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Git Secrets: How to Create a new Repository from a Sub-directory

Post author:Nat Thompson
Post published:December 12, 2018
Post category:Blog code Git Git Tutorials

What is Git?

Post author:Nat Thompson
Post published:December 10, 2018
Post category:Blog code Git Git Tutorials

How to Create a Simple File Compression and Decompression with .Net

Post author:Nat Thompson
Post published:December 7, 2018
Post category:Blog C#code

Git Tricks: How to Delete a remote branch

Post author:Nat Thompson
Post published:December 6, 2018
Post category:code Git

How To Create a Git Repository on Git Hub

Post author:Nat Thompson
Post published:June 17, 2018
Post category:Blog code Git Tutorials Uncategorized

Doing Battle with System Updates

Post author:natthompson
Post published:March 17, 2018
Post category:Blog code Xamarin

For the last couple of days I have had off and on issues with Visual Studio and the Android Virtual Device, AVD, manager. I will get my mobile app running…

A Git Resource Page for Developers

Post author:Nat Thompson
Post published:January 23, 2018
Post category:Blog code DevOps Git Tutorials

Git is my go to source control management tool. It works no matter what the technology or platform of the project I'm working on involves. I'll be honest. It took…

Branch by Sprint

Post author:Nat Thompson
Post published:September 2, 2017
Post category:Blog Branching code DevOps Scrum Sprints

I ran into a new branching strategy, branch by sprint, this week. I will have to admit it was a new one to me. I've seen branching by environment (dev, test, staging, prod), branching by developer, and branching by feature/user story. I had not considered branching for a sprint. (more…)

Building Screens in Xamarin: XAML vs C#

Post author:Nat Thompson
Post published:May 22, 2017
Post category:Blog C#code Technology Xamarin XAML

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

The Road Not Taken — Robert Frost

The Two Roads

Xamarin forms development offers form construction either via XAML mark up or via code. I've been experimenting with both to see what route I would recommend to anyone building cross platform mobile applications with Xamarin.

What I've determined is that, for me, there isn't a clear winner. Both have positives and negatives that pretty much balance out. So in this post I will review each and give my perspective on when one might be more appropriate than the other. My hope is this will give you the information you need to answer for yourself and your scenario which option is the best choice. (more…)