xamarin for enterprises

S E A M L E S S L Y B L E N D I N G C r e a t i v e & T e c h n o l o g y o n M o b i l e , T a b l e t a n d W E B

W W W . B L U E T U B E I N C . C O M

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Who is About Bluetube

• Established in 1999, Music for Cartoon Network

• Award Winning Tablet, Mobile, Consulting & Web Digital Agency.

• Referral Based• Passion is the center of our business

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Our CREDENTIALSAbout Bluetube

• XAMARIN CERTIFIED• XAMARIN PREMIER PARTNER• Experienced in multiple mobile

platforms• Speak at various conferences• Projects and consulting

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TABLET & MOBILE EXAMPLES

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XAMARIN FOR ENTERPRISES

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THE “NATIVE” PERCEPTION

The Challenge

• iOS• Objective C• Xcode

• Android• JAVA• Eclipse

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iOS Native DevelopmentThe Challenge

• DESIGN UI using Xcode TOOLS• CODE in C#• COMPILES TO NATIVE iOS BINARY• CAN USE ANY OBJECTIVE-C

LIBRARIES

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ANDROID Native Development

The Challenge

• Design UI using ANDROID DESIGNER

• CODE in C#• COMPILES TO XAMARIN RUNTIME• SUPPLEMENTAL VM THAT CALLS

ANDROID VM• INCLUDE ANDROID NATIVE

LIBRARIES

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WINDOWS Native Development

The Challenge

• Design UI using Windows TOOLS• CODE in C#• SHARE CODE ACROSS PLATFORMS

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XAMARIN IS NATIVEThe Challenge

• iOS• C#• Xcode

• Android• C#• SDK & NDK

• Windows RT• C#• Visual STUDIO

• Mac • C#• XCode

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Why Adopt it

EnteRprises

• One Language AND TOOLSET for:• IOS: iPhone and iPad• Android: Android Phone & Tablet • Windows : Phone, Tablet & Desktop• Mac : Desktop

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SHARE CODEENTERPRISES

• BUSINESS LOGIC• DATABASE ACCESS LOGIC• DESIGN PATTERNS & CODE• COMPANY TOOLS AND LIBRARIES

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LESS TO MAINTAINENTERPRISE

• DON’T NEED :• .NET Developers AND

• Objective C Developers• JAVA Developers

• JUST NEED .NET / C# Developers

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Enterprise ApplicationsWHERE IS THE INDUSTRY GOING ?

• Business process management• Sales Applications• Company communications and feedback• Benefits and payroll management• REVENUE Metrics and dashboards

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Practical ExperienceOur experience

• Integrated HTML5 with Xamarin for Hybrid apps

• Integrated Salesforce.com and extended THE Integration

• Used enterprise web services and shared code and objects

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Practical ExperienceWHERE IS THE INDUSTRY GOING ?

• OUR Objective C developers prefer C#

• MANY Android developers prefer C# and Visual Studio

• Despite Microsoft “biases”, C# is a respected Language

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BENEFITSWhy Should we USE IT

• IT’S STABLE – Enterprise WORTHY• YOU ARE NOT LIMITED BY XAMARINS

SDK TO ACCCESS NATIVE FEATURES• EASIER MAINTAIN• EASIER TO SUPPORT / TRAIN• EASIER TO ROLL OUT ON MULTIPLE

PLATFORMS

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CHALLENGESWhy Should we USE IT

• STILL NEED TO understand THE UI PLATFORM ( Training )

• CODE SHARING STILL MATURING• File Linking• XAMARIN STUDIO VS VISUAL STUDIO• Portable class libraries holy GRAIL

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REAL WORD RESULTSSUMMARY

• 25%+ reduction in development EFFORT• 50% REUSE across Iphone + Android Phone• Multiple developers supporting Multiple

projects WITH SINGLE TECHNOLOGY• ISSUES have GENERALLY been “Code” and not

the platform• Customer confidence has been high• Very little POLITICAL Barriers to USING Xamarin

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questions ?THANKYOU

• THANK YOU.

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• http://blog.bluetubeinteractive.com