Many web programmers, especially Angular programmers are turning their attention to 
Reactive programming. While I don’t know of any books on ReactiveJS (yet) I can shamelessly mention that I do have a book on Reactive Extensions and LINQ.
NB: This book is short (which I think is a good thing) and pricey, but will give you a solid introduction and more to both topics.
My co-author, Paul Betts, is not only a genius, but he is one of the foremost experts on Reactive.
Here is the TOC:
Pleased and proud to say that Xamarin has posted a video of my presentation on Test Driven Development on their site. Evolve 16 was an incredible event, and it was tremendous fun to present there.
For about 15 years I specialized in Web programming of one sort or another (writing half a dozen books and, more recently, half a dozen Pluralsight courses) and for the past two years, I’ve added Xamarin.
These t
wo interests came together this month. I had the privilege of presenting at Evolve (the largest mobile conference) and then I had the pleasure of attending NG-Conf, the largest conference on Angular.
At Evolve there were a number of announcements about Xamarin, and I had a good time talking with friends (the hallway conversations are always the most valuable part of any conference)
The schedule and speakers were great, and the excitement and energy in the Keynotes was terrific.
The very next week, I attended NG-Conf. I started out with a full-day workshop presented by two of my friends, John Papa and Dan Wahlin (see photo below).
NG Conf is interesting because Wednesday and Friday are single-track, with each presentation lasting 20 minutes. This causes (forces?) the presenters to get to the point and not to waste any time at all.
Angular 2 is a very exciting development in front-end Web technology. It is quite different from, and in my opinion a significant improvement over Angular 1.
Stay tuned for more details on Angular 2 as it settles down and nears version 1.0.
James Montemagno is a Xamarin Evangelist, technology geek, and lover of all things mobile. This is a great wrap up of what’s new in Xa
marin.
John Papa, expert in all things Angular, joins me in discussing Angular 2
If you are like me, when you start a podcast, you rarely go back to find old ones, which may be out of date. However, some of Yet Another Podcast is worth a listen even now. Here are some of the best that are still relevant.
I’m extremely pleased to have Jon back on Yet Another Podcast, this time with a comprehensive review of //build/.
Very pleased to have Dan Hermes, author of Xamarin Mobile Application Development, and all-round Xamarin expert.
Miguel has demonstrated a number of new features in Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms that I want to start using immediately:
A special podcast with Greg Shackles, discussing and speculating on the implications of the acquisition of Xamarin by Microsoft and instrumenting your Xamarin Applications.
Raygun
Runscope
DataDog
Insights
VSTS
Greg’s blog
Greg on Twitter
A special podcast with Ted Neward, discussing and speculating on the implications of the acquisition of Xamarin by Microsoft
A special podcast with the founders of TrailHead consulting, discussing and speculating on the implications of the acquisition of Xamarin by Microsoft
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