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It may be our geekiest podcast yet as we somehow chat about the new Span and Memory value types in C# 7.2 and all the optimized goodness that they bring to .NET applications! We also dive through James's not so optimized code to see how it could take advantage of these new structures. SUPPORT US ON PATREON : patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog...

James is back from GDC, the Game Developers Conference, and he has games on his mind! We take a look at the state of game development for .NET developers in 2018 and at some of the large announcements from GDC. James also sits down for our first interview with Shaun Peoples from Durham Games to talk about their upcoming iOS and Android game Foodie Trucks that is built with Unity and C#. SUPPORT US...

This week Apple announced their brand new plan for bringing the iPad to classrooms with a brand new cheaper iPad, new software, and a new SDK for developers to create content. We breakdown the entire event with our thoughts on if their plan will work. SUPPORT US ON PATREON : patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Merge Conflict: Twitter...

Yes! Half way to 180 episodes! We are back for lightning talks covering not 6 but 7 different topics this week! We take a quick recap of web assembly, but jump directly into Flutter, React Native, source control, serverless computing, progressive web apps, and more. SUPPORT US ON PATREON : patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Merge Con...

You read that correct, you can now run .NET Code directly in your browser with WebAssembly and Mono and it is absolutely amazing. On top of that you can run Xamarin. Forms and ASP.NET applications directly in the browser without any plugins. Frank explains how this all works. SUPPORT US ON PATREON : patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub...

It is that time of year to sit down and analyze F# and how absolutely awesome it is! Frank and James talk through some features that make it a delightful programming language. They also chat about the MVP summit, cool new features, and talk about their heroes. SUPPORT US ON PATREON : patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Merge Conflict:...

Frank is ready to start his next app and he is completely skipping cross-platform development... or is he?!?! We investigate what to do with File->New and how to start the architecture for your next app. Why target the platform specific APIs instead of cross-platform APIs? What is Frank doing and how is he going to handle the situation where he wants to go to a new platform?! SUPPORT US ON PATR...

"It works on my machine" is a statement of the past with containers! Docker, Kubernetes, Pods, Registries, Swarms, and Spheres! So much to learn and so much awesome. This week we break down what containerized development truly means, what it is good for, how you use these services, and how you can go do something today! SUPPORT US ON PATREON : patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter ,...

It is 2018 and we are so over Linked Files, Portable Class Libraries, or Shared Projects cluttering up our libraries. In fact we only need ONE project to target every platform that .NET supports. It is time to multi-target the world! We take a look at this awesome new feature and tell you what it is all about and why you would want to use it. We also take a look at some of the gotchas right now to...

Did we just become web developers? This week we slip over to the ASP.NET Core side of things as we build out web apps with Razor Pages, Ooui, and all sorts of C#/.NET goodness. We discuss the ups and down of getting started with web development and how far it has come since the early days of ASP. Join use as we explore the world of web development. SUPPORT US ON PATREON : patreon.com/mergeconflict...

We have way too many open source projects and NuGet libraries which are used by thousands of developers, which is awesome, but means we get really scared when we change anything! We discuss when and how we decide when to push that release out. Frank discusses the drama behind SQLite-net and the most recent 1.5 update and James discusses his trials and tribulation with the Geolcoator plugin. SUPPOR...

It is 2018 and both iOS 11 and Android O are in full swing on tons of awesome and new devices. What does that mean when you want to update your apps? We walk through what we have been up to in the last few weeks to bring our apps up to date. This includes our continuous integration and delivery, iPhone X tweaks, supporting the latest OS, and changes to the App Store itself. SUPPORT US ON PATREON :...

When something goes wrong, it is time to debug! Or maybe first we should write logs? Maybe we should use the intermediate window? Or perhaps write a unit test? We discuss our pro tips for debugging when something goes wrong. We also take a quick detour and talk about the cute Mini-Husky that James is dog sitting! SUPPORT US ON PATREON : patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog ,...

We are not lawyers! However, we both have our own LLCs. We explain why on this lightning talk week and also tackle your questions around performance, .NET Standard, CSS in Xamarin. Forms, and technologies we think are worth investing in. SUPPORT US ON PATREON : patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adv...

We kick off the new year by not knowing what to do, what to talk about, or just about anything. All we know is Frank has taken the plunge on the new iMac Pro, so why not have him justify it and discuss when is a good time to update your development hardware and software. SUPPORT US ON PATREON : patreon.com/mergeconflictfm Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Musi...

Happy 2018! We made it, so let's recap the best in tech, development, life, coffee, and so much more that happened in 2017. We expose our top picks of the year and of course what we are looking forward to in 2018. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr

In this holiday special we thank our listeners by getting to all of your great questions that you have been asking about python, Visual Studio, DevOps, and so much more. We discuss our holiday hacks that we plan on doing this year along with how we have fallen in love with .NET Standard's new auto NuGet packaging. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amet...

When having SQLite isn't enough for James he has to go and try to solve offline data caching again with Monkey Cache. We discuss why this open source library happened, where it is going, what are best practices for data caching, and so much more. We also follow up on Ooui's status and where Xamarin. Forms on the web is going as well as a bit of follow up on C# 7.1/7.2/8. Follow Us Frank: Twitter ,...

Have you ever thought about coding to a live audience? How about producing video content such as How-To guides? We discuss what goes into this long process, what equipment is needed, and several tips and tricks on this week's podcast. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr

How do you get your app into your testers' hands? App Center, TestFlight, HockeyApp, Google Play, E-mail? So many options exist, but how do you do it right and get testers signed up fast? We take a look at all the options and some tools fastlane offers. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zenca...

Keeping up with different operating systems is hard enough, but how do you keep up with all of the new awesome features in C#, Swift, and all of the other amazing languages out there? We discuss how we do it and what is new in C# 7.1, 7.2, and take a glimpse into 8! Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly reco...

Xamarin. Forms on the web? XAML powering your ASP.NET applications? How can this be so? Well with Frank's new Ooui library the life long dream is now a reality. While still early on, developers are loving it! We discuss where it came from and where it is going next. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly reco...

James is on a DevOps kick after going on tour with Donovan in South America and he wants to automate everything! It is different this time as he wants full control with Visual Studio Team Services and he even wants to manage his own build machines! Is he crazy? Probably, listen in to find out. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine b...

It is that time of the year once again! That is right, lightning talks on Merge Conflict. We cover 6 different topics submitted by your, our listeners, in under 30 minutes! This week we discuss IoC, Dependency Injection, Cloud service costs, release management, coded user interface, and our awesome podcast setup. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Ameth...

When is the right time to fork a repository and send a pull request for a feature request? Or is it better use a submodule in your own repository? Or maybe just copy and paste the code into your solution? We discuss all the possibilities. Follow Us Frank: Twitter , Blog , GitHub James: Twitter , Blog , GitHub Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface Proudly recorded on Zencastr