A simple developer's journey

Did you heard about Spoon ? If you are a mobile developer (in our case an Android developer with hundreds of available target devices), and you know how much testing your app is important, take a look at Spoon ! This tool will enable you to test your app simultaneously - on several android devices, - to take different steps screenshots during your tests, - to display the results in a meaningful way - to compare screenshots from the several devices... Spoon is available on Github: https://github.com/square/spoon All you need to start is here: http://square.github.io/spoon/ Just take a look below or click on the link below to display a Spoon output sample: http://square.github.io/spoon/sample/index.html

In its original blog post ( that you can find it here ), Scott Guthrie has announced that Microsoft acquired Xamarin, the company that gave us the technology to develop mobile apps in C# for  iOS, Android and WP :) Wednesday, February 24, 2016 In my mind it s a good news for the futur evolution of the technology, however we can ask ourself about the futur development and pricing strategies... Hope it will be more accessible, at less in term of pricing, than the actual version ! What do you think ?

Warning before to start Before to install a custom APK app on your device, make sure it comes from a secured and trusted source ! Generate your APK using Xamarin Studio In order to have a valid package file (APK file), we have to generate a valid package signed with a security certificate. You can use a temporary certificate for test purpose. The process bellow shows you how to do that using Xamarin Studio Wizard: Generate your APK Select Archive for publishing menu Then select "Ad-Hoc" option (to generate your APK localy) Click on "Sign and distribute" Create a custom signing certificate Create a temporary certificate to sign your APK file Install the APK on the target device Configure the target device In order to accept and install a "custom" APK (application coming from other sources than the Play Store), you will need to unlock your phone. This is done in the phone's parameters

Here is a link where you'll find windows 10 designed devices: http://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2015/10/06/a-new-era-of-windows-10-devices-from-microsoft/?WT.mc_id=DX_MVP4025064

Here is the "how to" for beginners, but useful to anyone who starts on building a windows 10 application. It is a good way to start with good practices. http://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2015/09/30/windows-10-development-for-absolute-beginners/?WT.mc_id=DX_MVP4025064

A funny way of having a view of unit tests: http://blog.apterainc.com/custom-software/if-unit-tests-were-seinfeld-characters

Sometime, you want to do more than your day work. This kind of website looks perfect for that: https://www.topcoder.com/ Take a challenge, and win prizes, or just learn new things!

Using angular is a very popular way of building websites, webapplications. You probably know that the version 2 is coming, with breaking changes. Visual studio 2015 seems to be welcoming this new version. Take a quick look at this video: https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Visual-Studio/Visual-Studio-2015-Final-Release-Event/TypeScript-and-Angular-2-in-Visual-Studio-2015