El Bruno

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[#XAMARIN] Using and detecting #Estimote Virtual #eBeacons

Hello! In my previous post I wrote on how to add some code into a Xamarin Forms Solution so that it detects an Estimote beacon. In the below animation, I use the Estimote app in iOS to emulate a virtual beacon (left), and the Xamarin Android app show information of the detected beacon (right) However, to understand how… — read more

Jan 19, 2016
[#DEV] Amazing collection of free #development #ebooks on #GitHub

Hello! Today I read on Gisela’s feed (@0gis0) about an impressive collection of free ebooks for developers on GitHub. The general index with links is on GitHub, and the idea is that the community is responsible for collaborating with the same. Another interesting fact is that, not only are the books in English, but there are also… — read more

Jan 18, 2016
[#XAMARIN] First steps with #Estimote Beacons and #VS2015

Hello! Now that I have a pair of beacons up and running, next step is to create an app to see how you can interact with them. For this sample, I will create an app using Xamarin Forms and I will test the app with Android as target (my iOS build and deploy environment is on Luis… — read more

Jan 14, 2016
[#Tools] #JetBrainsRider, C# IDE from #ReSharper creators

Hello! Today’s plan was to post something related to Xamarin code and Beacons, however the following news deserves a full post. So here it is: The people of JetBrains has just confirmed that they are going to release an C# development IDE. It’s simple. According to the original story, the IDE will be based on the JVM so… — read more

Jan 13, 2016
[#XAMARIN] Estimote beacons + #StarWars = true

Hi! I’m going to share a couple of posts on Xamarin and Beacons in the next few days. I’m going to use Estimote for the first posts. So, today I realize that some beacons run out of battery. So, a normal tech dude will throw them out. Me, on the other side, think to open them… — read more

Jan 12, 2016
#HUMOR – Welcome to #DevOps

Hi ! And when it finally works you get a Greetings @ Madrid -El Bruno — read more

Jan 10, 2016
[#VS2015] Ding on build, Ding on error, Ding on success tests … Dings anytime !!! (now you can choose)

Hi! More than a year ago, I wrote a small review of an interesting extension for Visual Studio. This extension plays a sound (bip) on some events in the IDE: Build Sucess, Build Failed, Test Run, etc. I really like the idea, however that version only have one sound for everything. So I kindly ask… — read more

Jan 9, 2016
[#VS2015] x:Bind, better performance and typed bindings in #Windows10 apps

Hello! If you work with XAML for sure you know the label x:Binding, we usually use it to associate code behind properties with XAML views. With the arrival of Windows Universal Apps for Windows 10 to have an evolution of that tag x:Bind. The way to use it is very similar. This is the Binding that we… — read more

Jan 8, 2016
#PERSONAL – €699 an #OculusRift really? IMHO OR has lost it

Hello! I’ve always been a big fan of Oculus Rift. From the point of view of technology, OR was a collage of many technologies that were for long time. However, they were the first ones who really knew how to succeed with a simple product based on 2 topics -Be cheap -Have a very powerful SDK… — read more

Jan 7, 2016
#VS2015 – #FateDetection and Merry Christmas #Coding4Fun

Hi! Although Christmas is gone, my children still love to play with their Santa hats. Half of them have already have been given, but I get out my dev superpowers and with 4 lines of code I add some VIRTUAL HATS in the face detection app !!! Like always the source is on GitHub and a… — read more

Jan 5, 2016
[#PERSONAL] #MVP for 9th time and a year with some BIG changes

Hello! New year season is always a great time to enjoy with family and friends. And also to consider new goals. This year I’ve been a bit ambicious with the goals… but I’ll get to that later. Going back to January 1st, I must admit, even if I’ve being recognized as MVP 9 years in a… — read more

Jan 4, 2016
#HUMOR – #IoT Connected World

Hi ! Everyone is talking about IoT, however this is maybe the best way to explain the current state of “everything” And then you became … Greetings @ Madrid -El Bruno Source Geek & Poke, Connected World — read more

Jan 3, 2016
#VS2015 – Windows Universal sample App using #FaceDetection native API on #Windows10

Hello! In the yesterday’s post I wrote on the new Windows 10 APIs to perform face detection. In today’s sample app (shared on GitHub), it is possible to see how a WebCam feed is analyzed in real time and displays the detected faces. A couple of details about the App The AppCommandBar button changes to show… — read more

Dec 30, 2015
#VS2015 – #Windows10 native API for #FaceDetection

Hi ! Among the new APIs that brings Windows 10 to work with images we found one quite interesting: Windows.Media.FaceAnalysis. The name already tells us the functionality of this API: face detection. Using this library, we have several ways of working with it. For example, in the FaceDetector class, we have a DetectFacesAsync() operation that using a SoftwareBitmap,… — read more

Dec 29, 2015
#VS2015 – Compare 2 external files in Visual Studio from the IDE

Hello! Visual Studio 2013 file comparison tool can be considered “first citizen tool”. Before I used to use WinMerge, or another tool to compare. What is still missing in the IDE is a small menu that allows us to select 2 files and compare them. From command line, you can do it with devenv.exe /diff … — read more

Dec 22, 2015
#VS2015 – VS Touch useful extension to work in #TouchMode in Visual Studio

Hi! I didn’t write any post for my Visual Studio Friday Extension series, so I’ll start to share a couple of them even if today is not Friday. Today’s extension is very useful if you are using a touch enabled device, for my is very useful to be used with my Surface Pro 3 :… — read more

Dec 21, 2015
#EVENT – Now in #Channel9 our #Talks4Kids videos, thanks!

Hi ! I’ve already shared the materials I’ve used in the event (slides + source code), now is time to watch all the sessions live in Channel9. Big Disclaimer: All the sessions are in spanish. Keynote Talks4Kids Windows 10: La comunidad del core (Ruben Fernandez) The Big Cloud Theory (Alejandro Campos Magencio) Bailando con monos (Josue Yeray) Coding4Fun 2.4 (Bruno Capuano) Consejos Heisenberg para conseguir Apps Windows… — read more

Dec 17, 2015
#VS2015–Windows Universal Apps in #FullScreen or #CustomSize mode

Hello! To get to some users to use Windows Universal Apps sometimes can be a challenge. Therefore, tasks such as managing the FullScreen mode or set a specific size in a window are important stuff to add into our apps. The following lines of code show how to change state Full Screen to normal state and define a… — read more

Dec 14, 2015
#VS2015–Tweets including media (video, image) from #UWP using #TweetInvi

Hello 2 days ago I published a post I commented that TweetInvi is an interesting option to work with Twitter from our Windows 10 apps. Shortly after someone asked me if it was possible to publish images or videos embedded tweets. TweetInvi possesses a Upload class that allows us to attach images, videos, or binary… — read more

Dec 12, 2015
#OLW – #OpenLiveWriter, Windows Live Writer saved by the open source community

Hello! I’ve been writing posts for already more than 10 years and I think that during the first 5 years Windows Live Writer (WLW) was the main tool I used. On the road were other options such as Writing with Word, good idea, bad implementation. I think I tried it only 2 times. Send posts… — read more

Dec 11, 2015