How to Build Great Applications @ Microsoft Ignite | The Tour

Whether you’re interested in building native cross platform mobile applications with Xamarin forms, exploring the latest developments in C# 8 and .Net Core 3, or learning about responsive web design, there’ll be something for you in this fast-paced session composed of 3 lightning talks. This is the Microsoft Ignite | The Tour edition of @JHBMSDUG user group, so attending would also be a great way to start getting acquainted with the local Microsoft Developer community.

Location: Committee Room 4

The latest in Native X-Platform Mobile Development with Xamarin Forms

Are you interested in building beautiful native mobile applications that can run on iOS, Android and UWP while having access to all the APIs on each platform as well as attaining massive amounts of reuse? In this talk I explain how those lofty goals can be achieved using the latest versions of Xamarin Forms.

Speaker: Dustyn Lightfoot

20min

Responsive Web done Responsibly

Responsive design is no longer a "nice to have" but a requirement. With the need of context-sensitive design for websites growing, it’s important to bring both the form and functionality of web technologies to the user. Louise will be highlighting the most common mistakes in responsive web design, and the coding of responsive web sites. We will work through guidelines for images, HTML5, CSS3, front end languages like JQuery, libraries such as Bootstrap and using tools like Office Fabric and Font Awesome

Speaker: Lou van der Bijl

20min

What's Next for .NET Developers

Today is a very exciting time to be a .NET developer, with new features being added faster than ever before. With each new iteration, you become more and more productive.

The C# language is one of the most powerful languages for .NET development, and it just keeps on getting better! We are going to be looking at some of the new features in the upcoming C# 8 release, such as nullable reference type, async streams, ranges and default interface implementations.

The .NET frameworks are also moving forward, allowing you to do more with less effort! We are going to be looking at some of the new features in the upcoming .NET Core 3 release, such as WPF on .NET Core, XAML islands and self-contained executables.

Speaker: Matthew Leibowitz

20min