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Learn WinUI 3.0

Learn WinUI 3.0

By : Alvin Ashcraft
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Learn WinUI 3.0

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By: Alvin Ashcraft
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Overview of this book

WinUI 3.0 takes a whole new approach to delivering Windows UI components and controls, and is able to deliver the same features on more than one version of Windows 10. Learn WinUI 3.0 is a comprehensive introduction to WinUI and Windows apps for anyone who is new to WinUI, Universal Windows Platform (UWP), and XAML applications. The book begins by helping you get to grips with the latest features in WinUI and shows you how XAML is used in UI development. You'll then set up a new Visual Studio environment and learn how to create a new UWP project. Next, you'll find out how to incorporate the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern in a WinUI project and develop unit tests for ViewModel commands. Moving on, you'll cover the Windows Template Studio (WTS) new project wizard and WinUI libraries in a step-by-step way. As you advance, you'll discover how to leverage the Fluent Design system to create beautiful WinUI applications. You'll also explore the contents and capabilities of the Windows Community Toolkit and learn to create a new UWP user control. Toward the end, the book will teach you how to build, debug, unit test, deploy, and monitor apps in production. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to build WinUI applications from scratch and modernize existing WPF and WinForms applications using WinUI controls.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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To get the most out of this book
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Download the example code files
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Conventions used
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Section 1: Introduction to WinUI and Windows Applications
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Section 1: Introduction to WinUI and Windows Applications
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Chapter 1: Introduction to WinUI
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Chapter 1: Introduction to WinUI
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Technical requirements
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Before UWP – Windows 8 XAML applications
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Windows 10 and UWP application development
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What is XAML?
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What is WinUI?
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What's new in WinUI 3.0?
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WinUI compared to other Windows development frameworks
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Summary
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Chapter 2: Configuring the Development Environment and Creating the Project
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Chapter 2: Configuring the Development Environment and Creating the Project
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Technical requirements
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Installing Visual Studio and Windows development workloads
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Introducing the application idea
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Creating your first WinUI project
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Anatomy of a WinUI in UWP project
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XAML basics
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Understanding WinUI and UWP
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Working with WinUI controls, properties, and events
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Summary
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Chapter 3: MVVM for Maintainability and Testability
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Chapter 3: MVVM for Maintainability and Testability
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Technical requirements
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Understanding MVVM
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MVVM libraries for WinUI
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Understanding data binding in WinUI
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Implementing MVVM in WinUI applications
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Working with events and commands
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Choosing a unit test framework
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Summary
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Chapter 4: Advanced MVVM Concepts
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Chapter 4: Advanced MVVM Concepts
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Technical requirements
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Understanding the basics of DI
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Using DI with ViewModel classes
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Leveraging x:Bind with events
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Page navigation with MVVM and DI
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Summary
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Chapter 5: Exploring WinUI Controls
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Chapter 5: Exploring WinUI Controls
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Technical requirements
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Understanding what WinUI offers developers
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Exploring the XAML Controls Gallery Windows app
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Reviewing what's new in WinUI 3.0
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Exploring the XamlDirect APIs for middleware authors
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Adding some new controls to the project
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Summary
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Questions
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Further reading
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Chapter 6: Leveraging Data and Services
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Chapter 6: Leveraging Data and Services
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Managing application state with app life cycle events
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Creating a SQLite data store
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Retrieving data via services
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Performing data validation with MVVM
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Section 2: Extending WinUI and Modernizing Applications
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Section 2: Extending WinUI and Modernizing Applications
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Chapter 7: Fluent Design System for Windows Applications
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Chapter 7: Fluent Design System for Windows Applications
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Technical requirements
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What is the Fluent Design System?
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Incorporating Fluent Design in WinUI applications
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Using the Fluent XAML Theme Editor
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Using the UWP Resources Gallery
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Design resources and toolkits for Fluent Design
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Summary
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Chapter 8: Building WinUI Apps with .NET 5
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Chapter 8: Building WinUI Apps with .NET 5
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Technical requirements
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Creating a WinUI project with .NET 5
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Exploring the Desktop project structure
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Exploring the Packaging project
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Referencing .NET 5 Libraries from your project
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Sharing the .NET 5 library with a WPF application
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Creating a WinUI control library
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Chapter 9: Enhancing Applications with the Windows Community Toolkit
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Chapter 9: Enhancing Applications with the Windows Community Toolkit
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Introducing the WCT
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Exploring the Windows Community Toolkit Sample App
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Using controls from the toolkit
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Exploring the toolkit's helpers, services, and extensions
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Chapter 10: Modernizing Existing Win32 Applications with XAML Islands
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Chapter 10: Modernizing Existing Win32 Applications with XAML Islands
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What is XAML Islands?
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Modernizing a WinForms application with XAML Islands
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Modernizing a WPF application with XAML Islands
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Using the UWP MapControl in WPF
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Using the WebViewCompatible browser control in WPF
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Working with the WebView2 browser control in WinForms
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Section 3: Build and Deploy on Windows and Beyond
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Section 3: Build and Deploy on Windows and Beyond
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Chapter 11: Debugging WinUI Applications with Visual Studio
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Chapter 11: Debugging WinUI Applications with Visual Studio
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Debugging in Visual Studio
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Learning to pinpoint data binding errors
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Debugging live data with Live Visual Tree and Live Property Explorer
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Chapter 12: Hosting an ASP.NET Core Blazor Application in WinUI
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Chapter 12: Hosting an ASP.NET Core Blazor Application in WinUI
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Technical requirements
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Getting started with ASP.NET Core and Blazor
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Creating a Blazor Wasm application
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Exploring Blazor Wasm deployment options
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Publishing Blazor to Azure Static Web Apps hosting
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Hosting your Blazor application in the WinUI WebView2
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Chapter 13: Building, Releasing, and Monitoring Applications with Visual Studio App Center
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Chapter 13: Building, Releasing, and Monitoring Applications with Visual Studio App Center
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Technical requirements
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Getting started with Visual Studio App Center
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Setting up builds in App Center
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Deploying your application with App Center
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Application monitoring and analytics
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Gathering and analyzing App Center crash reports
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Chapter 14: Packaging and Deploying WinUI Applications
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Chapter 14: Packaging and Deploying WinUI Applications
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Technical requirements
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Discovering application packaging and MSIX basics
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Getting started with application packaging in Visual Studio
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Deploying applications with Windows Package Manager
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Distributing applications with the Microsoft Store
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Sideloading WinUI applications with MSIX
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Summary
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Assessments
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "The way to intercept the launch event is to override the OnLaunched method on the application class."

A block of code is set as follows:

while (query.Read())
    {
        var medium = new Medium
        {
            Id = query.GetInt32(0),
            Name = query.GetString(1),
            MediaType = (ItemType)query.GetInt32(2)
        };

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items are set in bold:

private void OnSuspending(object sender, SuspendingEventArgs e)
{
    var deferral = e.SuspendingOperation.GetDeferral();
    deferral.Complete();
}

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Now when you run the app, you will see that the new style has been applied to both the Submit and Cancel buttons without adding any styling directly to each control."

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