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2 min read 2022-09-12 22:00:00

#CASBAN6: How to set up a local Microsoft SQL database on macOS

Microsoft’s SQL Server cannot be installed directly on macOS, like on Windows machines. Luckily, there is a not so complicated solution using a

2 min read 2022-09-06 03:26:09

Motivation I was planning to run my blog without WordPress for quite some time. For one, because WordPress is really blown up as a platform. The

2 min read 2022-07-02 13:04:50

As you might know, I am in the process of converting all my internal used libraries to be .NET MAUI compatible. This is quite a bigger task than

6 min read 2022-06-09 21:00:00

In Xamarin.Forms, my internal libraries for MVVM helped me to keep my applications cleanly structured and abstracted. I recently started the process

3 min read 2022-02-19 15:57:04

The Key Our goal is to add keyed registrations to the IServiceCollection, so we need a common denominator to build upon. As I was able to use a

4 min read 2022-02-09 02:24:08

As some of you might remember, I was always a big fan of the MVVMLight toolkit. As the later one is now deprecated and MAUI around, I took a look at

2 min read 2021-12-31 15:59:17

Starting at dormakaba I started this year with a new job, moving from a shareholder register to a company for access solutions. The first month was

11 min read 2021-12-11 14:32:35

Overview Let me give you a short overview first. To achieve our goal to use the iOS system colors, we need just a few easy steps: Xamarin.Forms

1 min read 2021-11-30 21:00:00

How I discovered this #XFQaD When I was reorganizing the application resources on my current side project, I decided to create some thematically

3 min read 2021-11-16 04:13:53

Having written a few applications with Xamarin.Forms by now, there was always the one part where you have to go platform specific. Over time, this

1 min read 2021-06-05 14:33:59

Every now and then, our IDE’s get some updates. This week, Visual Studio for MacOS got updated once again. After that, there was a separated

2 min read 2021-04-06 14:00:00

Recently I updated my blog reader app to support the dark mode newer iOS and Android version support. While everything went smooth on iOS and the

5 min read 2021-03-27 00:39:50

What is glidex.forms? The glidex.forms library is a Xamarin.Forms implementation of Glide, which is one of the quasi standards for imaging on Android

4 min read 2021-03-16 01:43:23

What is Xamarin.Forms.Nuke? Xamarin.Forms.Nuke is a Xamarin.Forms implementation of Nuke, one of the most advanced image libraries on iOS today. The

5 min read 2020-10-10 13:00:00

If you are writing reusable code, chances are high that you will write quite some code that deals with types, generics, and interfaces. Over the