We’re excited to share some important updates to our progress on NativeScript in Action. To start off, we’re nearly finished! We’re working through updates and edits on the last three chapters, and will be releasing MEAP (Manning Early Access Preview) updates every couple of weeks. Chapter 11 Released Our second announcement is that chapter 11 has been released to MEAP! Chapter 11, titled Refining…
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Chat with Nick Branstein and TJ VanToll on NativeScript in Action
Last week, Nick and I spoke with TJ VanToll about NativeScript in Action, our new book from Manning Press. If you’ve ever been interested in what it takes to write a technical book, take a look. It’s a short 15-minute video.
What NativeScript Means to Mobile Development
What NativeScript Means to Mobile Development Many moons ago we were in the pre-iPhone era. For those of you reading this who remember, we were carrying around our Windows 6 mobile phones and geeking out over the latest Samsung Blackjack. There were fewer platforms and devices back then. Nowadays, new devices come out monthly. The increasingly frequent rate that devices…
js13kgames 2016
It’s been a while since I wrote a blog post; not that I haven’t wanted but working on NativeScript in Action has definitely kept me more than busy. In my extra spare time I made sure I was able to participated in js13kgames 2016. js13kgames 2016 If you aren’t familiar with js13kgames it is a yearly competition to create a…
What ECMAScript Updates Will do to the Enterprise
Since last week’s .NET Meetup in Louisville, KY, where Jared Faris spoke about ECMAScript 6, I’ve been troubled by the problems ECMAScript 6/2015 is going to cause. In fact, I think ECMAScript updates will cause more problems than it solves for the Enterprise. Below, I’ll share some of my thoughts on what ECMAScript updates will do to the Enterprise and what…
NativeScript
At KiZAN, we’ve been searching for the right set of tools to help us be innovative, stay on the edge of mobile technologies, and delivering the most value to our customers at the best cost. We have previously used PhoneGap/Cordova, Xamarin Forms, and native app development technologies. For the last 6 months, we have been exploring Telerik’s NativeScript – a platform for building cross-platform mobile…
Learning Gulp
Over the past week, I have been starting to use the Visual Studio 2015 RC, primarily focused on ASP.NET 5. Of the numerous new features and changes, I’ve found myself gravitating towards learning Gulp. I was the .NET developer that stayed within the Microsoft ecosystem – I started learning .NET in the early beta days, and my first real development…