WSL is amazing.... but WSLg now enables you to run Linux GUI apps directly from your Windows machine!?!?! We discuss the possibilities.

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• microsoft/wslg: Enabling the Windows Subsystem for Linux to include support for Wayland and X server related scenarios
• WSLg Architecture | Windows Command Line
• The Initial Preview of GUI app support is now available for the Windows Subsystem for Linux | Windows Command Line

No upgraded MacBook devices for us just yet, but the M1 is in full force on the new iMac and iPad Pro! We break down the entire apple event.

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We celebrate our 250th episode by answering as many questions as we can from YOU, our listeners!

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WWDC 21 is officially happening and we sit down to speculate on what we think will be announced and reflect on some of our favorite tech devices we have been able to program on.

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Yes, this is the most boring title ever, but this podcast episode isn't!

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• Danny Ackerman on Twitter: "For a new desktop app, no special xplat or web requirements, nothing graphics intensive, just lots of data collection, would you use WinUI3, WPF, or WinForms? @allanritchie911 @JamesMontemagno @praeclarum @Depechie @andrew_hoefling" / Twitter
• SIDOVSKY/EBind: 🔵 .NET Data Binding we deserve: concise, fast, feature-rich

Frank goes hands on with GPT-3 for the first time and basically puts himself out of a job as he has it create his entire app for him. We discuss.

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Putting apps into the app store is amazing, but the frameworks limit your ability as an app developer to do certain things on the desktop. We discuss how to keep long running processing going and breaking out of that sandbox with some great APIs.

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• Web Atoms: Web Atoms is a JavaScript bridge for Xamarin.Forms that lets you supercharge your apps. Use JSX/JavaScript or TSX/TypeScript) for Xamarin.Forms, transition from C# to JavaScript with One/Two way binding with Dependency Injection, Hot Reload Your App in Production Environment, and more!

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• beginActivityWithOptions:reason: | Apple Developer Documentation
• NSProcessInfo | Apple Developer Documentation
• My Stream Timer

.NET MAUI may be on the way, but Xamarin.Forms 5 is here today! We discuss the journey and what is next.

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• Syncfusion: Syncfusion offers the largest selection of controls for .NET MAUI, Xamarin, WPF, Windows Form, Win UI, Flutter, Blazor, ASP.NET Core, and more! Check out our components on NuGet and don’t forget to download their free e-books.

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We are ready to enter the world of Docker and Microservices.... but first what is a microservice? what is a container? an image? why is all of this important? We discuss.

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• .NET Tutorial | Your First Microservice
• Overview of Docker Compose | Docker Documentation
• Microservices with .NET and Docker containers

It has been nearly 3 years since Frank launched FuGet.org the pro NuGet package browsing website. A lot has happened and he reflects on the last 3 years and talks about lessons he learned and what he would change.

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• Home page - FuGet Gallery
• .NET Downloads (Linux, macOS, and Windows)
• praeclarum/FuGetGallery: An alternative web UI for browsing nuget packages