iOS Development with C#

My North Dallas Dot Net User Group talk

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1. iOS Development with C# Venkat Palivela Senior Consultant at Improving Twitter: @venkatpalivela Github: vpalivela Website: venkatpalivela.com
2. Venkat Palivela Xamarin Studio •NATIVE Apps! •Mono Framework •Touch.Unit •TestFlight Support •Cost $$ 2
3. Venkat Palivela Syntax 3 [buttonCount  addTarget:self                                  action:@selector(buttonCountClicked:)              forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside]; -­‐  (void)buttonCountClicked:(id)sender{        count++;                [labelShowCount  setText:[NSString  stringWithFormat:@"%d",  count]]; } countButton.TouchUpInside  +=  (sender,  e)  =>  {   _count++;   countLabel.Text  =  _count.ToString(); }  ; Objective - C C#
4. Venkat Palivela C# to iOS 4 ~byte~ Source Code .NET bytecode iOS Machine Code Compiles AOT ~byte~ 101010
5. Venkat Palivela Limitations of AOT •Limited Generic Support •No JIT •No DLR 5
6. Demo 6
7. Venkat Palivela Parity Issues •Searching with the Great Google •Use of base classes vs interfaces in Obj-C •Async with ThreadPool vs Grand Central Dispatch 7
8. Venkat Palivela Libraries •MonoTouch.Dialog •Touch.Unit •Xamarin.Mobile •Contacts •Geolocation 8
9. Thank You @venkatpalivela http://github.com/vpalivela 9