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Dave Murray

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.NET developer with a passion for mobile and DevOps. I build cross platform apps using Xamarin, backend systems using Azure and GitHub Actions using Docker.

Achievement Unlocked - Build mobile and desktop apps with .NET MAUI!

Jun 19, 20221 min read

I've had a productive weekend, I completed the new .NET MAUI course from Microsoft Learn while watching the awesome MotoGP racing from Sachsenring!...

Achievement Unlocked - Build mobile and desktop apps with .NET MAUI!

VS2022 17.3 Preview 1.1 - Missing Xamarin SDKs

Jun 2, 20221 min read

.NET MAUI went GA last week 🎉 with the release of Visual Studio 2022 17.3 Preview 1.1 on Windows. Unfortunately updating to this version of Visual...

VS2022 17.3 Preview 1.1 - Missing Xamarin SDKs

Microsoft Build 2022: Xamarin & MAUI Recap

May 30, 20227 min read

Build is Microsoft's premier developer conference, taking place annually in May. As with the past two editions, Build 2022 was an entirely online...

Microsoft Build 2022: Xamarin & MAUI Recap

Goodbye Emma

May 16, 20222 min read

As you may have noticed by the lack of content I have been on hiatus for the last couple of months. My beloved partner of 22 years, Emma passed away...

Goodbye Emma

.NET Frontend Day 2022: Xamarin & MAUI Recap

Feb 19, 20223 min read

.NET Frontend Day 2022 took place on 10th February with a great line-up of speakers from the community & Microsoft and topics for all .NET developers....

.NET Frontend Day 2022: Xamarin & MAUI Recap

Platform Specific Code using Partial Classes in .NET MAUI

Jan 27, 20229 min read

When writing a cross platform app it is common to need some platform specific code. In Xamarin.Forms we use DependencyService, in .NET MAUI we can use...

Platform Specific Code using Partial Classes in .NET MAUI