Preface

Think about this: how many of challenges that you face during development of your app (or future app) would have already been overcome by other developers? How much time could you save by reusing the shared knowledge within the developer community? While every app is unique, most have similar core modules.

I wrote this book for you, .NET MAUI developers, to help you build cross-platform apps faster and with higher quality. It offers solutions and best practices for the tasks you’ll likely face during development, along with common pitfalls to avoid. You’ll also get insights into how things work under the hood, enabling you to tackle variations of these tasks with ease. This book is designed to save you time and guide you toward building modern .NET MAUI applications with expert-level quality.

It covers a wide range of essential topics, including UI best practices, MVVM, dependency injection, performance, and memory profiling. Since real-world apps go beyond frontend development, this book also explores backend integration for authentication, data processing, synchronization, and real-time updates. Plus, you’ll learn how to integrate AI strategies – no prior machine learning experience is required.

The book is organized into step-by-step recipes, each focusing on a specific task. Each recipe includes detailed explanations to help you apply the knowledge to your unique projects.

By the end, you’ll have the skills to create high-performance, interactive cross-platform apps with .NET MAUI, saving you valuable time on future projects.