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Introduction to Xamarin

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Wrap Up and Next Steps

1:41 with Heath Hodgert

In this video we'll review what we covered in this course and what are some good next steps. There is a vibrant community of developers that are eager to help whenever you have questions.

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Xamarin.Forms
MvvmCross

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    Let's review what we covered in this course, and discuss the next steps. 0:00
    We covered the basics of Xamarin, with an overview of how we can 0:05
    use C# to develop cross-platform mobile applications. 0:09
    We created a mobile app that worked on Android and 0:12
    IOS, and we set up our development environment, so we can debug our app. 0:16
    And lastly, 0:21
    we created a portable class library to share code across our target platforms. 0:22
    You should now have the basic building blocks in place to create your own complex 0:27
    apps, but your journey with learning Xamarin doesn't end here. 0:32
    You should also look at frameworks that work with Xamarin to make your development 0:36
    job easier. 0:40
    Xamarin.Forms is a great platform, 0:40
    which allows you to describe the UI with markup language called XAML, 0:43
    and it's used on all platforms to render native controls. 0:49
    This allows you to write a single UI for all your apps target platforms. 0:53
    MvvmCross, or MVX, is also a nice framework, which lets you share 1:00
    code using an MVVM pattern that binds to each native interface. 1:05
    It also has many plugins to access native frameworks to increase code sharing. 1:11
    See the teacher's notes for information about these frameworks. 1:18
    Xamarin has a vibrant community of developers that are eager to 1:23
    answer questions and help solve problems. 1:27
    So make sure to check on the Forum for help. 1:30
    Check out the teacher's notes for links to the Xamarin forums. 1:33
    Good luck with creating new apps using the Xamarin platform. 1:37

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