You're reading from Apps and Services with .NET 8 Build practical projects with Blazor, .NET MAUI, gRPC, GraphQL, and other enterprise technologies

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837637133

Length 798 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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.NET

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Cross Platform Mobile Development

Author (1):

Mark J. Price

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Introducing Apps and Services with .NET

2. Managing Relational Data Using SQL Server FREE CHAPTER

3. Building Entity Models for SQL Server Using EF Core

4. Managing NoSQL Data Using Azure Cosmos DB

5. Multitasking and Concurrency

6. Using Popular Third-Party Libraries

7. Handling Dates, Times, and Internationalization

8. Building and Securing Web Services Using Minimal APIs

9. Caching, Queuing, and Resilient Background Services

10. Building Serverless Nanoservices Using Azure Functions

11. Broadcasting Real-Time Communication Using SignalR

12. Combining Data Sources Using GraphQL

13. Building Efficient Microservices Using gRPC

14. Building Web User Interfaces Using ASP.NET Core

15. Building Web Components Using Blazor

16. Building Mobile and Desktop Apps Using .NET MAUI

17. Epilogue

18. Index

Building Mobile and Desktop Apps Using .NET MAUI

This chapter is about learning how to make graphical user interface (GUI) apps by building a cross-platform mobile and desktop app for iOS and Android, macOS Catalyst, and Windows using .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI). According to the MAUI team, there are no breaking API changes between .NET 7 and .NET 8. They focused primarily on fixing bugs and improving performance.

You will see how eXtensible Application Markup Language (XAML) makes it easy to define the user interface (UI) for a graphical app. XAML is pronounced “zamel.”

Cross-platform GUI development cannot be learned in only a hundred or so pages, but I want to introduce you to some of what is possible. Think of this .NET MAUI chapter and the additional online-only sections as an introduction that will give you a taste to inspire you, and then you can learn more from a book dedicated to mobile or desktop development.

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Building Mobile and Desktop Apps Using .NET MAUI

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