Gone Mobile

25: Performance Comparisons: Part Two with Harry Cheung

March 30th, 2015  |  45 mins 44 secs

Performance is a huge and important topic, so one episode just wasn't enough. In this episode we talk to Harry Cheung about the performance tests he's been running to see just how all these different mobile app development approaches perform when it comes to raw computation.

24: Cross-Platform Performance Comparisons with Kevin Ford

March 22nd, 2015  |  54 mins 6 secs

Ever wanted to know how different app frameworks and approaches compare with each other when it comes to performance? In this episode we spoke to Kevin Ford to dig into exactly that. Join us for a look at how the native SDKs, Xamarin, and Cordova compare for various performance measurements.

23: Continuous Delivery for iOS Apps with Felix Krause

February 16th, 2015  |  41 mins 28 secs

Continuous integration and delivery is commonplace in the web development world, but has been notoriously difficult to achieve with mobile apps. In this episode we talk to Felix Krause about his fastlane tools that aim to solve multiple pain points in iOS development and deployment by automating everything.

22: Designing and Consuming Modern APIs with Darrel Miller

January 26th, 2015  |  1 hr 10 mins

When it comes to designing and consuming APIs there is no shortage of approaches out there. In this episode we talk to Darrel Miller about many of these approaches, and ways to design both sides in a modern way to help keep things maintainable and evolvable over time.

21: Learning iOS with Reinder de Vries

January 12th, 2015  |  37 mins 19 secs

Learning to write iOS apps can be a daunting task, especially if you've never written any code before. In this episode we're joined by Reinder de Vries to talk about his approach to teaching people how to write iOS apps, and his experiences along the way.

20: Mobile Web Performance with Tammy Everts

November 19th, 2014  |  59 mins 14 secs

Performance matters, especially when it comes to mobile development. Join us as we talk to Tammy Everts about the ins and outs of mobile web performance!

19: Exploring Runscope with John Sheehan

October 27th, 2014  |  45 mins 44 secs

APIs have historically been difficult to debug and monitor, and Runscope was founded to help solve this problem. Join us as we talk to John Sheehan about what Runscope offers, and how developers can leverage it to make API development more enjoyable.

18: Securing Mobile Apps with Troy Hunt

October 13th, 2014  |  1 hr 3 mins

Security is more important today than ever, and mobile apps are no different. Troy Hunt joins us to talk about some common mistakes developers make when developing APIs and apps, and some practical approaches to securing them.

17: What's New in iOS8

October 2nd, 2014  |  1 hr 6 mins

ios, xamarin

Join us again for our annual show discussing all the new features in the latest version of iOS! Mike Bluestein joins us once more, and there's lots to talk about!

16: iBeacons

September 8th, 2014  |  50 mins 45 secs

iBeacons are an emerging technology with a lot of exciting applications. In this episode we talked to Doug Thompson to dive into what they are, how they're used, and where beacons are heading in the future.

15: Azure Mobile Services

August 27th, 2014  |  53 mins 3 secs

Learn all about Azure Mobile Services from some fine folks at Microsoft. We sit down with Kirill and Yavor to talk about the many features of Azure, specifically relating to mobile!

14: Building Apps on the Cheap

July 28th, 2014  |  36 mins 32 secs

Not every app has to have a massive budget. Kevin Knoop joins us this episode to talk about his experiences with building apps on the cheap. You'll be surprised how little his House Alarm app costs him to run!

13: Xamarin.Forms

July 14th, 2014  |  40 mins 43 secs

Learn how to build cross platform, native apps using Xamarin.Forms! We talk to Jason Smith, one of the developers of Xamarin.Forms about the product, it's strengths and weaknesses over other MVVM libraries, and how to get started!

12: AppLinks are Riveting

May 30th, 2014  |  29 mins 28 secs

Find out what exactly AppLinks are, how they work, and how you can use Rivets to add support for them to your own .NET apps.

11: Portable Class Libraries (PCL's) with James Montemagno

May 5th, 2014  |  38 mins 33 secs

James Montemagno from Xamarin discusses Portable Class Libraries with us. Learn what PCL's are, how to use them in your Xamarin projects, and what the Advanced PCL or Bait and Switch PCL trick exactly is (hint: use platform specific code with PCL's!).

10: Couchbase Lite

March 25th, 2014  |  1 hr 3 mins

Wayne Carter from Couchbase and Zack Gramana from Xamarin talk to us about Couchbase Lite for Mobile.