[Online] Getting Started with Xamarin Community Toolkit
May 20th, 2021
Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our virtual online only event sponsored by ILM Professional Services. This is a FREE event and a great opportunity for networking and the latest insights in mobile development.

RSVP Here: Minnesota Enterprise Mobile on Meetup

May Topic – Getting Started with Xamarin Community Toolkit

Steve will be taking us on a quick tour of the Community Toolkit by showcasing a few interesting examples, followed by some Q&A!
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/community-toolkit/

Presented by Steve Killingbeck
A professional developer of 20+ years, longtime freelancer and Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer who has had the great fortune of working with top brands and on cutting edge multimedia projects ranging from medical software, product configurators, games, simulations, e-learning, rich internet applications (RIAs), CD-ROMs, touchscreen kiosks, mobile apps, VJing for live music events with live performance visuals and projection mapping and stage lighting.

About the Group
Led by local developers, the Minnesota Enterprise Mobile User Group is a place to come together to share knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned with the development community regarding enterprise mobile development, with a focus on mobile cross-platform application development and the Xamarin toolset. Our goal is to cover all areas of the Enterprise Mobile landscape.

Thursday, May 20th
5:30 – 6:00pm: Social time
6:00 – ~7:30pm: Presentation and discussion

** This is an online only virtual meeting. We are NOT meeting in person in Edina. **

Sponsored by ILM Professional Services.

[Online] Mobile Accessibility 101 – with Xamarin Forms
April 15th, 2021
Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our virtual online only event sponsored by ILM Professional Services. This is a FREE event and a great opportunity for networking and the latest insights in mobile development.

RSVP Here: Minnesota Enterprise Mobile on Meetup

April Topic – Mobile Accessibility 101 – with Xamarin Forms

John will share his recent project experiences with an introduction to accessibility in Xamarin Forms application. Along the way, he’ll discuss a few types of accessibility to be mindful of, and some basic testing methods to help your application be as accessible as it can be.

Presented by John hunter
John Hunter is an independent contractor with over 11 years experience in architecting and developing Xamarin mobile applications. When not coding, he can be found on his bike or (more likely) in his workshop turning another bowl.

About the Group
Led by local developers, the Minnesota Enterprise Mobile User Group is a place to come together to share knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned with the development community regarding enterprise mobile development, with a focus on mobile cross-platform application development and the Xamarin toolset. Our goal is to cover all areas of the Enterprise Mobile landscape.

Thursday, April 15th
5:30 – 6:00pm: Social time
6:00 – ~7:30pm: Presentation and discussion

** This is an online only virtual meeting. We are NOT meeting in person in Edina. **

Sponsored by ILM Professional Services.

[Online] Getting Started with Xamarin Community Toolkit
March 18th, 2021
Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our virtual online only event sponsored by ILM Professional Services. This is a FREE event and a great opportunity for networking and the latest insights in mobile development.

RSVP Here: Minnesota Enterprise Mobile on Meetup

March Topic – Getting Started with Xamarin Community Toolkit

Steve will be taking us on a quick tour of the Community Toolkit by showcasing a few interesting examples, followed by some Q&A!
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/community-toolkit/

Presented by Steve Killingbeck
A professional developer of 20+ years, longtime freelancer and Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer who has had the great fortune of working with top brands and on cutting edge multimedia projects ranging from medical software, product configurators, games, simulations, e-learning, rich internet applications (RIAs), CD-ROMs, touchscreen kiosks, mobile apps, VJing for live music events with live performance visuals and projection mapping and stage lighting.

About the Group
Led by local developers, the Minnesota Enterprise Mobile User Group is a place to come together to share knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned with the development community regarding enterprise mobile development, with a focus on mobile cross-platform application development and the Xamarin toolset. Our goal is to cover all areas of the Enterprise Mobile landscape.

Thursday, March 18th
5:30 – 6:00pm: Social time
6:00 – ~7:30pm: Presentation and discussion

** This is an online only virtual meeting. We are NOT meeting in person in Edina. **

Sponsored by ILM Professional Services.

[Online] Using Sentry.io to Instrument Your Xamarin Apps
November 19th, 2020
Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our virtual online only event sponsored by ILM Professional Services. This is a FREE event and a great opportunity for networking and the latest insights in mobile development.

RSVP Here: Minnesota Enterprise Mobile on Meetup

November Topic – Using Sentry.io to Instrument Your Xamarin Apps

Using a tool like Sentry.io to track exceptions in your app can be a huge help in reducing your MTTR (mean time to resolve) for production issues. Come hear about how to get started and some tricks we’ve learned along the way.

Presented by Scott Colestock
Scott Colestock is an independent consultant in the Twin Cities focusing on cloud and mobile architecture.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/scolestock/

About the Group
Led by local developers, the Minnesota Enterprise Mobile User Group is a place to come together to share knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned with the development community regarding enterprise mobile development, with a focus on mobile cross-platform application development and the Xamarin toolset. Our goal is to cover all areas of the Enterprise Mobile landscape.

Thursday, November 19th
5:30 – 6:00pm: Social time
6:00 – ~7:30pm: Presentation and discussion

** This is an online only virtual meeting. We are NOT meeting in person in Edina. **

Sponsored by ILM Professional Services.

[Online] Want Good Looking Xamarin Navigation? ViewModels!
August 20th, 2020
Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our virtual online only event sponsored by ILM Professional Services. This is a FREE event and a great opportunity for networking and the latest insights in mobile development.

RSVP Here: Minnesota Enterprise Mobile on Meetup

August Topic – Want Good Looking Xamarin Navigation? ViewModels!

Let’s dive into Xamarin navigation basics, look at Prism concepts and then explore what a ViewModel-driven solution might look like. Victor is going to make the case that it’s the only way to adhere to the MVVM pattern.

Presented by Victor Johnson
Victor Johnson started in the mobile space as the co-founder of Playtend, a native iOS shop. His apps were featured on the App Store homepage, put on dozens of Apple curated lists (Staff Favorites, App Store Essentials, Apps For Kids, etc), were downloaded by millions of users and earned nearly $1 million in B2C App Store revenue. Following Playtend, Victor contracted at Polaris Industries where he got a crash course on Xamarin Forms and C# by Scott Colestock of Marcato Partners. Since January 2015, he has focused on building Xamarin Forms/C# solutions for cross-platform apps.

About the Group
Led by local developers, the Minnesota Enterprise Mobile User Group is a place to come together to share knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned with the development community regarding enterprise mobile development, with a focus on mobile cross-platform application development and the Xamarin toolset. Our goal is to cover all areas of the Enterprise Mobile landscape.

Thursday, August 20th
5:30 – 6:00pm: Social time
6:00 – ~7:30pm: Presentation and discussion

** This is an online only virtual meeting. We are NOT meeting in person in Edina. **

Sponsored by ILM Professional Services.

[Online] Creating Simple Animations for Mobile with After Effects and Lottie
July 16th, 2020
Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our virtual online only event sponsored by ILM Professional Services. This is a FREE event and a great opportunity for networking and the latest insights in mobile development.

RSVP Here: Minnesota Enterprise Mobile

July Topic – Creating Simple Animations for Mobile with After Effects and Lottie

We’ll be walking through creating a very basic animation for your mobile project using Adobe After Effects. Then we’ll preview and export the animation using the Lottie json animation format, and show how the animation can be utilized in your app. I’m definitely not an After Effects expert, but I want to show how using it to create simple keyframe animations can enhance your projects.

Lottie is super lightweight and versatile. It can be used across Mobile, Web and Desktop. This is a good tool to have in your toolkit!

Presented by Joe Bowser
Joe Bowser is a mobile developer with over 5 years of Xamarin experience. His focus has been primarily on front end mobile development. Like many developers in this space he has also had to dabble in the UI/UX space to bring projects to life.

About the Group
Led by local developers, the Minnesota Enterprise Mobile User Group is a place to come together to share knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned with the development community regarding enterprise mobile development, with a focus on mobile cross-platform application development and the Xamarin toolset. Our goal is to cover all areas of the Enterprise Mobile landscape.

Thursday, July 16th
5:30 – 6:00pm: Social time
6:00 – ~7:30pm: Presentation and discussion

** This is an online only virtual meeting. We are NOT meeting in person in Edina. **

Sponsored by ILM Professional Services.

[Online] The Future of Xamarin
June 18th, 2020
Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our virtual online only event sponsored by ILM Professional Services. This is a FREE event and a great opportunity for networking and the latest insights in mobile development.

RSVP Here: Minnesota Enterprise Mobile

June Topic – The Future of Xamarin

For too long, Xamarin developers have been using old tools. But thanks to .NET 5 and the introduction of MAUI in .NET 6, everything is going to change!

.NET MAUI is an exciting new framework to create native iOS and Android apps in .NET using C# Hot Reload, a Fluent API syntax and the MVU architecture.

Join me in this session where we’ll discuss that new fun changes are coming for Xamarin, introduce .NET MAUI, the MVU architecture and show off the power of C# Hot Reload!

Presented by Brandon Minnick
Brandon is a Developer Advocate at Microsoft where he gets to work closely with the developer community and help fellow mobile app and cloud developers make 5-star apps.

An avid mobile app developer, Brandon loves to code and has contributed to and published countless apps!

About the Group
Led by local developers, the Minnesota Enterprise Mobile User Group is a place to come together to share knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned with the development community regarding enterprise mobile development, with a focus on mobile cross-platform application development and the Xamarin toolset. Our goal is to cover all areas of the Enterprise Mobile landscape.

Thursday, June 18th
5:30 – 6:00pm: Social time
6:00 – ~7:30pm: Presentation and discussion

** This is an online only virtual meeting. We are NOT meeting in person in Edina. **

Sponsored by ILM Professional Services.

[Online] The Flutter Clock Challenge fail. What I Learned
May 21st, 2020
Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our virtual online only event sponsored by ILM Professional Services. This is a FREE event and a great opportunity for networking and the latest insights in mobile development.

RSVP Here: Minnesota Enterprise Mobile

May Topic – The Flutter Clock Challenge fail. What I Learned

Encore
Recently there was a contest for the mobile development framework from Google called Flutter. I didn’t win this contest. I didn’t even submit an entry as I couldn’t get past some setup and code issues. What I did get however was 3 weeks of intense self study on Flutter reverse engineering another clock application line by line.

I came away from this experience with a ton of lessons learned that I plan to share with the audience such as:

• The Dart language and it’s peculiarities.
• Usage of the Stateless and Stateful widgets in Flutter
• How the Canvas graphics api works in Flutter including customizing graphics

Attendees will leave this session with the knowledge of the common gotcha’s in Flutter that I experienced and enough ground level knowledge of Flutter to start their own application.

Presented by William Austin
William Austin is an independent Consultant for v3 Solutions. He is currently a Technical Architect remotely with AgileThought in Tampa, Florida. In his professional career he has led teams large and small – providing coaching, mentoring and architectural guidance. He has been working with the Microsoft stack primarily, but strives to keep abreast of mobile and front end technologies as well. He is one of the co-organizers of the .NET User Group and is active in the Twin Cities development community.

About the Group
Led by local developers, the Minnesota Enterprise Mobile User Group is a place to come together to share knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned with the development community regarding enterprise mobile development, with a focus on mobile cross-platform application development and the Xamarin toolset. Our goal is to cover all areas of the Enterprise Mobile landscape.

Thursday, May 21st
5:30 – 6:00pm: Social time
6:00 – ~7:30pm: Presentation and discussion

** This is an online only virtual meeting. We are NOT meeting in person in Edina. **

Sponsored by ILM Professional Services.

[Online] How to Bind a 3rd Party Library for Xamarin
April 16th, 2020
Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our virtual online only event sponsored by ILM Professional Services. This is a FREE event and a great opportunity for networking and the latest insights in mobile development.

RSVP Here: Minnesota Enterprise Mobile

April Topic – How to Bind a 3rd Party Library for Xamarin

So you’re working on a Xamarin project and found the perfect library to use. The only problem? It’s not in Xamarin! It’s not in C# but it’s in Java for Android, or perhaps it is in Swift . Dang!

Don’t feel left out and certainly don’t despair, you can still use those libraries, You just need to wrap them with Xamarin bindings.

Bindings are Xamarin’s corollary for the .NET COM interop functionality, that enables us to wrap the platform-specific libraries (Android AAR files and iOS Native frameworks) with C# code that we can use in our Xamarin applications!

We’ll introduce Bindings with some simple examples and also share some experiences wrapping more complex libraries.

Presented by John Hunter
John Hunter is an independent contractor with over 10 years experience in architecting and developing Xamarin mobile applications and is assistant organizer with the MnEM user group.

About the Group
Led by local developers, the Minnesota Enterprise Mobile User Group is a place to come together to share knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned with the development community regarding enterprise mobile development, with a focus on mobile cross-platform application development and the Xamarin toolset. Our goal is to cover all areas of the Enterprise Mobile landscape.

Thursday, April 16th
5:30 – 6:00pm: Social time
6:00 – ~7:30pm: Presentation and discussion

** This is an online only virtual meeting. We are NOT meeting in person in Edina. **

Sponsored by ILM Professional Services.

Machine Learning 101
March 19th, 2020
Host & Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our March event sponsored and hosted by ILM Professional Services in Edina. This is a FREE event and a great opportunity for networking and the latest insights in mobile development.

RSVP Here: Minnesota Enterprise Mobile

March Topic – Machine Learning 101

What do self-driving cars, email spam filters, and online recommendation offers all have in common? They all involve machine learning! It’s at the forefront of analyzing and making decisions based on large amounts of data.

In this presentation, we’ll introduce the basics of machine learning, talk about common applications, and walk through some examples and algorithms. Demos and code examples will be in C# using ML.Net.

Presented by Mark Kalal
Mark is a software development and IT professional, father of three, and technology enthusiast.

About the Group
Led by local developers, the Minnesota Enterprise Mobile User Group is a place to come together to share knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned with the development community regarding enterprise mobile development, with a focus on mobile cross-platform application development and the Xamarin toolset. Our goal is to cover all areas of the Enterprise Mobile landscape.

Thursday, March 19th
5:30 – 6:00pm: Social time featuring good food and beverages
6:00 – ~7:30pm: Presentation and discussion

Location
ILM Professional Services
5221 Viking Drive
Edina, MN 55435

** Free on-site parking is available **

Hosted and sponsored by ILM Professional Services.