This week was brilliant! Scott Hanselman was in South Africa, there was a Microsoft Tech Summit in Johannesburg and then Scott Hanselman was again at DeveloperUG! I extended my stay to attend that, and it was certainly worth it!
There are three Xamarin User Groups in South Africa. Here you will find monthly topics which will include both .NET and Xamarin mobile related topics.
The groups are there to bring the Xamarin community together, where knowledge can be shared and experiences learnt from. Hope you see you at an event soon!
Calling everyone interested in cross platform mobile development. Specifically if you are interested in or using Xamarin tools. Or if you just want to talk mobile development …
Calling everyone interested in cross platform mobile development. Specifically if you are interested in or using Xamarin tools. Or if you just want to talk mobile development …
Xamarin Dev Days South Africa was amazing! Thank you very much to all that attended and hope it was worthwhile to take time off your busy scheduled to learn about Xamarin.
I am so proud to have been part of this and thank you to the team and all involved!
I’m very excited to be able to tell you we are brining Xamarin Dev Days to South Africa for the first time! It will also be held in two cities, Cape Town and Johannesburg.
We have our venues and sponsors organized, and more importantly the dates.
Please diarise!
Xamarin Dev Days Cape Town will be held on the 30th of September 2016. It will be held at Workshop 17 at the V&A.
Xamarin Dev Days Johannesburg will be held on the 23rd of September 2016. It will be held at the Microsoft Bryanston offices.
With Microsoft Build 2016 complete, there are so many things to be looking at and trying out. One of the more useful features for me right now is the new remoting functionality in Windows 10 IoT Insider Preview 10.0.14295. I have this running on a Raspberry Pi 3 and I am busy with some work using an array of sensor telemetry. Being able to see what is happening remotely make life far easier when building Universal Apps.
To configure this is very simple. There is a new menu option added to the administration console called “Remote”. This is accessible via the URL: http://[ipaddress of pi]:8080. If you haven’t changed the password the login should be: “Administrator” and “p@ssw0rd”
Enable the Windows IoT Remote Server by ticking the box presented.
To access the Raspberry Pi remotely you need a client. This is available in the Windows Store either by following the provided link, or just by searching for “Windows IoT” in the store. https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nblggh5mnxz
This will run on any Windows 10 device. Just something to note: on a Windows 10 Mobile device (Lumia 950 XL in my case) you may have to set the device color scheme to light for the application text to be legible. I’m sure this will be corrected in later builds.
Fill in the IP address of the Raspberry PI in the “Enter an IP address” text box and click / tap “Connect”. You should now be seeing what the Raspberry Pi is displaying.