To get the most out of this book
After you have read the first chapter, you can continue with Part 1 or move on to Part 2. In the first part of this book, we discuss classic .NET MAUI app development using a XAML UI. In the second part of this book, we introduce Blazor Hybrid app development, which is new in .NET MAUI. In the third part, we introduce unit tests and deployment.
Both Windows and macOS computers are necessary to build the projects in this book. Visual Studio 2022 and the .NET 6 SDK are used in this book. To build iOS and macOS targets on Windows, you need to connect to a network-accessible Mac, referring to the following Microsoft document:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/maui/ios/pair-to-mac?view=net-maui-6.0
Software/hardware covered in the book |
OS requirements |
Visual Studio 2022 |
Windows |
Visual Studio 2022 for Mac |
macOS |
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.