Packt+ | Advance your knowledge in tech

You're reading from C# 7.1 and .NET Core 2.0 ??? Modern Cross-Platform Development Create powerful applications with .NET Standard 2.0, ASP.NET Core 2.0, and Entity Framework Core 2.0, using Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio Code

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2017

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788398077

Length 800 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Tools

.NET

Concepts

Programming Language

Author (1):

Mark J. Price

View More author details

Table of Contents (31) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Customer Feedback

Preface

1. Hello, C#! Welcome, .NET Core! FREE CHAPTER

2. Part 1 – C# 7.1

3. Speaking C#

4. Controlling the Flow and Converting Types

5. Writing, Debugging, and Testing Functions

6. Building Your Own Types with Object-Oriented Programming

7. Implementing Interfaces and Inheriting Classes

8. Part 2 – .NET Core 2.0 and .NET Standard 2.0

9. Understanding and Packaging .NET Standard Types

10. Using Common .NET Standard Types

11. Working with Files, Streams, and Serialization

12. Protecting Your Data and Applications

13. Working with Databases Using Entity Framework Core

14. Querying and Manipulating Data Using LINQ

15. Improving Performance and Scalability Using Multitasking

16. Part 3 – App Models

17. Building Web Sites Using ASP.NET Core Razor Pages

18. Building Web Sites Using ASP.NET Core MVC

19. Building Web Services and Applications Using ASP.NET Core

20. Building Windows Apps Using XAML and Fluent Design

21. Building Mobile Apps Using XAML and Xamarin.Forms

22. Summary

Good luck!

23. Answers to the Test Your Knowledge Questions

Index

Chapter 20. Building Windows Apps Using XAML and Fluent Design

This chapter is about seeing what can be achieved with XAML when defining the user interface for a graphical app, in particular, for Universal Windows Platform (UWP). You will explore some of the new user interface features of Fluent Design, available in the Fall Creators Update of Windows 10.

In a single chapter, we will only be able to scratch the surface of everything that can be done with XAML and UWP. However, I hope to excite you into wanting to learn more about this cool technology and platform.

Think of this chapter as a whistle-stop tour of the coolest parts of XAML, UWP, and Fluent Design, including template-able controls, data binding, and animation!

Note

Some important points about this chapter UWP apps are not cross-platform, but they are cross-device if those devices run a modern flavor of Windows. You will need Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4 or later to create the examples in this...