Greg Shackles
Co-Host of Gone Mobile
Greg is a Principal Engineer at Olo. He is a Xamarin MVP, Microsoft MVP, organizer of the NYC Mobile .NET Developers Group, author of Mobile Development with C#, and also a monthly columnist with Visual Studio Magazine.
Greg Shackles has hosted 85 Episodes.
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71: Exploring GraphQL with Glenn Block
July 25th, 2018 | 58 mins 46 secs
In the world of API development, GraphQL has really been gaining some momentum in the last couple years...but what is it all about? In this episode we're joined by Glenn Block to dig into what it is, what it's not, how it compares to other API approaches and much, much more. If you're looking to cut through the noise and hear what GraphQL is all about, we've got you covered!
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70: A Xamarin.Forms 2018 Update with David Ortinau
June 27th, 2018 | 51 mins 2 secs
If you're looking for the latest and greatest news from the Xamarin.Forms world, you're in luck. In this episode we welcome David Ortinau back to the show to talk about all the new updates to Xamarin.Forms since he was last on a year ago. Spoiler alert: there's a lot!
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69: Building Connected Devices with Bryan Costanich
June 6th, 2018 | 41 mins 19 secs
In this episode we're joined by one of the original Xamarin pioneers, Bryan Costanich, to talk about what he's been up with Wilderness Labs! If you've ever been curious about getting started tinkering with hardware, or were intimidated by the idea, this is the episode for you. Join us as we dive into the state of the landscape, how Wilderness Labs is changing that space, and how it might be way easier than you think to start building your own connected devices!
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68: Microsoft Build and Google I/O Recap
May 16th, 2018 | 51 mins 22 secs
The boys are back! In this episode, Jon and Greg catch up on all the latest announcements that came out of the Microsoft Build and Google I/O conferences earlier this month. Looking for a crash course on what you missed? We've got you covered!
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66: Under the Hood of the Azure Mobile App with Jakub Jedryszek
January 8th, 2018 | 48 mins 22 secs
Jakub shares what he's learned using Xamarin to build the Azure App for iOS and Android.
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65: React Native with Bonnie Eisenman
December 18th, 2017 | 46 mins 34 secs
There are a lot of ways out there to build your mobile apps, and React Native offers an interesting way to take your React skills on the web and apply them to building fully native apps across plenty of different platforms. These aren't just hybrid apps running in a browser, so join us as we talk to Bonnie Eisenman about what React Native is, how it works, and how you can get started using it!
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64: Building Apps With The Ionic Framework with Justin Willis
December 11th, 2017 | 1 hr 57 secs
Ionic is a framework that allows you to leverage web technologies to build apps for a wide range of platforms, in addition to providing related tools around building, deploying, and monitoring those apps. In this episode we talk to Justin Willis about what Ionic is, what it provides, and why you might use it to build your next app.
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63: Building Apps Using Visual Studio Team Services with Gopinath C H
December 4th, 2017 | 30 mins 29 secs
At Microsoft's Connect(); conference in New York City we sat down with Gopinath C H to talk about Visual Studio Team Services. There are a lot of different components inside of VSTS, so we tried to talk through as many of them as we could and how they can help mobile developers build and maintain their apps. There are a lot of ways to build your apps, and VSTS makes a compelling case for choosing it. Learn how VSTS is being used inside of Microsoft (including for Windows itself!) and how it can help you build and release your apps!
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62: Cosmos DB with Kirill Gavrylyuk
November 27th, 2017 | 37 mins 27 secs
Recorded at Microsoft's Connect(); conference in New York City, we welcomed Kirill Gavrylyuk back on the show to dig into CosmosDB. We talked about what it is, how it works, why you might use it, and much more. Listen in to learn about this exciting new database!
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61: Live Player and Microsoft Connect Roundup with Joseph Hill
November 20th, 2017 | 41 mins 14 secs
While at Microsoft's Connect(); conference in New York we caught up with Joseph Hill to discuss all the latest and greatest announcements in the Xamarin world, as well as digging deeper into their new Live Player app. Want to get up to speed on all the latest announcements? Look no further!
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60: Building a Mobile Flight Simulator with Laura Laban
November 6th, 2017 | 1 hr 24 secs
Laura Laban is the CEO and founder of Infinite Flight, a popular flight simulator on mobile devices. In this episode, we talk with Laura about the history of Infinite Flight, its features, server infrastructure, where it's going and much more!
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59: SkiaSharp with Matthew Leibowitz
October 30th, 2017 | 44 mins 19 secs
SkiaSharp is a cross-platform 2D graphics API for .NET platforms based on Google's Skia Graphics Library that can be used across mobile, server, and desktop applications. In this episode we chat with Matthew Leibowitz and dig into what SkiaSharp is, how it works, and how you can get started using it in your apps.
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58: Cake with Gary Ewan Park and Mattias Karlsson
October 17th, 2017 | 1 hr 10 mins
Have your cake and eat it too! Build scripts have never been so delicious.
We're joined by Cake team members Gary Park and Mattias Karlsson to talk about the Cake (C#) build system, the history of it, and what it all can do. After listening to this episode we guarantee you'll definitely want to put some more C# in your build scripts with Cake! -
57: OpenMVVM with Stanko Nikolic and Bojan Misic
October 11th, 2017 | 50 mins 51 secs
Yes, we're talking about another MVVM framework today, but this one comes with a twist! In this episode we talk to Stanko Nikolic and Bojan Misic about OpenMVVM, an interesting framework they've been working on that combines Xamarin and C# with HTML5 and web views to create a flexible and powerful cross-platform app framework. Join us for a unique approach to cross-platform development with Xamarin!
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56: MvvmCross Updates with Martijn van Dijk
August 22nd, 2017 | 38 mins 41 secs
It took a few years, but we finally did a show on MvvmCross! In this episode we're joined by Martjin van Dijk, one of the core maintainers of the project, to talk about where MvvmCross came from, what's new in it, and where it's heading!
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55: Embeddinating .NET Everywhere with Jonathan Peppers
August 14th, 2017 | 34 mins 25 secs
Did you know that you can take your .NET code, including Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android views, even Xamarin.Forms, and reference them from native Objective-C or Java applications? In this episode we talk to Jonathan Peppers, an engineer on the team at Microsoft working on this sorcery, and dig into how it works and where it's going. It's a brave new world!