Pleased and proud to have been awarded my 11th MVP award from Microsoft.
Update 2024: 13 award. Very honored.
Hey! I was interviewed on WebRush
I had the pleasure of turning the tables and being interviewed on WebRush with Jon Papa et al
https://www.webrush.io/episodes/episode-240-theres-something-net-maui-with-jesse-liberty
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Yet Another Podcast – De Sanctis on APIs
Today I spoke with Valerio De Sanctis, author of Building Web APIs with ASP.NET Core.
Writing Unit Tests with ChatGPT
Just posted on Packt: Writing Unit Tests with ChatGPT
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About that dozen programmer must-haves
I wrote this blog post in September of last year, and looking at it today I realized that I don’t use a couple of these anymore:
1) Resharper: the overhead was borderline too much and most of the refactoring power I used is now cooked into Visual Studio
2) Beyond Compare: never did get the hang of using this for git conflicts. Still searching for the right thing
3) OneNote – lost a lot of data with this and switched back to Evernote. Very happy with the change.
Finally, I still use Git Copilot but would move it to the top of the list. Integrated with Intellisense, it is by far the biggest productivity booster I know of. Can’t wait for CoPilot X!
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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 on mobile/ .NET MAUI programming, and more on ASP.NET Core, Azure Functions, APIs, Architecture, Microservices, etc.
I’m also scoping out writing a book which may include the following topics:
- Creating the back end (SQL Server & SQL)
- Azure (Docker, Azure Functions) & Localhost
- Designing and creating the Minimal API (architecture, end points, etc)
- Creating the front end ( .NET MAUI )
The book would assume only that you have some C# experience. We’d also cover tools, setup, and best practices. All of this would be in the context of a non-trivial application.
I’d be very interested in hearing your thoughts on such a book. Please feel free to send me email at [email protected].
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.NET MAUI Videos Free
I’ve posted my .NET MAUI For Xamarin.Forms Programmers and Advanced .NET MAUI videos on YouTube.
Prague Comes To Boston
I’ll be presenting at Boston Code Camp on
- .NET MAUI For Xamarin.Forms Developers
- Advanced .NET MAUI
This is a free, one-day event on Saturday, April 29, in Burlington, MA.
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Advanced .NET MAUI Topic: Visual State
With the release of my newest book, .NET MAUI For C# Developers, I’m pleased to present occasional posts on advanced topics. If you are just starting out, however, you may want to take a look at my previous 15 part series in which I learn .NET MAUI or my second series that uses the app (Forget Me Not) that we’ll be using here. Finally, you can find my presentations on .NET MAUI and advanced .NET MAUI on YouTube, here.
Managing Visual State
Every VisualElement has a Visual State. For example, does the VisualElement have focus? Is it selected? Xaml allows you to change the presentation of that VisualElement (e.g., a button) based on that state.
Continue readingPresented 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 and the architecture reflects a millennium of development. The city is immaculate and while only about ⅓ of the people I tried to talk to spoke English, many of those who did spoke it perfectly. The mass transit system is fantastic and the sites are literally awesome.
I’m very grateful to have had this opportunity.
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.NET MAUI For C# Developers
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