You're reading from Learn WinUI 3.0 Leverage the power of WinUI, the future of native Windows application development

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800208667

Length 440 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

WinUI

Concepts

Application Development

Author (1):

Alvin Ashcraft

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

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

9. Chapter 7: Fluent Design System for Windows Applications

10. Chapter 8: Building WinUI Apps with .NET 5

11. Chapter 9: Enhancing Applications with the Windows Community Toolkit

12. Chapter 10: Modernizing Existing Win32 Applications with XAML Islands

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

14. Chapter 11: Debugging WinUI Applications with Visual Studio

15. Chapter 12: Hosting an ASP.NET Core Blazor Application in WinUI

16. Chapter 13: Building, Releasing, and Monitoring Applications with Visual Studio App Center

17. Chapter 14: Packaging and Deploying WinUI Applications

18. Assessments

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Exploring the XAML Controls Gallery Windows app

Because there are so many powerful and configurable WinUI controls available, the WinUI team at Microsoft decided to create an application where Windows developers can explore and even try the controls. The XAML Controls Gallery is a great tool to get familiar with the controls, decide which ones are a fit for your application, and get some sample code.

To install the XAML Controls Gallery, you can visit its Microsoft Store page on the web (https://www.microsoft.com/p/xaml-controls-gallery/9msvh128x2zt) or launch the Microsoft Store Windows app and search for XAML Controls Gallery. The Gallery app itself is open source. You can browse the code to learn more about it on GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/Xaml-Controls-Gallery/tree/winui3preview.

Once it has been downloaded and installed, launch the application:

Figure 5.10 – The XAML Controls Gallery application

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