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  • RaviBeeR RaviBee

    An iOS dev and I built a non-trivial POC using Xamarin about a year back, that was very well received.  However, the high cost of Xamarin at the time was a barrier to entry.  This changes everything. /ravi

    My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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    I looked at it a couple of times, but the free version was so limited that "Hello World!" was about your lot, and I wasn't going to pay for the full version just on spec. This could change everything (and probably reduce MS market share for the Windows Phone at the same time, which can only be a good thing as far as Desktop development is concerned)

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      I looked at it a couple of times, but the free version was so limited that "Hello World!" was about your lot, and I wasn't going to pay for the full version just on spec. This could change everything (and probably reduce MS market share for the Windows Phone at the same time, which can only be a good thing as far as Desktop development is concerned)

      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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      Yes, the free version was unusable IMHO.  Xamarin was nice enough to give us a year to play with the Enterprise version at no cost. /ravi

      My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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      • RaviBeeR RaviBee

        Yowza, baby! :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: /ravi

        My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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        kmoorevs
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        This may be the compelling reason for me to move to VS2015. (still using 2010) I suppose then that I can forget about the Android Studio I just installed last week. (and forget Java!) Great news! :thumbsup:

        "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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        • A Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

          Since when? I hope it comes as a part of the update. Perhaps share the blog link. :-)

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          Lost User
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          Just got the email this morning. Here is the download link. Visual Studio Team Services | Sign In[^]

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          • K kmoorevs

            This may be the compelling reason for me to move to VS2015. (still using 2010) I suppose then that I can forget about the Android Studio I just installed last week. (and forget Java!) Great news! :thumbsup:

            "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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            Indeed! IMHO, AStudio is orders of magnitude better than Eclipse, but VS (and C#) are orders of magnitude better than both and Java. /ravi

            My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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            • RaviBeeR RaviBee

              Yowza, baby! :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: /ravi

              My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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              Kevin Marois
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              Ahhh, VS2105 is already out :confused::confused:

              If it's not broken, fix it until it is

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              • K Kevin Marois

                Ahhh, VS2105 is already out :confused::confused:

                If it's not broken, fix it until it is

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                It's been around for a while. :) Update 2 has the shiny Xamarin bits. /ravi

                My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                • RaviBeeR RaviBee

                  Yowza, baby! :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: /ravi

                  My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                  Roger Wright
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                  Oh, goodie! Erm... what's Xamarin? I downloaded the whole package and installed it - 6 hours! I'll check it out tomorrow...:suss:

                  Will Rogers never met me.

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                  • K kmoorevs

                    This may be the compelling reason for me to move to VS2015. (still using 2010) I suppose then that I can forget about the Android Studio I just installed last week. (and forget Java!) Great news! :thumbsup:

                    "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                    kmoorevs wrote:

                    I suppose then that I can forget about the Android Studio I just installed last week. (and forget Java!)

                    Nobody can forget about Java.

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                    • RaviBeeR RaviBee

                      Yowza, baby! :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: :jig: /ravi

                      My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                      George Tourtsinakis
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                      Great move from microsoft.At last they start to understand that it's not everything about windows .Especially for mobile.

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