You're reading from Apps and Services with .NET 7 Build practical projects with Blazor, .NET MAUI, gRPC, GraphQL, and other enterprise technologies

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801813433

Length 814 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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.NET

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Cross Platform Mobile Development

Author (1):

Mark J. Price

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Introducing Apps and Services with .NET

2. Managing Relational Data Using SQL Server FREE CHAPTER

3. Managing NoSQL Data Using Azure Cosmos DB

4. Benchmarking Performance, Multitasking, and Concurrency

5. Implementing Popular Third-Party Libraries

6. Observing and Modifying Code Execution Dynamically

7. Handling Dates, Times, and Internationalization

8. Protecting Your Data and Applications

9. Building and Securing Web Services Using Minimal APIs

10. Exposing Data via the Web Using OData

11. Combining Data Sources Using GraphQL

12. Building Efficient Microservices Using gRPC

13. Broadcasting Real-Time Communication Using SignalR

14. Building Serverless Nanoservices Using Azure Functions

15. Building Web User Interfaces Using ASP.NET Core

16. Building Web Components Using Blazor WebAssembly

17. Leveraging Open-Source Blazor Component Libraries

18. Building Mobile and Desktop Apps Using .NET MAUI

19. Integrating .NET MAUI Apps with Blazor and Native Platforms

20. Introducing the Survey Project Challenge

21. Epilogue

22. Index

Building Mobile and Desktop Apps Using .NET MAUI

This chapter is about learning how to make graphical user interface (GUI) apps by building a cross-platform mobile and desktop app for iOS and Android, macOS Catalyst, and Windows using .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI).

You will see how eXtensible Application Markup Language (XAML) makes it easy to define the user interface for a graphical app.

Cross-platform GUI development cannot be learned in a single chapter, but like web development, it is so important that I want to introduce you to some of what is possible. Think of this chapter as an introduction that will give you a taste to inspire you, and then you can learn more from a book dedicated to mobile or desktop development.

The app will allow the listing and management of customers in the Northwind database. The mobile app that you create will call an ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs web service.

Either a Windows computer with Visual Studio 2022 for Windows version 17...

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