Free Mobile Development Books

Microsoft’s Xamarin Community Toolkit simplifies reusing elements across projects with an open-source collection of reusable elements for mobile development. By the end of Alessandro Del Sole’s Xamarin Community Toolkit Succinctly , you will be able to use all the elements offered by the Toolkit, which will improve your productivity and skills in Xamarin.Forms. …

Real-World Xamarin.Forms Succinctly

In Real-World Xamarin.Forms Succinctly , author Alessandro Del Sole draws from his experiences developing enterprise mobile apps to guide you through common challenges. Topics addressed include biometric authentication, secure communications, document sharing, and more. …

Uno Platform Succinctly

February 27, 2022

In Uno Platform Succinctly , author Ed Freitas guides readers on the essentials of working with the toolkit. In just four quick chapters, you’ll go from setting up your first Uno project in Visual Studio to a fully functioning single-page application. …

Ionic 4 Succinctly

January 21, 2020

With Ionic 4 Succinctly , Ed Freitas will focus on progressive web apps and show you how you can use Ionic 4 to build one, using Vue as the JavaScript framework. …

Writing Native Mobile Apps in a Functional Language Succinctly

In Implementing a Custom Language Succinctly, author Vassili Kaplan demonstrated how to create a customized programming language. Now, he returns to showcase how you can use that language to build fully functional mobile apps. In Writing Native Mobile Apps in a Functional Language Succinctly , you will build off the skills you’ve already developed to begin creating applications that you can put to immediate use. …

Xamarin.Forms for macOS Succinctly

The demand for mobile applications across Android, iOS, and Windows platforms often puts developers accustomed to .NET and C# in a bind. The gap between platform operating systems, programming languages, and devices is an immense obstacle. Ideally, these developers would be able use their existing skills and knowledge to build native mobile apps. Xamarin.Forms makes this possible. …

Learn BlackBerry 10 App Development

Learn how to leverage the BlackBerry 10 Cascades framework to create rich native applications. Learn BlackBerry 10 App Development: A Cascades-Driven Approach gives you a solid foundation for creating BlackBerry 10 apps efficiently. …

Microsoft Platform and Tools for Mobile App Development

Microsoft Platform and Tools for Mobile App Development outlines the E2E platform from Microsoft that forms the critical capabilities for organizations selecting technologies and tools for a Mobile Application Development Platform (MADP) and Rapid Mobile Application Development (RMAD). It also describes the core decision factors that organizations should consider, and it outlines the technical capabilities available within Microsoft solutions and products. …

Xamarin.Forms Succinctly

February 14, 2015

In Xamarin.Forms Succinctly , by Alessandro Del Sole, you will learn how Xamarin.Forms allows developers to build apps for Android, iOS, and Windows from a single C# codebase through the use of containers, controls, navigation, data binding, native APIs, and more. …

Mobile Developer’s Guide To The Galaxy

“Mobile Developer’s Guide To The Galaxy, 10th anniversary edition” provides an overview on the different mobile technologies and platforms. …