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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

Understanding XAML

Let’s start by looking at the markup language used by .NET MAUI.

In 2006, Microsoft released Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), which was the first technology to use eXtensible Application Markup Language (XAML). Silverlight, for web and mobile apps, quickly followed, but it is no longer supported by Microsoft. WPF is still used today to create Windows desktop applications; for example, Visual Studio for Windows is partially built using WPF.

XAML can be used to build parts of the following apps:

.NET MAUI apps for mobile and desktop devices, including Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS. It is an evolution of a technology named Xamarin.Forms.
WinUI 3 apps for Windows 10 and 11.
Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps for Windows 10 and 11, Xbox, Mixed Reality, and Meta Quest VR headsets.
WPF apps for Windows desktop, including Windows 7 and later.
Avalonia and Uno Platform apps using cross-platform third-party technologies...

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