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I've been doing a fair bit of AngularJS development over the past 18 months (currently full-time) and I've come across a pattern I've found my self using a fair bit. For the most part it seems to hold water and make my life easier, but I don't know if that's just a short term gain that will come back to bite me (or someone else) in the near future. I also wanted to post about it to see if it eithe ...

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More recently I have been playing with the range of projects from the Xamirin team, specifically Mono and MonoGame. Mono is a .NET equivalent framework that works across other platforms. Xamirin's tools even spread across the mobile space with MonoTouch and MonoDroid. Now, even though I've just been saying how good it is to look vary your experience with different tech, there are obviously major p ...

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Last week I was lucky enough to attend TechEd 2012 on the Gold Coast. If you follow my twitter feed, you'll know thatI didn't have high hopes for it being anything but a giant sales pitch. However, thankfully, a few good speakers saved me from maintaining that impression. FavouriteĀ Talks (no specific order) Adam Cogan - Whats New in Visual Studio 2012 Adam did a really good job at showing what ...

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