Building Truly Universal Applications with Azure, Xamarin and MVVM

Discover how to create genuinely universal applications that run on Windows 7, iOS, Android, and various Windows 10 platforms in this comprehensive conference talk. Explore the power of Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) architecture pattern, .NET portable class libraries, and Xamarin frameworks to structure applications with maximum code sharing across platforms. Learn practical techniques for building native UIs that adapt seamlessly to different devices. Gain insights from Laurent Bugnion, a XAML/C# expert and creator of the MVVM Light Toolkit, as he demonstrates how to leverage this powerful library to target a wider user base. Through numerous demos, understand the intricacies of developing applications that work across an unprecedented range of platforms and form factors, from IoT devices to phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, Xbox, SurfaceHub, and even the HoloLens.