Mike Irving's Blog
A Blog from Mike Irving, Software Developer
Welcome to my Web and Mobile Developer Blog. Here you will find the latest News and Rants about mobile apps, websites and the internet.
I also, occasionally, write blog posts on non-techie stuff too!
To begin, simply select an article from the list below.
Alternatively, choose a Blog Page to view a list of previous blogs.
25/7/2018 -
Earlier this month I did a presentation on Free SSL / TLS with Let's Encrypt, from a Windows Server / IIS viewpoint, at the Dot Net North developer meetup in Manchester, which I happen to co-organise....
3/10/2017 -
In recent years, there has been an increased drive towards securing the web and internet communications. Google Search is now using HTTPS as a ranking factor, Apple now require App communication over ...
15/9/2017 -
Earlier this week I was at Alexa Dev Day at the A.J. Bell Stadium in Salford, Greater Manchester, learning about coding Alexa Skills for the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and other devices.
I was amongst ...
8/9/2017 -
Recently I began looking at using Selenium WebDriver to write automated tests for Web Applications.
All sounded great in theory. I was content with using Java to write the tests, and the syntax for...
31/8/2017 -
Whether you're a developer or not, if you have an iOS device running iOS 10.3.X, you may have noticed certain apps load with a popup warning "App {AppName}" Needs to be Updated. Followed by the detail...
16/6/2017 -
Over the past year, perhaps longer, I have been going through a process of updating, improving and revitalising my app portfolio.
This has been a recurring process, with many passes. After all, in ...
9/11/2016 -
Last week I was one of three speakers at the Manchester Xamarin Dev Days event, at Rise on Deansgate.
A global event, from Microsoft / Xamarin, the developer day aimed to give attendees a hands-on ...
30/8/2016 -
A few weeks back, I posted a blog on how to integrate Crashlytics and Answers into Android apps built with Xamarin.
Here is the corresponding blog post, for iOS Xamarin Apps.
Firstly, good news ...
10/8/2016 -
Fabric (including Crashlytics and Answers), are great mobile app tools, from Twitter.
However, installing them away from Java and Android Studio, in Xamarin.Android Apps, is neither a documented, n...
11/1/2016 -
Over the past few years, I've been lucky enough to be able to attend Dev Events from Samsung, Nokia, Microsoft, Google and Twitter.
Today in London, I achieved my goal of attending an Apple event!
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