Azure | Xamarin | DevOps | F#
Intro This post is the third post within my series of posts regarding the construction of a trading application using Xamarin.Forms and F#. In this post, I share my source code for selling shares of a stock. User Interface The following reflects the user-experience for selling a stock: The following XAML reflects the above UI: …
Continue reading "Building a Trading App (Xamarin.Forms & F#)"
Intro In the previous post, I discussed my continued journey of learning by building a Xamarin.Forms app using F#. In that post, I discussed the overall architecture: The architecture above is my attempt at practicing Robert C. Martin's Clean Architecture. Specifically I make the features of the app the focus of the architecture and I …
Continue reading "Building a Trading App (F# & Xamarin.Forms)"
In this video, I discuss the DataTrigger within Xamarin.Forms.
I'm chopping it up with Ody about F#, Property-based Testing, Akka, etc. Reactive Programming - 2:52 Akka dot Net - 23:26 Immutable Databases - 37:00 Architects + F# - 47:00 Multi-Threading Discussion - 52:22 Testing Discussion - 58:45 Codebases and Architecture - 1:17:23 Property based Testing - 1:32:33 F# vs C# for User Interfaces - …
Continue reading "Talking to Ody about F#, Akka, and Irrelevant Architects"
In this video, I prepare for an upcoming Xamarin.Forms interview. My focus in this video is to leverage the DataTemplateSelector.
Intro I absolutely love WPF. I have been building apps in it for almost seven years now and always learn something new. This article discusses how I learned to build a speedometer. Adding the Expression Namespace When building a speedometer, I've learned that I can leverage the Expression library's Arc class. To do this, …
I recently learned how to implement ValueConverters in F#. In case you haven't realized, I have been experimenting with F# on my off time so that I can be a better developer and thus increase both my worth and influence within the software development industry. ValueConverters serve as translators for data binding. Specifically, they convert values of one …
Intro I have been banging my head against the wall as I attempt to learn F#. This language is designed to simplify programming. F# reduces the amount of syntax required via declarative expressions instead over imperative statements. Although I sincerely believe that F# is the future of .NET development, my mind is stuck on Object-Oriented design principles. As a result, I am forcing …
In today’s news, SDETs and software craftsman around the world have been leveraging test-mutation frameworks in retaliation for the relentless death marches and massive disappointments that many shops have been experiencing due to Dark-Matter Developers (aka: DMDs). Test-mutation frameworks are tools that are used to expose false-positives within a test automation suite. DMDs have been …
Intro Unit tests are essential for building software effectively. In addition, unit tests also enable developers to exterminate bugs quickly with extreme prejudice. Protect this House from Bugs I thought that I could use the video above as a metaphor so that I could hype-up my craftsman such as yourself into protecting your codebase with a …
Scott Nimrod's Blog 