You're reading from Learn WinUI 3.0 Leverage the power of WinUI, the future of native Windows application development

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800208667

Length 440 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

WinUI

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Alvin Ashcraft

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction to WinUI and Windows Applications

2. Chapter 1: Introduction to WinUI FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Configuring the Development Environment and Creating the Project

4. Chapter 3: MVVM for Maintainability and Testability

5. Chapter 4: Advanced MVVM Concepts

6. Chapter 5: Exploring WinUI Controls

7. Chapter 6: Leveraging Data and Services

8. Section 2: Extending WinUI and Modernizing Applications

9. Chapter 7: Fluent Design System for Windows Applications

10. Chapter 8: Building WinUI Apps with .NET 5

11. Chapter 9: Enhancing Applications with the Windows Community Toolkit

12. Chapter 10: Modernizing Existing Win32 Applications with XAML Islands

13. Section 3: Build and Deploy on Windows and Beyond

14. Chapter 11: Debugging WinUI Applications with Visual Studio

15. Chapter 12: Hosting an ASP.NET Core Blazor Application in WinUI

16. Chapter 13: Building, Releasing, and Monitoring Applications with Visual Studio App Center

17. Chapter 14: Packaging and Deploying WinUI Applications

18. Assessments

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Design resources and toolkits for Fluent Design

While a deep dive into user interface design is beyond the scope of this book, we will briefly review some of the Fluent Design toolkits available for popular design tools. The Fluent Design toolkits for all of these tools can be downloaded from Microsoft Docs at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/downloads/:

Figma: This is a design and prototyping tool with free and paid options, depending on the team and project size. You can find out more about Figma on its website: https://www.figma.com/.
Sketch: This is another popular tool for designing and prototyping applications individually or with teams. There is not a free plan, but Sketch does have a free trial period. Sketch is available at https://www.sketch.com/.
Adobe XD: XD is Adobe's design/prototype tool. Like Figma, Adobe XD has free and paid options for designing apps with their tool. Check out XD at https://www.adobe.com/products/xd.html.