In this Episode we talk with Gavin Lanata about XAML. Gavin explains what XAML is, where it came from and what the future for XAML is. Turns out its still kicking and so is Winforms.

http://CynicalDeveloper.com/podcast/2/

Contacting Gavin Lanata

Blog: https://gavinlanata.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GLanata
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/gavinlanata

Links
Pluralsight: http://app.pluralsight.com/author/gavin-lanata 

.Net Community Report: http://www.telerik.com/blogs/survey-report-the-dotnet-developer-of-2016

EPISODE 2 – XAML IS DEAD, LONG LIVE XAML

In this Episode we speak to Zac Braddy about ReactJs. Zac explains what ReactJS is, where it came from, why we should use it, and why its better than the others, in his opinion.

http://CynicalDeveloper.com/podcast/3/

Contacting Zac Braddy

Blog: https://thereactionary.net/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReactionaryJs
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/zac-braddy-17a81b22
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thereactionary

Links
The ReactionaryJS Blog - 
ReactJs - reactjs.net
Code School - https://www.codeschool.com/courses/powering-up-with-react

Episode 3 - The Reactionary Response

In this Episode we speak to Jonathan Bullock about jBake. Jon explains what jBake is, where it came from, and why we should use it.

http://CynicalDeveloper.com/podcast/4/

The earliest mention of the term "bake" in relation to static sites that I know of was by the late Aaron Swartz back in 2002 (http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000404)

Contacting Jonathan Bullock

Website: http://jonathanbullock.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/jonbullock
LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jsbullock
Facebook:

Links

jBake website: http://jbake.org/
jBake Github: https://github.com/jbake-org/jbake

Example sites built with JBake:
 
https://www.codenameone.com/
http://clojure.org/
http://www.crashub.org/
http://www.jaxsta.com/
http://blog.ackx.net/
 
Further Reading
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/11/modern-static-website-generators-next-big-thing/
https://www.sitepoint.com/7-reasons-use-static-site-generator/
http://tom.preston-werner.com/2008/11/17/blogging-like-a-hacker.html
http://thenewdynamic.orghttps://twitter.com/javabake

Episode 4 - Baking with Java

In this Episode we speak to Lee Mallon from Rarely Impossible,  about Xamarin. Lee explains what Xamarin is, what it is, what you can build with it.

http://CynicalDeveloper.com/podcast/5/

Contacting Lee Mallon

Website: http://rarely.io
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rarelyimpossibl
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/leemallon

Links

rarely impossible

https://www.bitrise.io
https://github.com/xamarin/dev-days-labs
https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-forms-samples
https://www.xamarin.com/insights
https://developer.xamarin.com
https://github.com/XLabs/Xamarin-Forms-Labs

Espisode 5 - Xamarin for All!

In this Episode we speak to Carl Schweitzer from MS Dev Show about UWP. Carl explains what Universal Windows Platform is, where it came from, and what we should use it for.

http://CynicalDeveloper.com/podcast/6/

Contacting Carl Sweitzer

Website: http://msdevshow.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carlschweitzer
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlschweitzer
GitHub: https://github.com/caschw

msdevshow

Links

Getting Started with UWP: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/GetStarted
UWP Samples: https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples
UWP Community Toolkit: https://github.com/Microsoft/UWPCommunityToolkit
Template10: https://github.com/Windows-XAML/Template10
Windows State Triggers: https://github.com/dotMorten/WindowsStateTriggers
Detecting Features (IsApiContractPresent): https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2015/09/15/dynamically-detecting-features-with-api-contracts-10-by-10/#kF5JcF1M44CAabom.97

Cognitive Services from Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/cognitive-services

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