VST01 Getting Started with Xamarin

11/18/2014

9:30am - 10:45am

Level: Introductory to Intermediate

Walt Ritscher

Walt Ritscher

Staff Author

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This introductory session shows how easy it is to start working with Xamarin projects.

Xamarin is quickly becoming the go-to platform for C# developers who want to build cross platform native apps that run on iOS, Android, Mac and Windows devices. You work with familiar .NET libraries when they suit the application's needs. But you also get access to the native API's for each platform when necessary. This introductory session shows how easy it is to start working with Xamarin projects.

You will learn:

  • How to make shared codebase for apps running on iOS, Mac, Windows and Android platforms
  • Discover the differences between Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio
  • How to start making Xamarin based applications