It is 2018 and we are so over Linked Files, Portable Class Libraries, or Shared Projects cluttering up our libraries. In fact we only need ONE project to target every platform that .NET supports. It is time to multi-target the world! We take a look at this awesome new feature and tell you what it is all about and why you would want to use it. We also take a look at some of the gotchas right now to help you make the choice to make the big switch or not. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergecon...
Feb 19, 2018•43 min
Did we just become web developers? This week we slip over to the ASP.NET Core side of things as we build out web apps with Razor Pages, Ooui, and all sorts of C#/.NET goodness. We discuss the ups and down of getting started with web development and how far it has come since the early days of ASP. Join use as we explore the world of web development. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter , ...
Feb 12, 2018•42 min
We have way too many open source projects and NuGet libraries which are used by thousands of developers, which is awesome, but means we get really scared when we change anything! We discuss when and how we decide when to push that release out. Frank discusses the drama behind SQLite-net and the most recent 1.5 update and James discusses his trials and tribulation with the Geolcoator plugin. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter...
Feb 05, 2018•45 min
It is 2018 and both iOS 11 and Android O are in full swing on tons of awesome and new devices. What does that mean when you want to update your apps? We walk through what we have been up to in the last few weeks to bring our apps up to date. This includes our continuous integration and delivery, iPhone X tweaks, supporting the latest OS, and changes to the App Store itself. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub ...
Jan 29, 2018•42 min
When something goes wrong, it is time to debug! Or maybe first we should write logs? Maybe we should use the intermediate window? Or perhaps write a unit test? We discuss our pro tips for debugging when something goes wrong. We also take a quick detour and talk about the cute Mini-Husky that James is dog sitting! SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recor...
Jan 22, 2018•51 min
We are not lawyers! However, we both have our own LLCs. We explain why on this lightning talk week and also tackle your questions around performance, .NET Standard, CSS in Xamarin.Forms, and technologies we think are worth investing in. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Special Thanks Thank you so much for our new Patreon supporter...
Jan 15, 2018•40 min
We kick off the new year by not knowing what to do, what to talk about, or just about anything. All we know is Frank has taken the plunge on the new iMac Pro, so why not have him justify it and discuss when is a good time to update your development hardware and software. SUPPORT US ON PATREON: patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr Special Thanks Thank you so...
Jan 08, 2018•43 min
Happy 2018! We made it, so let's recap the best in tech, development, life, coffee, and so much more that happened in 2017. We expose our top picks of the year and of course what we are looking forward to in 2018. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Jan 01, 2018•51 min
In this holiday special we thank our listeners by getting to all of your great questions that you have been asking about python, Visual Studio, DevOps, and so much more. We discuss our holiday hacks that we plan on doing this year along with how we have fallen in love with .NET Standard's new auto NuGet packaging. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Dec 25, 2017•44 min
When having SQLite isn't enough for James he has to go and try to solve offline data caching again with Monkey Cache. We discuss why this open source library happened, where it is going, what are best practices for data caching, and so much more. We also follow up on Ooui's status and where Xamarin.Forms on the web is going as well as a bit of follow up on C# 7.1/7.2/8. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudl...
Dec 18, 2017•46 min
Have you ever thought about coding to a live audience? How about producing video content such as How-To guides? We discuss what goes into this long process, what equipment is needed, and several tips and tricks on this week's podcast. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Dec 11, 2017•42 min
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. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Dec 04, 2017•36 min
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! Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Nov 27, 2017•38 min
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. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Nov 20, 2017•36 min
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. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Nov 13, 2017•42 min
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! This week we discuss IoC, Dependency Injection, Cloud service costs, release management, coded user interface, and our awesome podcast setup. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Nov 06, 2017•35 min
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. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Oct 30, 2017•34 min
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? Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Oct 23, 2017•39 min
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? Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Oct 16, 2017•43 min
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. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Oct 09, 2017•46 min
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. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Oct 02, 2017•48 min
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! We review several free and paid services to create your own machine learning models and how to train them all online! Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Sep 25, 2017•39 min
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! Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Sep 18, 2017•1 hr
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. From enhanced notifications, picture-in-picture, and tons of crazy API enhancements Android Oreo is packed full of features. Some changes are huge and can potentially break your app with behavior changes, and we break them all down on this weeks show. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twi...
Sep 11, 2017•52 min
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. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Sep 04, 2017•38 min
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! Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Aug 28, 2017•35 min
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? Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Aug 21, 2017•53 min
It is that dreaded time in every iOS developers life when you get that rejection notice from app store because you broke one or eight of the App Store guidelines. This week we look at how to deal with these rejections and how to handle phone calls with Apple! Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Aug 14, 2017•43 min
Why bother with ARKit when you can learn all about the machines with CoreML! This week we explore all the goodies that Apple has for us in iOS 11's CoreML. We also attempt to demystify exactly what is machine learning and how to get started. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Aug 07, 2017•48 min
Apple has blessed us with a beautiful API for augmented reality with ARKit and this week we investigate all of the awesome baked in, what you can and can't do with it, and look at all the awesome things people are already building. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr...
Jul 31, 2017•51 min
