Cross-platform user interface? Pipe dream or reality? Frank and James debate the Pros and Cons of Xamarin.Forms, an open source cross-platform user interface library from Xamarin. We discuss performance, look and feel, alternatives, and if we really should be using all those fancy data bindings on this week's show. Links & Show Notes Xamarin.Forms (http://xamarin.com/forms) Xamarin.Forms Roadmap (https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/85747/xamarin-forms-feature-roadmap/p1) Free Xamarin.Forms Book By Charles Petzold (http://amzn.to/2l4yml4) Frank: Twitter (http://twitter.com/praeclarum), Blog (http://praeclarum.org), GitHub (http://github.com/praeclarum) James: Twitter (http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno), Blog (http://motzcod.es), GitHub (http://github.com/jamesmontemagno) Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by Adventureface (https://soundcloud.com/adventureface) Subscribe iTunes (http://bit.ly/mergeconflictitunes) Google Play Music (http://bit.ly/mergeconflictgoogleplay) Stitcher (http://bit.ly/mergeconflictstitcher) Pocket Casts (http://bit.ly/mergeconflictpocketcasts) Overcast (http://bit.ly/mergeconflictovercast) Merge Conflict may make commission from affiliate links