Rob Miles (born 23 July 1957) is a

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, and a former

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in programming C Sharp and other elements of

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at the

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. Miles has given speeches worldwide on topics including C Sharp,

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development and embedded development using the

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. He has written an XNA book, and he co-authored a book about the .NET Micro Framework with Donald Thompson. Miles has also repeatedly been a member of the judging team of the yearly Microsoft

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. In 2009, he was selected as a Captain of the software design competition. Miles currently hosts a monthly Arduino Hardware Group as part of the Hull Digital Group at The Centre for Digital Innovation Beta.

Bibliography

* ''Microsoft XNA Game Studio 2.0: Learn Programming Now!'', Rob Miles.

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, 2008 * ''Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0: Learn Programming Now!'', Rob Miles.

, 2009 * ''Embedded Programming with the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework'', Donald Thompson, Rob Miles.

, 2007 * ''More Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0: Create Great Games: Learn Programming Now!'', Rob Miles.

, 2009 * ''Learn C# Now Toolkit'', John Sharp, Rob Miles (Author).

, 2008 * ''Introduction to Programming Through Game Development Using Microsoft XNA Game Studio'', Rob Miles.

, 2009 * ''Uml & Java for Software Development'', Rob Miles.

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, 2001

References

External links

robmiles.com - Personal blog
Living people Academics of the University of Hull British computer programmers British computer scientists British science writers 1957 births {{compu-scientist-stub