.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.
In my previous article, Secure your .NET builds with StepSecurity and GitHub Actions, I discussed software supply chain attacks and showed how to use StepSecurity Secure Workflows to improve the security of your GitHub Actions software supply chain. ...
Software supply chain attacks are increasing in severity and frequency. StepSecurity are working to help secure DevOps workflows using GitHub Actions. In this article I show how you can use StepSecurity's tools to improve the security of your workflo...
I have a confession to make, I'm working on a new cross platform app and we're using Xamarin.Forms rather than .NET MAUI.😲 Xamarin.Forms will be unsupported after November 2023 so why did we make this choice? Background First a little background......
I'm pleased to announce the latest release of my popular GitHub Action Code Coverage Summary. Code Coverage Summary v1.3.0 brings new features, compatibility with more test frameworks and improvements to supply chain security. Code Coverage Summary r...
I woke up this morning...🎶 No, I'm not writing a blues song and actually this was yesterday but I coudn't resist that opening line.😄 I awoke to find a text message telling me I had a donation via GitHub Sponsors! Who was this and which project had ...
Writing a workflow to build a cross platform .NET MAUI app with GitHub Actions is more complicated than the average .NET app. You have to install the .NET MAUI workload and take into consideration which runner can be used to build each platform. In t...
Edit Release is a GitHub Action for editing an existing release. Edit the Name, Draft status and Pre-release status of a release as well as adding text and the content of markdown files to the Body of a release. Edit Release is built with .NET 6 and ...
With .NET MAUI reaching GA release at the end of May I decided it was time to update my playground app. The last time I did any work on MAUI Beach it was with Preview 11 so a lot of things have changed. In this article I'll explain the steps I took a...
I've had a productive weekend, I completed the new .NET MAUI course from Microsoft Learn while watching the awesome MotoGP racing from Sachsenring! 🥳🏍🏍🏍 Starting with an explanation of the .NET MAUI architecture and creation of a simple app, the ...
