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2014 - January/February

Mobile Zen! In a short 5 years, mobile development has gone from a non-existent market to a multi-billion dollar one. This issue focuses on the art of mobile software development with concepts inclusing cross-platform development and mobile design.

Mobile Zen! In a short 5 years, mobile development has gone from a non-existent market to a multi-billion dollar one. This issue focuses on the art of mobile software development with concepts inclusing cross-platform development and mobile design. Read the full issue overview Close issue overview

Mobile Zen! In a short 5 years, mobile development has gone from a non-existent market to a multi-billion dollar one. This issue focuses on the art of mobile software development with concepts inclusing cross-platform development and mobile design.

Inside this issue

2014 - January/February · 9 articles

  1. Twenty Years as a Software Engineer

    This editorial reflects on past conferences and looks forward to 2014.

  2. SharePoint Content Database Performance

    SharePoint guru Sahil shows us how to get the most from SharePoint installations by making sure that they run as fast and efficiently as possible.

  3. Using the WPF TreeView with Multiple Levels

    When your WPT TreeView needs to go deeper than two levels, you might run into a snag. Paul shows us how to use the HierarchicalDataTemplate to get around this problem.

  4. Why Your App’s UX is More Important than You Think

    Have you ever found a great app idea but struggled to use it? Q explains some basic steps you can follow to be sure that your creation doesn’t get put in the pile of unused apps.

  5. Developing Cross-Platform Mobile Apps using Xamarin

    Wei-Meng gives us a step-by-step guide to making seamless cross-platform mobile apps with Xamarin.

  6. Bootstrap 3: What’s It All About?

    Bootstrap 2.x was a great product, but you’ll build more attractive, more inviting, and more accessible websites with the next Bootstrap. Jim and Scott tell us what’s new.

  7. Cross-Platform Localization for Mobile Apps

    Chris shows us how to make sure that your app is not only cross-platform, but international and global as well.

  8. New iOS 7 APIs for the C# Developer

    You can use Xamarin to directly access native iOS APIs and still take advantage of what you know about C# and the .NET Framework. Jason shows us just how easy it is.

  9. Managed Coder: On Passion

    Ted Neward's b-monthly column on development. This issue Ted discusses the concept of developer passion.