Category Archives: Essentials

New Job!

I have changed jobs within my current company (CNH Industrial). I will no longer be doing mobile programming (for the first time in six years) and will be building APIs and back-end code! I think you can expect fewer articles … Continue reading

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Presented in Prague

I presented on .NET MAUI For Xamarin.Forms Programmers and Advanced .NET MAUI in Prague last week, and it was great (Prague, not the presentations). All went well, but touring Prague was terrific. The city was founded in the 10th century … Continue reading

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.NET MAUI For C# Developers

In Stores Now! Very excited about this book. Feedback is very welcome at jesseliberty@gmail.com. Thanks!

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Yet Another Podcast – NDepend

Excited to have Patrick Smacchia of NDepend on to discuss this amazing tool for creating world-class .NET applications. Use CasesVideos Download NDepend

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XAML vs C#

My latest book: Learn .NET MAUI — An Essential Guide for C# Developers will be released March 31, 2023. Given the existence and likely enhancements to the .NET MAUI Community Markup Toolkit for C#, and that many people will come … Continue reading

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.NET MAUI Triggers

Triggers in .NET MAUI are not that different from triggers in Xamarin.Forms, but since this is not a frequently used feature, I thought I’d provide a quick deep-dive into their usage. Triggers allow you to declare, in your XAML, how … Continue reading

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Blast from the past: Xamarain TDD (2016)

This video, from evolve 2016 covers Test Driven Development in Xamarin.Forms.

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Best Posts & Podcasts of 2022 – JesseLiberty.com

Picking the best blog posts is pretty painless as I’m the only one posting, so there is no one to insult, but picking the best podcasts risks slighting some of the amazing people who came on Yet Another Podcast. 5 … Continue reading

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Bill Wagner on C# 11 – Part 1

Bill Wagner creates C# learning and reference materials for https://learn.microsoft.com. He works with colleagues on the C# team, related content teams, and customers to provide resources for everyone that wants to learn more about C#. He’s also a member of the … Continue reading

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.NET MAUI – Forget Me Not – 7 – Unit Testing

Picking up where we left off, I want to add unit tests to my program. Now, I know, I should have been using unit tests all along. I have no excuse and hang my head in shame. To get started, … Continue reading

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Mads Torgersen & Dustin Campbell Part 2

Part 2 of my discussion with Mads and Dustin on what’s new in C# 11 with a focus on when application developers will use the new features.

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Favorite Fiction

I’ve started a tiny bookstore of my favorite books.

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