Episode 69: Happy New Decade!

New Year - New Decade - New Pod!! This month James and Matt recover from their holiday hacks to go over the latest and greatest in the world of Xamarin! There's a new version of Xamarin.Essentials out for the new year. And the new year also brings back a look at the top blogs and videos of 2019. Whew - the community sure came up with a ton of great ideas for the Santa Talk Challenge and Matt & James talk about the best. There's a hot new XAML hot reload tips and tricks article you must read and give you the scoop on gRPC and Azure Service Bus. And of course, the Azure Service of the Month and the Pick of the Pod! Show Notes Latest Releases Xamarin.Essentials 1.4.0-pre (https://docs.microsoft.com/xamarin/essentials/release-notes/1.4?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Xamarin News Santa Talk Challenge Recap (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/santa-talk-xamarin-challenge/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Top blogs of 2019 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/top-xamarin-blog-posts-2019/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Top videos of 2019 (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/top-xamarin-videos-2019/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Android App Bundles (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/android-app-bundle/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) XAML Hot Reload Tips & Tricks (https://devblogs.microsoft.com/xamarin/tips-tricks-xaml-hot-reload/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) James Holiday Hacks (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/529844594) Azure News Creating gRPC Microservices with .NET (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/The-Cloud-Native-Show/Building-Microservices-with-gRPC-and-NET?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service Bus From the Ground Up (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Azure-Service-Bus-from-the-ground-up?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service Bus Core Features (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Azure-Service-Bus-Core-Features?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Advanced Features with Azure Service Bus (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/On-NET/Advanced-Features-with-Azure-Service-Bus?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Blazor Conf Blazor Conf (https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Visual-Studio-Toolbox/NET-Conf-Focus-on-Blazor-Teaser?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Azure Service of the Month Azure Service Bus (https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/service-bus-messaging/?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou) Pick of the Pod Sharpnado (https://www.sharpnado.com/scrollable-tabs-and-circle-button-in-tabs/) Magic Gradients (https://github.com/mgierlasinski/MagicGradients) As always, get yourself some free Azure here (https://azure.microsoft.com/free?WT.mc_id=xamarinpodcast69-podcast-masoucou)! Follow Us: * James: Twitter (https://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (https://montemagno.com), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno), Merge Conflict Podcast (http://mergeconflict.fm) * Matt: Twitter (https://twitter.com/codemillmatt), Blog (https://codemilltech.com), GitHub (https://github.com/codemillmatt)