Xamarin App Testing Using Jenkins CI Pipeline with Kobiton
April 19th, 2018
Host & Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our April 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

April Topic – Xamarin App Testing Using Jenkins CI pipeline with Kobiton

We will demonstrate how to use the Kobiton, Jenkins, and Git to create a CI pipeline to deliver a faster feedback loop while testing mobile applications. We’ll go over some of the problems we were trying to solve and why we needed a third party device farm (Kobiton) to elevate bottle necks in the CI pipeline.

Presented by John Prout
John Prout started his career at C.H. Robinson, and spent a little over 10 years there with around 8 in Test Automation using Microsoft Coded UI, Selenium and Protractor towards the last part of my stint there. After Joining Spok John started on the Mobile team and focused his efforts towards Appium. Helped build a framework around the mobile application that handled Android and iOS across multiple OS versions utilizing a 3rd party device farm.

Presented by Kyle Hansen
Kyle Hansen spent the last 5 years working with Coded UI, Selenium, and Appium, developing testing frameworks for web desktop, and mobile applications. Most recently focusing on mobile application testing within a Jenkins CI/CD pipeline using Kobiton. Kyle spends his free time making games, playing with google maps API’s, and breaking stuff.

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 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.

Going Indy? What are you afraid of?
March 15th, 2018
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 – Going Indy? What are you afraid of?

Computer Programmers interested in transitioning to Independent Consultants / Freelancers. Tonight’s topic is to provide insight into transitioning from employee to independent consultant.

Topics and goals will include:
• Reducing fears Ideas on finding gigs
• Finding mentors
• Learn from each others experiences

Presented by Mike Emo
Mike Emo, founder of iEmosoft has been a developer in the twin cities for over 20 years. Most recently he has been an angular 2 / web api developer for a number of clients in and around the metro and is currently on a contract for Insignia.

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 15th
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.

Continuous Integration using Jenkins and Xamarin
February 15th, 2018
Host & Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our February 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

February Topic – Continuous Integration using Jenkins and Xamarin

In one hour, learn how to setup a Jenkins server to do CI (continuous integration). This will be a lab-style activity, meaning you should bring your laptop and be ready to follow along – learn by doing! We’ll setup Jenkins so that it triggers automatic builds of a “Hello, World!” Xamarin app from both Git commits and a daily timer; Jenkins will keep each build as an artifact for later retrieval.

Participants should arrive at the venue with the following items completed:

Install Visual Studio Community 2017 & Xamarin
• Install Visual Studio Community 2017 or better; be able to click File > New and build and deploy a Cross-Platform Xamarin.Forms app on at least Android
• Implies that Xamarin, Android SDK, etc. is installed and configured

Install Jenkins
• Install a Jenkins master on localhost or other virtual machine and completed the post-installation setup wizard
• Follow steps at https://jenkins.io/doc/book/installing
• Recommend not using Docker unless you’re proficient with it – I’m new to it and had troubles configuring Docker to allow Jenkins to see an internet connection
• Choose the “Install suggested plugins” option
• Setup the first administrator user account for accessing the Jenkins master, and then login;
• Install Git and setup a free account on https://github.com – we will each configure a public repository on GitHub for our Hello, World! app

Presented by Kyle Estes
Kyle Estes is the Lead Data Architect for Polaris Industries where he works on the Ride Command team on mapping. He architected the CI build process and scripts that Polaris currently uses for its production Ride Command mobile apps on Android and iOS.

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, February 15th
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.

Automate the Lifecycle of Your Apps with Visual Studio App Center
January 18th, 2018
Host & Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our January 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

January Topic – Automate the Lifecycle of Your Apps with Visual Studio App Center

Visual Studio App Center is a the hub of “continuous everything” for you apps: Build, UI test, distribute (think HockeyApp 2.0), see usage analytics and crash reports, and manage push notifications – all in one place. We’ll dive deep into the features, see App Center in action, and most importantly, show how you can use App Center to release more frequently, with higher quality, and have more fun by spending time on coding features instead of managing overhead.

Presented by Tom Soderling
Tom Soderling is a .NET developer who discovered Xamarin four years ago and jumped at the chance to write apps for his iPhone using C#. He is a Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer, a Xamarin.Forms enthusiast, and creator of several apps, like How Deep Is It? He’s currently a Sr. Mobile Apps Developer at Polaris Industries, where he rides hogs, and works to improve the off-road riding experience through innovative software like the Ride Command app.

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, January 18th
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.

The State of XR in 2017
November 16th, 2017
Host & Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our November 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 on Meetup

November Topic – OPSEC for Developers

XR is an umbrella term for virtual (VR), mixed (MR), augmented (AR), cinematic (CR), and other “X” Reality terms. In this presentation we will discuss the spectrum of hardware available, the current state of software development tools, and the strengths & weaknesses of XR in its current forms.

Presented by Matt Summers
Matt Summers is a Senior Developer at Pixel Farm, a creative content studio in Minneapolis, and is a specialist in VR, Game and Interactive Development.

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 16th
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.

OPSEC for Developers
October 19th, 2017
Host & Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our October 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 on Meetup

October Topic – OPSEC for Developers

Developers have the keys to the kingdom, and that is why they are high-value targets! Join us for a whirlwind tour through the privacy and security landscape that every developer should be familiar with and learn some best practices that you can use today!

Presented by Steve Killingbeck
Steve is a passionate technologist and problem solver with extensive experience over the past ~20 years and has started several small businesses during this time as well! He also has had the opportunity to travel quite a bit here and abroad, and new adventures are on the horizon!

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, October 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.

Automation and CI in Xamarin Projects
September 21st, 2017
Host & Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

Join us for our September 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 on Meetup

September Topic – Automation and CI in Xamarin Projects

What tools and technologies can we leverage with Xamarin projects to make building, deploying, testing, and maintaining our code as manageable as possible? In this talk we will showcase an example of a real-world Xamarin CI and automation “stack” and discuss in detail the advantages and roles of each of the tools involved. Many of the tools we will learn about are not limited to Xamarin use and can be applied to projects of other types.

Presented by Alan Grgic
Alan Grgic is a software developer with a deep experience in the Microsoft (C# / ASP.NET) stack who is now constantly building on a growing and diverse skillset of mobile technologies. Besides programming, he also enjoys his corgis, his guitar, his board games, and everyone’s beer.

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, September 21st
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.

Bluetooth Low Energy for Mobile Developers
August 17th, 2017
Host & Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

*** ATTENTION: We have shifted the start time for this meeting! We will now start our social time at 5:30 and presentations will begin at 6:00! This is our plan for this meeting and all other meetings moving forward. Please let us know if you have questions/concerns. Thanks! ***

Join us for our August 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 on Meetup

August Topic – Bluetooth Low Energy for Xamarin Developers

There are a lot of wireless protocols out there for engineers and product designers to use, but what makes Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) so interesting is that it’s almost certainly the easiest way to design something that can talk to any modern mobile platform out there.  BLE is a light-weight subset of classic Bluetooth and was introduced as part of the Bluetooth 4.0 core specification.  In this session, we’ll learn about the basic building blocks of BLE and how to communicate with peripheral devices from a Xamarin app.

Presented by Tom Soderling
Tom Soderling is a .NET developer who discovered Xamarin four years ago and jumped at the chance to write apps for his iPhone using C#. He is a Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer, a Xamarin.Forms enthusiast, and author of “How Deep Is It?”, a utility app for measuring distance with accelerometer-enabled smart phones.  He’s currently a Sr. Mobile Apps Developer at Polaris Industries, working to improve the off-road riding experience through innovative software like the Ride Command app.

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 17th
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.

Microsoft Build 2017 Recap for Xamarin Developers
July 20th, 2017
Host & Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

*** ATTENTION: We have shifted the start time for this meeting! We will now start our social time at 5:30 and presentations will begin at 6:00! This is our plan for this meeting and all other meetings moving forward. Please let us know if you have questions/concerns. Thanks! ***

Join us for our July 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 on Meetup

July Topic – Microsoft Build 2017 Recap for Xamarin Developers

This year’s Microsoft Build conference was nothing short of amazing.  It’s hard to stay on top of all the new and exciting announcements from Xamarin so we’d like to show off a few favorites.  We’ll take a look at the announcement of general availability of Visual Studio for Mac, the Xamarin Live Player, SkiaSharp, Xamarin.Forms for Mac, UrhoSharp, Workbooks, and much more!

Presented by John Hunter
John Hunter is an Assistant Organizer for the Minnesota Enterprise Mobility group and the Xamarin Practice Lead at Spōk where he is busily working on a secure medical texting application.  He has worked professionally with Xamarin and cross-platform projects since the Novell days.  When he’s not coding or binging superhero shows on NetFlix, he can be found creating piles of sawdust on his woodturning lathe.

Presented by Adam Zucchi
Adam Zucchi is a co-founder/organizer of the Minnesota Enterprise Mobile user group and is also a Xamarin certified mobile developer working at Mobile Composer in Minneapolis.  He has been working in the mobile space since the introduction of the iOS SDK.  Adam is also part owner of the Green Bay Packers.

Presented by Steve Killingbeck
Steve Killingbeck is one of the group Co-Founders and has been a professional developer for ~20 years with ~4 years in the mobile dev space. Steve has been a consultant for most of his career and has traveled extensively. Besides mobile, his interests also include multimedia development, audio/music/video production, VJ-ing live music events, Security & Privacy, Inventing/Making things.

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 20th
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.

Xamarin 101 – What I Wish I Had Been Told
June 15th, 2017
Host & Sponsor: ILM Professional Services

*** ATTENTION: We have shifted the start time for this meeting! We will now start our social time at 5:30 and presentations will begin at 6:00! This is our plan for this meeting and all other meetings moving forward. Please let us know if you have questions/concerns. Thanks! ***

Join us for our June 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 on Meetup

June Topic – Xamarin 101 – What I Wish I Had Been Told

Xamarin in one form or another has been around for a long time.  But with the recent acquisition of Xamarin by Microsoft, it has become a critical piece in the Microsoft .NET platform.  The ability to write mobile applications for IOS/Android and Windows is now as easy as File..New Project.  Or is it?  Come join me and learn just what Xamarin is, how to get started developing applications with it in VS 2017, and how to overcome some common obstacles you may face.

Presented by William Austin
William Austin is a Senior Consultant with Improving – Twin Cities where he works with clients to help them overcome their business challenges.  He has been a .NET developer since the Beta 1.0 days and has made most of the ‘big mistakes’ during his career.  He is also the current President of the TechMasters group and a Co-organizer of NServiceBus Twin Cities.

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 15th
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.