This week in NativeScript—June 18th, 2016

We’re starting something new here on the NativeScript blog. Each week we’ll be featuring work you, the NativeScript community, do to help make NativeScript awesome. The list will include articles, code snippets, plugins, Stack Overflow contributions, GitHub contributions, and more. Have you contributed to NativeScript this week and aren’t on this list? Tell us in the comments and we’ll add you.

Thanks!

Links

• Hanselminutes Podcast - Native apps using NativeScript with Jen Looper
  • Scott Hanselman talks to Jen Looper about the NativeScript project.
• Space Dojo Podcast - Learn about NativeScript and Angular 2
  • Jen and the Space Dojo team webcast about NativeScript.
• Setting Up Android Emulators for NativeScript Development
  • A guide to setting up an Android AVD (Android Virtual Device) or Genymotion emulator for Android development by Johannes Hoppe.
• Install Xcodeproj For NativeScript iOS Development On Mac OS
  • Nic Raboy shows how to install the Xcodeproj tool, which manages Xcode with Ruby, on Mac OS to be able to do NativeScript iOS development.
• Build a Password Manager like 1Password and NativeScript
  • Premium content from Nic Raboy.
• In-Depth With NativeScript 2.0
  • An interview with Todd Anglin, Chief Evangelist, VP Technology at Progress.
• NativeScript Developer Day
  • Boston, September 2016. Sign up for details when tickets become available.
• Losant Go on Product Hunt
  • The Losant Go app, built with NativeScript, was featured on Product Hunt
• The Ultimate Guide For Building Real Time Applications
  • A comprehensive guide by Jonathan Casarrubias to building real-time applications with Angular 2, NativeScript, and Mongo DB

Plugins

• NativeSrcipt 3D touch plugin
  • Eddy Verbruggen released an initial version of a 3D Touch plugin for iOS
• The NativeScript SVG plugin
  • The 1.0.11 release by Victor Sosa has a handful of fixes and a new demo app.
• NativeScript gradient plugin
  • Brad Martin released a gradient layout plugin for Android
• NativeScript routed values plugin
  • Marcel Kloubert released a plugin for building a graph of values within your app.

NativeScript Snacks

• Getting in the Zone.js: Handle View Updates with zonedCallback
  • Nathan Walker shows how to use Zone.js in NativeScript apps
• RxJS Observable Binding to Listview in Angular JS and NativeScript
  • Another great snippet from Nathan Walker.

Stack Overflow

Nathanael Anderson maintains the all time leader in NativeScript answers on Stack Overflow. George Edwards has a pretty good streak going over the last month.