1. Cross Platform Development with Xamarin & Visual Studio 2013
Mark Arteaga | President | RedBit Development
Brian Sherwin | Technical Evangelist | Microsoft

2. Meet Mark Arteaga | ‏@MarkArteaga
RedBit
Xamarin Premier Partner & Microsoft Partner
Developer for 15+ years with focus mobile and backend systems
Worked with large enterprises, startups and software companies
Design & build internal enterprise and consumer facing software
Microsoft MVP for 11 years
Embedded Devices, Compact Framework, Windows Phone, Windows
Xamarin Certified Developer (almost )

3. Meet Brian Sherwin | @bsherwin
Technical Evangelist, Microsoft
Teach and Inspire developers on Microsoft development technologies
Azure, Windows and Kinect
Developer for 17 years on Microsoft Platform
Mobile development as far back as Windows CE
Web development for online banking, healthcare, energy and education

4. Course Topics Cross Platform Development with Xamarin & Visual Studio
01 | Intro to Xamarin using Visual Studio
02 | iOS Development with Xamarin & Visual Studio
03 | Android Development with Xamarin & Visual Studio
04 | Code Sharing Techniques & Xamarin.Forms
05 | UI Test Automation using Xamarin.UITest

5. Setting Expectations Target Audience
Developers Familiar with Visual Studio
C# Developers
Windows Developers
Suggested Prerequisites/Supporting Material
Windows
Mac OS
Windows 8.1
Visual Studio 2013 Update 2+
Xamarin 3.5+
Xamarin.iOS
Xamarin.Android
Android SDKs
Windows Phone 8.0 & 8.1 SDK
OS X
XCode
Android SDK
For more information and details on installing see Installing and Configuring Xamarin on Mac & Installing and Configuring Xamarin on Windows

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7. 01 | Intro to Xamarin using Visual Studio
Mark Arteaga | President | RedBit Development
Brian Sherwin | Technical Evangelist | Microsoft

8. Module Overview Technology Snapshot What is Xamarin What You Require?
Xamarin & Visual Studio 2013
Demo – Hello Xamarin iOS & Android

9. Technology Snapshot

10. In a perfect world, you could develop a single codebase, yet target all mobile devices.

11. HTML5, JavaScript, CSS (Web) Web/Native Frameworks (Hybrid)
11/18/2018
HTML5, JavaScript, CSS (Web)
Web/Native Frameworks (Hybrid)
Objective C, Java, C#
(Native)
Cross-Platform Frameworks (Xamarin)
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12. What is Xamarin?

14. What is Xamarin?
Use Visual Studio for iOS, Android and Windows development
Share on average 75% source code across platforms
Build fully native user interfaces
Build apps faster with cross-platform components & pre-built apps
Leverage investment in Microsoft’s full ALM capabilities

15. What is Xamarin? C#
Xamarin

17. Xamarin and Visual Studio+

18. What You Require

19. Visual Studio Professional with MSDN Visual Studio Premium with MSDN
Visual Studio Ultimate with MSDN
Xamarin for You: Exclusive discount for one year subscription to Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android, including private, expert support
Xamarin University: Access to Xamarin University’s course exclusive for MSDN subscribers
Everything that Pro and Premium get
Xamarin for your Team: Exclusive discount for 5 subscriptions with premium pre-built components and enterprise support

20. https://xamarin.com/msdn

21. Xamarin & Visual Studio

22. Xamarin and Visual Studio+

26. Android App Settings

27. iOS App Settings

28. Hello Xamarin.iOS & Xamarin.Android

29. Module Recap Technology Snapshot What is Xamarin What You Require?
Xamarin & Visual Studio 2013
Demo – Hello Xamarin iOS & Android