Sprint 1: The Great Learning Curve
We had the sprint retro for our first 2 week iteration and did not have much to show for it. The learning curve of Xamarin, plus time for planning and time stolen by other projects caused the velocity to make a major hit. Only 4 of 8 story points were completed in sprint 1, the […]
Over the past 4 days, I have been working with Xamarin here and there. I’m starting to get the lay of the land, and I may actually have some things of value to share. Here’s a quick braindump: When creating your Visual Studio solution/projects, start with “Blank App (Xamarin.Forms.Shared)”, this will create your “core” project […]
Since iOS development requires a Mac, I have decided to look at the Hackintosh-on-a-VM route. Here are the resources I used to get up and running: Main guide – http://www.macbreaker.com/2015/01/virtualbox-yosemite-zone.html Troubleshooting – http://givemesome.tips/guide-to-fix-most-common-problems-with-hackintosh-347/ Personally, I encountered a few different issues which the Troubleshooting guide helped me fix. I now have my VM up and running and […]
This is how I would describe the REST API I’m dealing with today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bLFO4ZV0i4
I’m a little late to the mobile game…like 9 years late, but I really haven’t been motivated to create anything for the mobile space. I have daydreamed about creating a fantastic mobile app for the iPhone and Android and it has remained just that, a daydream. When I put in after hours time, for hobby […]
Pete Goodliffe On How To Be A Better Developer
The kind of stuff I’m talking about here, is humility. You don’t want to work with guys who think they know it all but don’t. Being humble is the key thing. http://blog.fogcreek.com/going-beyond-code-to-become-a-better-programmer-interview-with-pete-goodliffe/
$12,000 USD/year for the entry level plan?! You have got to be kidding me! Here are a couple of options with more reasonable price points: AppThwack – starts at $20 USD/month Testdroid – starts at $49 USD/month