It’s been quite a while since my last post. Last year was a busy year with more updates to the The NativeScript Book, but now it’s time to get back to blogging! For Christmas this year my wife got me a ukulele. Although I’m still terrible at playing I am really excited to learn. The ukulele got me thinking about all kinds of apps I…
Category: Development
NativeScript Playground
Yesterday Mike and I had the privilege of giving a half-day workshop at Code PaLOUsa 2018. If you’re not familiar with Code PaLOUsa it’s “Software Development Madness” right here in Louisville, KY. Mike and I spoke about rapidly prototyping mobile apps using NativeScript and Angular where we created a SpaceX mobile app in a few hours. So how does one rapidly…
Reusable Card Component with NativeScript and Angular
Happy New Year everyone! Last year was quite a year with the release of The NativeScript Book and all. This coming year Mike and I plan on making some updates to the book to make sure it’s update to date with the latest updates to the NativeScript framework and to fix grammatical errors that have been found since release. But enough…
6 Minute Mobile Apps with NativeScript at NCDevCon
This past weekend, I spoke at NCDevCon in Raleigh, NC about NativeScript. My session, 6 Minute Mobile Apps with NativeScript – A Race Against Time, was truly a race against time. Over 50 minutes, I attempted to build 10 mobile apps, while teaching the attendees how to get started with NativeScript. I mentioned various web sites, Github repos, and technologies…
The NativeScript Book
Today is a very exciting day for myself and Mike because our book, The NativeScript Book, is finally released! The best part is that it’s available online now available online now, for free, from Telerik! If an eBook isn’t your thing then print copies will be available soon on Amazon. I’d like to take a quick moment and thank my family,…
Integrating an Azure IoT Hub into the Particle Cloud
This is the second post in a series of posts on the IoT weather monitoring solution I built for Locust Hill Farm. If you haven’t read the first post, check it out. If you’ve read the first post, you’ll recall that I built the IoT weather station using a Particle Electron. I walked you through selecting the hardware and assembling…
Building an IoT Farm Monitoring Solution
Over the last 3 months, I’ve been busy building an IoT weather station for my father-in-law’s farm, Locust Hill Farm. We have always been fascinated by weather, and love watching storms. After acquiring the farm around 2009, we always wondered what the weather was like out there. It only takes about 30 minutes to drive out to the farm, but…
The Future of NativeScript in Action
A lot has been happening around our book, NativeScript in Action. Some bad thing, but more importantly, some great things. The Bad News: NativeScript in Action Cancelled If you had pre-ordered NativeScript in Action, you will have recently received an email notifying you that the book was cancelled. We’re sorry if you got this message. Many of you have reached…
Pre-keynote address at Code PaLOUsa
Back in June of 2017, I spoke at Code PaLOUsa over lunch, prior to the keynote. At first, I struggled to find something what I really wanted to say that could prompt everyone to think, yet be true to me. After a few days of deliberation with colleagues I was still undecided. I had a few ideas, but they felt…