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Release of NuGet 2.5 opens possibilities for targeting Mono iOS/Android platform. The Simple.OData.Client that I maintain is a portable class library, so it was natural step to extend the number of supported frameworks with Xamarin Mono offerings. But...

Stuart Lodge is working on a fantastic series of videos and blog posts showing how to build cross-platform mobile applications with MvvmCross. One of his tips is about exposing design-time data . His method is straightforward and efficient, but in case...

We’ve all seen the comparison between development work and constructing buildings. I think the comparison is fundamentally flawed. There are numerous posts out in the world that confirm this. Random Google articles are here , here and here . I like the...

Normally, when you install Octopack using nuget, the contents of the OutDir (msbuild variable) will be put in the nuget package it creates for you. But when running in TFS build this will give you trouble as mentioned in http://help.octopusdeploy.com...

Just a quick little post today: I got the error "The Path 'path' is already mapped in workspace 'workspace'" when I connected to a new Team Foundation Server and tried to map my workspace today. I had connected to a Team Foundation...

I got my new laptop today… decided to spend an hour or so to get an easy install working. Using Chocolatey ( http://chocolatey.org ) that should be easy. It is, but it is not straightforward. You can't create a simple batchfile like this: cinst notepadplusplus...

This is the second post as part of a blog series about the integration of using SharePoint 2013 as a datasource for windows 8 apps.Find the index at SharePoint 2013 and Windows 8 apps - better together Part 1: Introduction, background and considerations...

On 7 and 8 March, the yearly returning TechDays event was held in the Netherlands. This was already the 4th year in a row that I was visiting the event as a speaker, with a total of 6 sessions. I wasn't the only speaker of Achmea ; some colleague's...