You're reading from Learn WinUI 3 Leverage WinUI and the Windows App SDK to create modern Windows applications with C# and XAML

Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805120063

Length 386 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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Windows App SDK

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Programming Language

Author (1):

Alvin Ashcraft

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 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. Part 2:Extending WinUI and Modernizing Applications

9. Chapter 7: Fluent Design System for Windows Applications

10. Chapter 8: Adding Windows Notifications to WinUI Applications

11. Chapter 9: Enhancing Applications with Community Toolkits

12. Chapter 10: Accelerating App Development with Template Studio

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

14. Chapter 11: Debugging WinUI Applications with Visual Studio

15. Chapter 12: Hosting a Blazor Application in WinUI

16. Chapter 13: Take Your App Cross-Platform with Uno Platform

17. Chapter 14: Packaging and Deploying WinUI Applications

18. Index

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To get the most out of this book

If you are familiar with Windows Forms, .NET MAUI, UWP, or WPF and are looking to enhance your knowledge of Windows development or modernize existing apps, you will find this book useful. Hands-on experience with C# and .NET is expected but no prior knowledge of WinUI is required.

Software/hardware covered in the book	Operating system requirements
WinUI 3	Windows 10 version 1809 or later or Windows 11
C#	Windows, macOS, or Linux
.NET 7	Windows, macOS, or Linux
Visual Studio 2022	Windows 10 or 11
Blazor	Windows, macOS, or Linux
Uno Platform	Windows, macOS, or Linux

The book covers how to get started with WinUI development, but you should have Visual Studio and .NET installed. Follow the instructions on Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/install/install-visual-studio.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.

After you read this book, you can continue your Windows development journey by diving deeper into the documentation and samples on Microsoft Learn: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/apps/.