Introducing ELXF: A UI Framework For Concise, Maintainable & Fast Programmatic UI's For Xamarin.Forms

EasyLayout.Forms - or ELXF - is a new UI framework to replace XAML with clean and concise layout code.

Six Disastrous Mistakes for Cross-Platform Mobile Projects

"I'm starting a cross-platform mobile project.  What problems should my team solve before we begin?" What an enlightened question, I thought. The individual standing next to me at a local developer conference had a software architecture background.  He clearly understood that laying a solid foundation at

24 Resharper Tips Every .Net Developer Should Know

ReSharper can massively boost productivity and improve code quality, while teaching you to be a better developer. In this presentation from NOVA CodeCamp last fall, I distill years spent mastering the tool into a discreet set of 24 tips to help you immediately get more done in less time. (Read

Kill AXML - Programmatic ListViews in Xamarin Android

Displaying list data in Android using a custom layout is traditionally accomplished by inflating an AXML file for each row of data.  However, in my article introducing EasyLayout.Droid I made the case that AXML files slow development speed and decrease cross platform re-usability. In this article, I'll

Introducing EasyLayout.Droid

If you've done much Xamarin iOS work you've probably run into Frank Krueger's awesome framework, EasyLayout, that makes manually coded auto layouts considerably easier to read and maintain. If you've ever wanted the same type of functionality for Xamarin Android either for