Cross-Platform Mobile Development -- Visual Studio Live!: Training Conferences and Events for Enterprise Microsoft .NET and Azure Developers

Cross-Platform Mobile Development

Mobile clients are becoming a common vehicle to allow users’ interaction with each other, their organizations, and their business applications. Mobile apps might be native client apps or mobile Web sites, and they often make use of cloud-based data and services. This track includes:

Using Xamarin tools to leverage your C# code on iOS and Android
Windows Azure Mobile Services
iOS and Android for .NET Developers

W03 Getting Started with Xamarin Wednesday October 8 9:30am - 10:45am

Walt Ritscher, Staff Author, Lynda.com at LinkedIn

This introductory session shows how easy it is to start working with Xamarin projects. more

W11 The Great Mobile Debate: Native vs. Hybrid App Development Wednesday October 8 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Nick Landry, Senior Technical Evangelist , Microsoft

Join Nick as he covers one of the most hotly contested debates in modern IT. more

W15 Busy .NET Developer's Guide to iOS Wednesday October 8 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Ted Neward, Director, Developer Relations, Smartsheet.com

In this session, we're going to go over just enough Java to get the .NET developer up to speed on what programming for iOS is like: the language, the virtual machine, the toolchain, the ecosystem, and most of all, the iOS APIs. more

W19 Busy .NET Developer's Guide to Android Wednesday October 8 4:30pm - 5:45pm

Ted Neward, Director, Developer Relations, Smartsheet.com

In this session, we're going to go over just enough Java to get the .NET developer up to speed on what programming for Android is like: the language, the virtual machine, the toolchain, the ecosystem, and most of all, the Android APIs. more

TH03 Visual Studio 2013, Xamarin and Microsoft Azure Mobile Services: A Match Made in Heaven Thursday October 9 8:00am - 9:15am

Rick Garibay, Senior Software Development Manager, Amazon.com

Learn how you can harness the power of Visual Studio 2013 with the flexibility of Xamarin and the power of Microsoft Azure Mobile Services. more