DotNetNorth CHANGE - Xamarin: Moving On

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to circumstances beyond our control, we aren't able to bring you the originally advertised talk: "Down The Oregon Trail with Functional C#" from Simon Painter. We hope to reschedule Simon's talk in the near future.

However, the event will still run.

We will now be delivering:

Xamarin: Moving On - Mike Irving

A look at how Xamarin evolved, the different things that ‘Xamarin’ came to mean (Native Apps, Class Libraries, much later Xamarin.Forms.. but also Xamarin Studio, plus tooling like HockeyApp / App Center and more) ..

• Advantages of the Xamarin avenues, but also pitfalls and problems.
• Where to turn now on each of those paths (not necessarily a case of ‘choose .NET MAUI’):
• Native Apps in C#, but also a look at Swift and Kotlin, discussing advantages of either approach
• And for Cross Platform: .NET MAUI, Uno Platform, Avalonia UI, or non-C# offerings.
• IDE choices, and replacements for tooling like App Center

Venue
This meeting is at BrightHR in the Peninsula Building which is close to Victoria railway station & the AO Arena.

There will be someone in the foyer who will sign you in and then tell you how to find the venue.

This is a free event - there is no charge for a ticket or for the refreshments.

This event is in the form of a talk so you don't need to bring a laptop.

We often get enough RSVP's for there to be a waiting list; the list has always cleared by the early part of the week of the talk, but this relies on you releasing your ticket if you can no longer attend. Please remember to do this if your plans change.

Please ensure we have an email address that you do look at, so we can let you know of any last minute changes; and please use your full name on the site as it's the only way we, or the fire service, can account for you in the case of an evacuation/emergency/fire etc.

Catering will be provided (pizza and drinks). If you have any special dietary requirements please let us know via the event chat.

If you would need assistance to leave the building in the event of an evacuation then please let us know via the event chat.

Note for recruitment professionals - we don't exclude recruiters from our meetings but we would ask you to contact Rick Garner for a brief chat before you start attending.

Schedule
Doors open from 18:00
Intro and welcome 18:40
Speaker 18:50 (with a break at some point)
Wrap-up & prize raffle 20.45
Close ~21:00
(Don't feel bad if you have to leave early for a train/bus/lift home - no one will be offended)

We then adjourn to a local bar for a drink and a natter - this bit is optional but everyone is welcome to join us!