Building Xamarin.Forms Mobile Apps Using XAML

Using XAML in Xamarin.Forms:

Layouts, Data Binding, Lists, and Customization

Join Dan Hermes, author of the new book Building Xamarin.Forms Mobile Apps Using XAML, as he covers some of the most versatile aspects of mobile UI. Layouts are at the center of a visually balanced and usable app page. He will review the basics then explore new ways to build layouts using FlexLayout. Display of large amounts of data in an app typically requires a list. Learn about list customization tricks, performance tips, and what's to come with CollectionView. Customization is key when leveraging native functionality in a Forms app. Learn the latest rendering techniques, such as Effects and Native Views. This discussion will cover XAML best practices as well as lay out the direction of the Xamarin platform.

Here's his book: https://www.amazon.com/Building-Xamarin-Forms-Mobile-Apps-Using/dp/1484240294

About the Speaker

Dan Hermes is a Xamarin MVP, Microsoft RD and MVP, and founder of Lexicon Systems, an award-winning Xamarin consulting firm. Mr. Hermes helps developers create great mobile apps and helps businesses develop a winning mobile strategy. His firm's Xamarin projects include a drone app for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a cross-platform app for Thermo Fisher Scientific which won a W3, a Davey award, and *Bullets, an app that helps forty thousand orthopedic surgeons recertify to practice medicine. Mr. Hermes' clientele includes dozens of software-building firms such as Fidelity Investments, EDS, and Computerworld Magazine. He has spoken at Microsoft Ignite, IBM InterConnect, Microsoft Azure Day, Xamarin DevDays, and mobile user groups nationwide . Connect with him on Twitter at @danhermes. Dan is a writer for MSDN Magazine, a video course instructor for Microsoft's OpenEdX curriculum, and author of the best-selling Apress book Xamarin Mobile Application Development. His latest book is Building Xamarin.Forms Mobile Apps Using XAML.

Agenda:

7pm - Doors open. Spend a few mins waiting for stragglers before starting talk.

7:15pm - Main Presentation starts.

9pm - Wrap up