Creating Desktop Apps with UWP (Show IT, Bratislava 2017)

How to best support both WPF and UWP, and move from WPF to UWP

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1. Creating Desktop Apps with UWP Christian Nagel @christiannagel www.cninnovation.com
2. Goals • When & how to use UWP for Data-Driven Business Applications • Moving from WPF to UWP • Introducing important concepts for UWP
3. Non-Goals • A complete application • UI Styles • Desktop Bridge for UWP • No Crashes (using Visual Studio 2017 RC)
4. Agenda WPF or UWP? Sharing Code UWP XAML Features
5. Christian Nagel • Training • Coaching • Consulting • Microsoft MVP • thinktecture • www.cninnovation.com
7. WPF OR UWP? 1
8. All your users upgraded to Windows 10!
9. No
10. Why not always WPF? • Use New Features • Modern Styling and APIs • Different Devices • Windows 10 uses UWP • Performance
11. UWP Features • Easy Deployment/Updates • New Controls • Data Sharing • Tile Updates, Notifications
12. Windows 7 Users • WPF is necessary • Desktop Bridge to add UWP Features for Win10 Users • Write the UI multiple times • Just the UI
13. SHARING CODE 2
14. Libraries • .NET Libraries only for WPF/.NET Framework • .NET Core Libraries only for .NET Core • Portable Libraries for … • .NET Standard makes sharing easier
15. MVVM Pattern View View-Model Model INotifyPropertyChanged INotifyPropertyChanged Data Binding, Binding to Commands XAML
16. Dependency Injection
17. What you’ve seen • Portable Libraries • MVVM removes strong dependencies • DI Container makes DI easy
18. UWP XAML FEATURES 3
19. Assigning Commands
20. Compiled Binding
21. Controls
22. What you’ve seen • AppBar • Compiled Binding • Enhanced TextBox • SplitView • RelativePanel • Adaptive Trigger
23. Summary • Use MVVM and DI with XAML • Portable / .NET Standard Library • XAML Features
24. Questions?
25. More Information (1) • https://docs.microsoft.com • Sample Code: • https://github.com/CNinnovation
26. More Information (2) • https://github.com/ProfessionalCSharp • https://csharp.christiannagel.com • https://www.cninnovation.com • Training & Coaching
27. Thank you!
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