Microsoft this week clarified how iOS development will work with the new Xamarin-based tooling announced at the recent Build developers conference: It's easier, but a Mac will still be needed at some ...

Following years of rumors, Microsoft has acquired Xamarin, a company that aids cross-platform development of mobile applications. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. “With today’s acquisition ...

It’s possible to look back six years or so to see the roots of today in the open sourcing of .NET and the creation of the .NET Foundation. The platform needed an independent body to shepherd it ...

In its continuing push towards making its tools available across platforms, Microsoft announced Thursday that it will give Windows developers using .NET the native ability inside Visual Studio to ...

Mobile app development frameworks like Ionic and Xamarin are very popular. Both aim to speed up, simplify, and open up app development to a broader group of programmers. The major difference between ...

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Well, Xamarin might just be what you're looking for -- a suite a tools that allows for cross-platform development with C#. If that piques your interest, you'll definitely want to snag these online ...