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…
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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,…
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…
NativeScript in Action Update – All Chapters
I’m pleased to announce that with the last MEAP update to NativeScript in Action all the remaining chapters were released! It’s been a long road over the last year but we’re finally done with all the chapters and can now share them with everyone. This last MEAP update was a large update and included chapters 13 through 17 which I’ve outlined briefly…
NativeScript in Action Update – Chapter 12
If you’ve been following our last post – you’ll know that we have been releasing MEAP (Manning Early Access Preview) updates every couple of weeks. We’ve only got 2 chapters left to finish edits on so stay tuned for more updates to our progress on NativeScript in Action! Chapter 12 Released The lasted update to MEAP is Chapter 12, titled Deploying an Android App. In this…
NativeScript in Action Update
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…