Xamarin! Build native iOS and Android apps with .NET.

With Microsoft's recent acquisition of Xamarin it is now possible for any .NET developer to build native mobile apps for iOS, Android and Windows with .NET! In this talk Xamarin MVP Ed Snider will show how you can leverage your .NET skills and tools such as Visual Studio to tap into the wonderful world of native mobile development. Learn how Xamarin works, how to use it, and some common patterns and practices for using Xamarin to build multi-platform native mobile apps. We will also take a look at many of the new features that Xamarin recently announced and released at Build and Evolve!

Bio:

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Ed Snider is a senior software engineer, speaker, author, and Xamarin MVP based in the Washington DC/Northern Virginia area. He has a passion for mobile design and development and regularly speaks about Xamarin and Windows app development at local user groups and community events. Ed is also the founder and organizer of the DC and Northern Virginia Mobile .NET Developers Group (@dcmobiledev). Ed works at InfernoRed Technology where his primary role is working with clients and partners to build awesome software solutions on the iOS, Android and Windows platforms. For the past several years he has been focused on building Windows apps and iOS and Android apps using Xamarin. Ed blogs at http://www.edsnider.net , can be found on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/edsnider and his recently published book, Mastering Xamarin.Forms, is available at http://www.amazon.com/dp/1785287192