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.NET MAUI Cross-Platform Application Development - Second Edition

By : Roger Ye
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Book Image

.NET MAUI Cross-Platform Application Development - Second Edition

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By: Roger Ye

Overview of this book

An evolution of Xamarin.Forms, .NET MAUI is a cross-platform framework for creating native mobile and desktop apps with C# and XAML. Using .NET MAUI, you can develop apps that’ll run on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows from a single shared codebase. In this revised edition of .NET MAUI Cross-Platform Application Development you will be introduced to .NET 8 and get up to speed with app development in no time. The book begins by showing you how to develop a cross-platform application using .NET MAUI, including guidance for migrating from Xamarin.Forms. You’ll gain all the knowledge needed to create a cross-platform application for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows following an example project step by step. As you advance, you’ll integrate the latest frontend technology into your app using Blazor components, including the new Blazor Bindings feature. After this, you’ll learn how to test and deploy your apps. With new coverage on creating mock .NET MAUI components, you can develop unit tests for your application. You will additionally learn how to perform Razor component testing using bUnit. By the end of this book, you’ll have learned how to develop your own cross-platform applications using .NET MAUI.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Part 1: Exploring .NET MAUI
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Part 2: Implementing .NET MAUI Blazor
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Part 3: Testing and Deployment
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Other Books You May Enjoy
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Index

Introducing Blazor Hybrid App Development

In .NET MAUI, an alternative approach to constructing the user interface (UI) is by using Blazor. Blazor, a modern web framework developed by Microsoft, allows developers to create interactive web applications utilizing C# and Razor syntax instead of JavaScript. Additionally, Blazor can be employed in the development of .NET MAUI applications as part of a Blazor Hybrid app. The fundamental building blocks of Blazor are Razor components, which can be reused between native and web applications when utilizing Blazor and Blazor Hybrid. In comparison to XAML UIs, a Blazor UI offers increased reusability, encompassing both native and web applications. In this chapter, we will provide an introduction to Blazor and discuss its implementation in various scenarios. Additionally, we will introduce Razor components and explain how to develop a Blazor Hybrid app using these components.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

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