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I L R I C A M P U S , A D D I S A B A B A E T H I O P I A
NOVEMBER 24, 2016
First Workshop for IT Staff
on Barcodes and GRIN-Global
Edwin Rojas (CIP)
Genebank Data System Manager
Programming With
Xamarin & GitLab

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Prepare Environment for VS2015 and Xamarin
- Verify in Control Panel  Programs Program & Features  Microsoft VS 2015 with Updates
- Install Android Emulator for VS2015 https://www.visualstudio.com/es/vs/msft-android-emulator/

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GitLab
- Create you user in GitLab: https://gitlab.com/
- Download all project examples from https://gitlab.com/CIP-Development-Pub

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Connect VS 2015 with GitLab
- Download all project examples from https://gitlab.com/CIP-Development-Pub
- For example to download exercise 3
- Copy to the Clipboard the link with the button “Copy”

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Connect VS 2015 with GitLab
- Open Visual Studio 2015 and open “Team Explorer TAB”
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Connect VS 2015 with GitLab
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Connect VS 2015 with GitLab
Double click 7

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Connect VS 2015 with GitLab
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Mobile Devices in the World

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Mobile Devices in the World
More code more complex

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Environment for Mobile Devices
Solution: Use an IT development environment that support cross platform devolping apps with
native support.
Xamarin Studio
for PC or MAC
Write application code once, and it runs on multiple platforms = iOS, Windows, Android,....
Visual Studio
for PC or MAC
(Community Edition 2015 with update 3)
https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-mac/

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Crossplatform with VS 2015 Community and Xamarin
Download free Microsoft book for Xamarin and download the samples.
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/microsoft_press/2016/03/31/free-ebook-creating-mobile-apps-with-xamarin-forms/

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Crossplatform with VS 2015 Community and Xamarin

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Crossplatform with VS 2015 Community and Xamarin
Before Xamarin

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Crossplatform with VS 2015 Community and Xamarin

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Crossplatform with VS 2015 Community and Xamarin

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Crossplatform with VS 2015 Community and Xamarin

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Crossplatform with VS 2015 Community and Xamarin

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Crossplatform with VS 2015 Community and Xamarin

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Crossplatform with VS 2015 Community and Xamarin

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Crossplatform with VS 2015 Community and Xamarin

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Crossplatform with VS 2015 Community and Xamarin
Demo and Exercises

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The International Potato Center (known by its Spanish acronym CIP) is
a research-for-development organization with a focus on potato, sweetpotato,
and Andean roots and tubers. CIP is dedicated to delivering sustainable
science-based solutions to the pressing world issues of hunger, poverty,
gender equity, climate change and the preservation of our Earth’s fragile
biodiversity and natural resources.
www.cipotato.org
CIP is a member of CGIAR
CGIAR is a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Its
science is carried out by the 15 research centers who are members of the
CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations.
www.cgiar.org