Category Archives: Learning

New Pluralsight Course: One ASP.NET From Scratch

Extremely pleased and proud to announce my latest Pluralsight Course, this time co-authored with Jeff Fritz:  One ASP.NET From Scratch.  One ASP.NET From Scratch teaches all you need to know about the elements of programming with ASP.NET, including Web Forms, … Continue reading

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Xamarin for Android #4–Weirdness Explained

The fourth in my ongoing series about learning to program Xamarin for Android is posted here.

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Xamarin for Android: Logging

In today’s entry in the Xamarin for Android series, I cover logging.

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Learning Xamarin #2–Using the Genymotion Emulator

In my second installment of Learning Xamarin I discuss the wonderfully fast Genymotion emulator. 

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Getting Started With Xamarin Android

I’ve embarked on an adventure in learning Xamarin Android.  You can read about my first tentative steps here.

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Yet Another Podcast #105–Phil Haack on Using Git

Phil Haack teaches me how to use Git well.  Haacked: SeeGit Tedx ScottAFB TEDx ScottAFB on YouTube GitHub Flow Valve Handbook WSJ on WL Gore How GitHub works Note: There were some sound issues with this recording, but the content … Continue reading

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10th Pluralsight Course: C# From Scratch–Part 2

Incredibly pleased to announce my latest Pluralsight Course: C# From Scratch – Part 2. C# is the language of choice for software developers building web or desktop applications. This course extends part 1 to cover topics such as extensibility, polymorphism, … Continue reading

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9th Pluralsight Course: CSS3 From Scratch

  Very proud to announce my latest Pluralsight course: CSS3 From Scratch. CSS3 is the style standard for HTML5 and for the web. It allows separation of markup (HTML5) from presentation (CSS3) and is key to creating modern web applications. … Continue reading

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8th Pluralsight Course: HTML5 From Scratch

  Very proud to announce my latest Pluralsight Course: HTML5 From Scratch HTML5 is the markup language of the web that has taken the world by storm. In this “from scratch” course, I demonstrate all you need to know about … Continue reading

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7th Pluralsight Course: Telerik WPF Controls

Very proud to announce my latest Pluralsight course: Telerik WPF Controls This course is a bit of a departure from my “From Scratch” series; it focuses on reviewing the WPF controls from Telerik and how to use them.  Telerik is … Continue reading

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Yet Another Podcast #100–Jeremy Likness

Jeremy returns to blow my mind talking about TypeScript and Angular.  He is an incredible font of information and I learned more in 1/2 an hour than I have reading a dozen articles.  Brilliant, erudite and a truly nice guy, … Continue reading

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6th Pluralsight Course: Telerik Win 8 XAML Controls

Very proud to announce my latest Pluralsight course: Telerik Win 8 XAML Controls  This course is a bit of a departure from my “From Scratch” series; it focuses on reviewing the Win 8 controls from Telerik and how to use … Continue reading

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