How to disable Xamarin Forms XAML Intellisense in VS 2015
Straight answer first just in case you’re in a hurry:
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How to access project reference metadata from WiX project in MSBuild
Accessing project references metadata, such as the typical $(var.MyCustomAction.TargetDir) is pretty common from WiX fragments. Here's how to do the same from MSBuild [Read More] -
Bite-sized reusable MSBuild targets, properties and tasks
I’m a long-time MSBuild fan. Now that it’s open source, I’ve even played with bootstrapping it with xbuild to use it even on Mac. It works like a charm, for the most part :) [Read More] -
How to use symlinks with MSBuild
Symlinks are very useful. This post shows how to leverage them for conditional processing using MSBuild item groups. [Read More] -
Dynamic Xamarin Forms From XAML and JSON
Yes, I’m well aware that the official API set for Xamarin.Forms only allows loading the compiled XAML into its “owning” view, using the LoadFromXaml<TView>(this TView view, Type callingType) extension method from the Xamarin.Forms.Xaml.Extensions class. And this is of course the actual real and supported way of doing it (for whatever reason, I’m not part of the Xamarin.Forms team :)). [Read More] -
Bootstrapping Cross Platform MSBuild with XBuild and NuGet
Now that MSBuild is open source and cross-platform, you easily bootstrap it via XBuild and NuGet to build on a Mac/*nix too. [Read More] -
Ultimate Cross Platform NuGet Restore
If you just want the straight solution, download the targets file alongside your .sln and name it Before.[solution file name].targets. Now just build from either IDEs or command lines :). [Read More] -
Open Source Oslo M
For those of you on the cutting edge of Microsoft technologies that don’t ship ;), you probably have fond memories of one particular product that had so much promise: Olso “M”. [Read More] -
Mobile Essentials: Productivity Tools for Mobile Developers
A bunch of mobile development and tooling enthusiasts here at the office wanted to put out some tools, templates and general productivity enhancements for mobile developers, so we decided to set up a custom Visual Studio gallery that you can set up to get these tools in an integrated fashion in the Extensions and Updates dialog (a.k.a. Extension Manager). These will generally be projects we work on the side, on weekends and nights and hackathons. [Read More] -
Installing Xamarin for Visual Studio 2015 Preview
If you currently have a previous version of Xamarin installed, you may not get the 2015 bits automatically when installing the new alpha for VS2015 Preview. Here's how to ensure it's properly installed. [Read More]