what he's learned along the way. If you're curious to peek behind the curtain of building MFractor, this is the episode for you! Special Guest: Matthew Robbins.

Somehow five years have gone by since we last did an episode on ReactiveUI, so we figured it was time to fix that! In this episode we're joined by Kent Boogaart, author of the recently published book You, I, and ReactiveUI, and we dig into what ReactiveUI is, what's changed over the years, and why you should use it in your apps. Special Guest: Kent Boogaart.

Cheers to the creator of Untappd! We talk about the beer app's humble beginnings and how it grew into a keg-sized success. Find out how it's built, what the backend is like, and what new suds are to come! Special Guest: Greg Avola.

There's a lot of ways to go about setting up builds for your mobile apps, and a lot of things to consider when doing so. Thankfully, that doesn't mean it needs to be complicated! In this episode we talk to Dan Siegel about his experiences setting up builds for a lot of his apps, and the tools he created to make it easy to add to any Xamarin project. Tune in and learn how you can clean up your build process quickly and easily! Special Guest: Dan Siegel.

There are a lot of ways to build mobile apps out there, and Uno brings a fun new twist to the mix: leverage your UWP skills and code across iOS, Android, the web, and maybe more! In this episode we talk to Jérôme Laban about what drove them to create Uno, what it is, how it works, and how to get started bringing UWP to all new platforms! Special Guest: Jérôme Laban.

Frank is pretty much a machine himself, so we have him teach us the basics of Machine Learning and how he's been using it in his own apps! Listen to see how you can get started in Machine Learning with C# and .NET! Special Guest: Frank Krueger.

Long time Xamarin community member Filip Ekberg joins us to talk about how to succeed with Xamarin. Filip has been working on Xamarin since before it was Xamarin and has plenty of experience with success on the Xamarin platform and even some mistakes he's learned from. In this episode we talk about how new and experienced developers alike can be successful with Xamarin. Special Guest: Filip Ekberg.

In the world of API development, GraphQL has really been gaining some momentum in the last couple years...but what is it all about? In this episode we're joined by Glenn Block to dig into what it is, what it's not, how it compares to other API approaches and much, much more. If you're looking to cut through the noise and hear what GraphQL is all about, we've got you covered! Special Guest: Glenn Block.

If you're looking for the latest and greatest news from the Xamarin.Forms world, you're in luck. In this episode we welcome David Ortinau back to the show to talk about all the new updates to Xamarin.Forms since he was last on a year ago. Spoiler alert: there's a lot! Special Guest: David Ortinau.

In this episode we're joined by one of the original Xamarin pioneers, Bryan Costanich, to talk about what he's been up with Wilderness Labs! If you've ever been curious about getting started tinkering with hardware, or were intimidated by the idea, this is the episode for you. Join us as we dive into the state of the landscape, how Wilderness Labs is changing that space, and how it might be way easier than you think to start building your own connected devices! Special Guest: Bryan Costanich.

The boys are back! In this episode, Jon and Greg catch up on all the latest announcements that came out of the Microsoft Build and Google I/O conferences earlier this month. Looking for a crash course on what you missed? We've got you covered!