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Modernizing Your Windows Applications with the Windows App SDK and WinUI

By : Matteo Pagani, Marc Plogas
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Book Image

Modernizing Your Windows Applications with the Windows App SDK and WinUI

5 (1)
By: Matteo Pagani, Marc Plogas

Overview of this book

If you're a developer looking to improve and modernize your existing LOB applications to leverage modern Windows features without having to rewrite the entire application from scratch, this book is for you. You’ll learn how to modernize your existing Windows Forms, WPF, and UWP applications and enrich them with the latest Windows features. Starting with sample LOB applications that cover common scenarios, you'll learn the differences between various components and then focus on design features for improved visual aspects like accessibility and responsive layouts. The book shows you how to enhance your existing applications using Windows App SDK components and various Windows APIs, resulting in deeper integration with the operating system. You’ll be taking a closer look at WinML, which enables Windows applications to evaluate machine learning models offline and leverage the power of your machine, or notifications, to engage with your users in a more effective way. You’ll also learn how to make your application deployment-ready by distributing it using various platforms like the Microsoft Store or websites. By the end of this Windows book, you'll be able to create a migration plan for your existing Windows applications and put your knowledge to work by enhancing your application with new features and integrating them with the Windows ecosystem.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Section 1: Basic Concepts
3
Section 2: Modernization Journey
9
Section 3: Integrating Your App with the Windows Ecosystem
14
Section 4: Distributing Your Application

Publishing your application to the Windows Package Manager repository

Installing applications can be a long and tedious process, especially if you're building a new machine and you have to reinstall all the tools you need for your work and personal file. What if you could somehow automate this process? What if you can make it faster rather than having to pick the applications you need one by one? These are the reasons that led Microsoft to create a new utility called Windows Package Manager (the short name is winget), which is inspired by other popular tools such as Advanced Package Tool (APT) and Chocolatey.

Note

Windows Package Manager is deployed through the AppInstaller application, which is built inside Windows. As such, you will find this utility already available on every Windows installation starting from Windows 10 1709. Preliminary versions of the new releases are available through the official GitHub repository at https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/releases...