Playback of webinar recorded on Aug 12, 2015 with Al Tsang (CTO, StrongLoop) and Aviv Callander (CEO, PerfectedTech. * Read the step-by-step tutorial on how to get the To Do sample app up and running using Loopback and the Xamarin SDK (strongloop.com/strongblog/nodejs-loopback-xamarin-sdk-sql-server/) * Get the code: LoopBack (loopback.io/) * Get the code: Xamarin SDK (github.com/strongloop/loopback-sdk-xamarin) * Get the code: ToDo sample app (github.com/strongloop/loopback-example-xamarin) * Learn more about PerfectedTech (perfectedtech.com/effective-mobile-solutions/)

1. Building APIs with NodeJS, SQL Server for
Xamarin Apps
Al Tsang, Co-Founder and CTO @StrongLoop
Aviv Callander, Founder and CEO @Perfected Tech

2. Agenda
Intros
Use Case
Solution Overview: LoopBack and Xamarin SDK
Walkthrough (Part 1 & 2)
What’s Next?
Q&A
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3. Use Case – Highly Productive Stack for Building Mobile Apps
.NET + NodeJS – fantastic platform + polyglot super glue for agile
backend = win/win
SQL Server – easy selection for .NET platform as a datastore, most
often a legacy system
Xamarin – cross platform mobile apps using .NET
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4. LoopBack: Open Source nirvana (mBaaS, ORM,
Micro)
REST
API
PUSH
GEO
OFF
SYNC
DEVICE
USER FILE
API
GATEWAY
Channel
SDKs
API ENGINE
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ORM
ACLs
Data and Services
Remoting
Pub Sub

5. Introducing the Xamarin SDK
Design follows our very popular Angular SDK
Xamarin CLI tool (lb-xm
Custom C# (.cs) and or DLL + RestSharp
Strongly Typed!
Community developed! – courtesy of Perfected Tech
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6. Walkthrough
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Part 1 – NodeJS via LoopBack and SQL Server Backend
Part 2 – Xamarin SDK Generation and Client App

7. What’s Next?
Getting Started is Easy! - npm install -g strongloop; git clone loopback-xamarin-
demo
Join the community - https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups -
!forum/loopbackjs and help evolve the SDK!
Contact PerfectedTech for mobile solutions - http://perfectedtech.com/
Try it yourself - https://strongloop.com/strongblog/nodejs-loopback-xamarin-sdk-sql-
server/
Features considered for future roadmap
– Built in C# objects representing LB built in models
– Offline sync

8. Open Session Q&A
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On behalf of StrongLoop and Perfected Tech - Thanks for your time!