programming

  • Xamarin.Forms 3.0 Will Bring UI Support To .NET Desktop Platforms

    Trying to develop a cross-platform app with a decent UI in any .NET language is hard. There’s never been an optimal way to deploy everywhere and while attempts have been made to provide usable libraries, they’re all works in progress. Even Microsoft’s Xamarin.Forms is mobile-only. That, however, will change with version 3.0, with Microsoft promising…


  • Off-The-Shelf Or Bespoke Development?

    Most technology decisions are an exercise in compromise. When it comes to choosing the software you need you can choose to either buy or license applications developed by a third party or you can roll up your sleeves and create your own.


  • Quokka Is A JavaScript Scratchpad For Visual Studio Code

    The ever-increasing sophistication of coding tools coupled with more powerful hardware makes “live editing” a reality in scenarios that weren’t possible ten, or even five years ago. Web development is about as live as it gets and we still have yet to reach the limits of software for this stuff. Take the newly released “Quokka”,…