Merge Conflict is a weekly discussion with Frank and James on all things development, technology, & more. After years of being friends, Frank and James finally decided to sit down and start a podcast about their lives as mobile developers using C#, Xamarin, and .NET MAUI. Much more than just another mobile development podcast, Merge Conflict, reaches all areas of development including desktop, server, and of course mobile. They also cover fun things happening in the world of technology and gaming and whatever else happens to be on Frank's and James' minds.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 12 days 11 hours 40 minutes
247: Generating UI with GPT-3
Frank goes hands on with GPT-3 for the first time and basically puts himself out of a job as he has it create his entire app for him. We discuss.
246: Breaking out of the Desktop App Sandbox
Putting apps into the app store is amazing, but the frameworks limit your ability as an app developer to do certain things on the desktop. We discuss how to keep long running processing going and breaking out of that sandbox with some great APIs.
245: Doubling Down on Cross-Platform Development
.NET MAUI may be on the way, but Xamarin.Forms 5 is here today! We discuss the journey and what is next.
244: Introduction to Microservices
We are ready to enter the world of Docker and Microservices.... but first what is a microservice? What is a container? An image? Why is all of this important? We discuss.
243: Lessons Learned - 3 Years of FuGet
It has been nearly 3 years since Frank launched FuGet.org the pro NuGet package browsing website. A lot has happened and he reflects on the last 3 years and talks about lessons he learned and what he would change.
242: Mac Backups, Store Promotion, & Multi-Window Apps with SceneDelegate
No topic is off limits this week as we talk about testing IAP on mac with mac backups, awesome store promotions coming Frank's way and how to build awesome multi-window apps for macOS and iOS and the new SceneDelegate.
241: Goodbye DTK, Hello Mac App Development
Apple finally lets us return our DTK units with a nice surprise and both Frank and James double down on bringing their apps to macOS!
240: Stonks, Robots, and Cross-Platform IAP
Wow! What do we even talk about this episode?!?! Who knows, but it is super fun as we have lightning-fast lightning topics talking about what the heck is happening on the stock market, Frank's next robot, and listener questions!
239: Planning an App Release
It is not Franks' turn to get his next app into the app store. We take a look back at what went into it's creation, his choices for monetization, and thoughts on what needs to happen leading up to the main release.
238: Island Tracker - The Final Chapter
We have come to the epic conclusion of James's app Island Tracker, his Animal Crossing app for tracking turnip prices with friends. He is ready to roll out his freemium version of the app while upgrading all of his existing customers and updating the backend.