Episode 39: Building Up to Build

In this episode of the Xamarin Podcast, Pierce Boggan is joined by James Montemagno to discuss what is new for Xamarin developers, including new features in the latest Visual Studio for Mac preview, Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4/2.3.5-pre, and updates to Visual Studio Mobile Center. Show Notes: 5:00 - What's new in Visual Studio for Mac (C# 7, web editors, Azure publishing, .NET Core enhancements) 10:30 - Xamarin documentation is now multilingual (with Spanish, Portuguese, and Chinese localizations) 12:00 - Updates to Xamarin University, including monthly pricing 14:00 - Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 14:55 - Device.OS & TargetPlatform changes in Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 19:15 - Xamarin.Forms 2.3.5 prerelease 22:15 - Bringing macOS to Xamarin.Forms 25:15 - TLS 1.2 overview 28:15 - Updates to Visual Studio Mobile Center 32:00 - Developer Tool of the Week Links & Show Notes: The Xamarin Podcast website Visual Studio for Mac to the Cloud & Beyond Xamarin Documentation Goes Multilingual Monthly Pricing for Xamarin University Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 Podcast: Xamarin.Forms 2.3.4 & Beyond Xamarin.Forms: Device.OS changes Xamarin.Forms: OnPlatform changes Xamarin.Forms 2.3.5 Preview: Bringing macOS to Xamarin.Forms Xamarin.Forms Performance Thread Securing Web Requests with TLS 1.2 Visual Studio Extension: Snippet Designer Android Keystore Signature Tool Amazing James Montemagno Gif Pierce: Twitter, GitHub James: Twitter, Blog, GitHub, Merge Conflict Podcast Subscribe: iTunes Google Play Music Overcast