Welcome to Brian Long Consultancy and Training Services.

Brian has been delivering training, consultancy, development, mentoring and trouble-shooting services since 1995. Specialising in Windows, .NET, C#, Delphi, Delphi Prism and C++Builder and now mobile devices running iOS and Android (along with MonoTouch and Mono for Android, aka MonoDroid), he has helped numerous clients over this time span with getting new hires immersed into projects, training people on programming subjects from beginner to advanced level, project development, consultancy servics and problem-solving exercises.

Training these days is typically tailor-made for the customer, but details of some of the older formal courses are still available.

As well as the information about his normal day job, you can also find full details of all the talks Brian has made over the years at User Group meetings, at conferences around the world (he was named Best Speaker at BorCon 2002 in Anaheim, California), and all the seminars/Masterclasses he has run.

Additionally, you can find references to various articles he has written and which can be found on various sites on the web along with details of his certifications.

Brian's blog is at blog.blong.com

New

Oxygene for Java articles on Android programming:

• An introductory piece called Using Oxygene for Java to Develop for Android devices - Intro.
• Coverage of a a new syntax feature, inline interface implementation, called Android Events in Oxygene for Java.
• A detailed treatise on what's involved in getting the Google MapView control to work in Android apps, called Using the Google MapView in Android with Oxygene for Java.

Mono for Android article:

• An introductory article, updated for the recent v4 release, called Using C# to Develop for Android Devices