Creating your first .NET MAUI app
Let’s create our first .NET MAUI app! Before we can start writing any code, we need to set up our machine by installing some bits. So, let’s walk through these initial setup steps together and see what options we have. Once we’re set up, we’ll move on to the exciting part: creating a .NET MAUI app from scratch, step by step.
Setting up your machine
Getting started with .NET MAUI development is pretty simple, especially if you are using Visual Studio as your IDE. But even if you don’t want to use Visual Studio, the installation should be quite straightforward.
About .NET SDK versions and workloads
.NET MAUI is available from .NET 6, and at the time of writing the book, .NET 8 is the most recent version. It is important to note that every version of .NET comes with a specific support policy: there are Long-Term Support (LTS) releases, which provide 3 years of free support and patches, and there are Standard...
