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Modernizing Your Windows Applications with the Windows App SDK and WinUI

Modernizing Your Windows Applications with the Windows App SDK and WinUI

By : Pagani, Plogas
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Modernizing Your Windows Applications with the Windows App SDK and WinUI

Modernizing Your Windows Applications with the Windows App SDK and WinUI

4.4 (9)
By: Pagani, 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)
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Section 1: Basic Concepts
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Section 2: Modernization Journey
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Section 3: Integrating Your App with the Windows Ecosystem
14
Section 4: Distributing Your Application

Working with files and folders

One of the most common requirements of a desktop application is to work with files and folders to support a wide range of scenarios: from writing and reading a file to accessing the content of a folder. .NET includes a namespace dedicated to this scenario, called System.IO, which includes many APIs to work with files, directories, and streams. However, we won't cover them in this chapter, because these APIs have been mostly unchanged over the years and, in this book, we're assuming you have a basic knowledge of the .NET ecosystem and Windows desktop development.

The UWP, instead, has introduced a new set of APIs to work with files and folders that are especially important if you have adopted WinUI as a platform. The classic .NET APIs will continue to work but there are some scenarios (such as enabling users to pick a file from a folder) that will require you to use these new APIs. Let's explore them!

Working with folders

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