Undertand Xamarin Forms data bindings in F# In Xamarin.Forms, interacting with buttons, labels, lists and all other controls is done via data bindings. Data bindings is one of the core component of the MVVM pattern (model - view - viewmodel). It provides [...]

Transform your WebSharper web app into a Android mobile app with Xamarin.Forms WebView With WebSharper, it is easy and quick to build Single Page Applications (SPA) in F#. If you followed my blog, you must have noticed that I regularly post about WebSharp[...]

Setup your environment to build an Android app with Xamarin.Forms in F# From VMare Windows running on OSX Sometime setting up a development environment is enough to discourage developers to experiment certain platforms. Most of us (if not all of us) in .N[...]

Today, at devLink 2014, my last session of the day is “Practical Machine Learning – Predicting Things” by Seth Juarez. In his presentation, Seth talks about machine learning and his machine learning library, numl. The session is very entertaining and I le[...]

For any of you that are aware of the newly updated Xamarin Web site, you may have seen the following: Objective-C was ahead of its time 30 years ago. C# is ahead of its time today. Anything you can do in Objective-C or Java, you can do in C# with Xa[...]

With the release of Xamarin 3 we have a swathe of new features to the platform, but obviously the most important one is obviously F# support is now included by default in Xamarin Studio so there is no escape from the awesomeness of F#! So what else [...]

WebSharper development gains support for Mono framework on Linux and Mac OS X, and integration with Xamarin Studio and MonoDevelop. The preview add-in is available for testing at intellifactory/monodevelop.websharper

Faisal Waris has published a very interesting Experience Report on using F# on Android with the Xamarin tools. It is fabulous to again see independent confirmation of the value of F# in the mobile computing space. TL;DR: F# and Xamarin triumphed. I can’t [...]