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Xamarin Dev Day London October 2016
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Xamarin Dev Day London October 2016

by Kayleighupdated on 9th May 20199th October 2016Leave a Comment on Xamarin Dev Day London October 2016

The Xamarin Dev Day was held at Microsoft’s building near Paddington.  It was a modern building, very bright and filled with light.   What Was Covered on this Xamarin Dev Day Short presentations were made to start the day off.  The presentations given were: Intro to Xamarin Cross platform Xamarin Cloud …

  • Last week, as a belated birthday present to myself, I bought a hybrid watch. What's a hybrid watch you say? It's fine, I didn't know about them either until I started researching the best type of step counters to purchase. A hybrid watch is a type of watch that has a standard analogue display, but has some of the features of a smart watch. So I can be a bit tech savvy without losing the classic look of a watch. I wanted a step counter because I decided to take a break from the gym for a while. I'm finding myself working through my lunches on my personal projects. Or scheduling interviews and having to have really quick lunches to make sure I eat. So instead of watching my money drain every month from my account feeling guilty but knowing I still had it, I consciously just stopped payments. I never liked the gym, but it was a necessary part of my life. But, I don't mind walking. So, I thought I'd invest in a watch that tracks my steps. With my naturally (and annoyingly) competitive behaviour even against myself, I thought this would be a good way to make sure I get daily exercise without the monthly cost. I was going to go with smart watch, but I didn't like the look of these and I want site that I'd utilise all the functions. When I mentioned my interest in buying a watch for step counting to someone at work, he told me about hybrid watches. After a long time comparing different makes, models and designs, I settled on the Fossil brand. I choose the Fossil Q Neely. And I love it. I went to look at my future purchase at a Fossil shop. And, despite my limitless questions, the service was outstanding. I was going to buy the watch on Amazon, but after talking to the guy there, I just bought it in store. I was also lucky enough to get15% off on the day so Better value than on Amazon . . . . . #womenintech #techgadgets #techforwomen #womenintechgifts #techgifts #hybridwatch #fossilwatch #fossilhybridwatch #technology #fitness #stepcounter #nogymforawhile #10ksteps #dailyfitness
  • After a really productive weekend of (finally) painting my bedroom, most things on the tech side of my life didn't go so well yesterday. I tried to get into a DevOps problem at work that I seriously regret volunteering for now as it's sucking up so much of my time. I haven't had time to do it in about two months, so picking up where I left off was slow and painful. Once it's done I'm buying myself a cake I think. A big one! I also tried to set up a new build configuration on TeamCity and despite feeling confident at first, this just wasn't working. Both these issues were compounded because I wasn't able to use my usual PC at work so I kept running into setup issues which added to my time wasted. Lastly, in my app project Remind Me, I got my build running after the refactoring. But when I tried to retrieve the new data added to the database, it just kept returning a new empty list. I mean, at least it didn't crash but it's still annoying. These down days on development can come a lot. But, it's important that you remember, they don't last forever. As the only female developer in my office I often feel quite useless at these times. I don't mind asking for help, but I do try and balance this with trying to work through the problem myself. After all, the other devs have work to do too. And the answer may just be a minute away on Google. So I think, when I'm in next, I'm going to try again and stop letting everything get me down at once. Always keep in mind, a little progress is still progress! Keep moving forward everyone, especially you female devs! Check out @lifebykayleigh if you want to see more about my life behind the tech. . . . . . #kayleighcodes #buildingdevskills #coding #programmer #developer #mumdev #femdevs #girlswhocode #womenwhocode #womenintech #womeninstem #dev_girls #appdeveloper #codingapps #theonlywayisup #keepmovingforward #downdaysindev
  • Today I've been decorating my bedroom. So, I've had time to finish listening to Superfans while I paint. Superfans is the most recent book by longtime entrepreneur Pat Flynn. I found that this book provides good, clear instructions and examples of how you can turn your initial casual audience members into Superfans of your brand and business. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to build a community of their audience and maybe create some Superfans in the process. It's currently only avoidable as a paperback and Kindle book. Luckily I got the audiobook free because I pre-ordered and I'm bet glad I did. . . . . . #Superfansbook #Patflynn #Superfans #decorating #painting #DIY#paint #learningwhiledecorating #audibleeduction
  • More tests added! And I've written my final post showing the notes I used when studying for my ISTQB-ISEB to Foundation Software Testing certification. It was a very productive day yesterday but it's because this weekend is dedicated to a lot of manual and physical work. Check out my other Instagram account, @lifebykayleigh to see how I get on. . . . . . #kayleighcodes #buildingdevskills #developingtests #qa #automatedtests #developer #mumdev #femdevs #girlswhocode #womenwhocode #womenintech #womeninstem #unittests #appdeveloper #codingapps #makingcoderobust #blackentrepreneur #femaleentrepreneur
  • How do you decide which platform to create apps for? Consider the following questions before you decide: - Who are your target audience? - What platform does your audience usually use? - Which platform is more likely to generate the amount of money that aligns with what you were going to price your app at?
  • Have you heard of Rubber Duck Debugging? The concept comes from a story in the book, The Pragmatic Programmer. In this story, a programmer carried around a rubber duck and debugged their code by forcing themselves to explain it, line-by-line, to the duck. Now you don't actually need a physical rubber duck in order to practice doing this (although we do have a number of mini rubber ducks floating around our office). You can practice by simply talking out loud. Yes, I know talking to yourself is the second sign of madness, but I do it a lot so I've accepted my fate 😆. In these instances, I don't usually talk to myself. I also don't talk to my two rubber ducks (who sit on my monitors at work) when I'm trying to debug a problem. I find that talking to anything inanimate doesn't help me. I like to vent my frustrations to a colleague. And, usually within minutes of starting to explain, the answer or a new approach that I haven't thought of yet comes to me. So, what does this help you do? This exercise can actually teach you a few different skills: - communication to developers within a code review - how to debug code - communicating to other developers or non-developers Are you someone else's rubber duck? . . . . . #kayleighcodes #buildingdevskills #coding #coder #programmer #developer #mumdev #femdevs #supportdevs #girlswhocode #womenwhocode #womenintech #womeninstem #dev_girls #appdeveloper #android #iOS #Xamarin #codingapps #appentrepreneur #blackentrepreneur #femaleentrepreneur #rubberduckdebugging
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