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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

Summary

We started this chapter by learning the fundamental concepts that will guide us through the book. We learned how the Windows App SDK works, how it compares to the other development frameworks, and how you can adopt it in your projects.

Throughout this chapter, we learned what the Windows App SDK is and how we can use it to build new projects or integrate it into existing Windows applications. Then, we reviewed why the new .NET runtime is the future for Windows developers who want to build applications using Visual Studio and C#. We also learned which deployment models you can adopt to distribute your applications.

With this, we're ready to start our modernization journey and to start using all the features that the Windows App SDK has to offer.

In the next chapter, we will learn about the differences between Windows Forms and the Windows App SDK and start with the basics.