Graphic interfaceRadosław Osiński

Technical Evangelist

Microsoft

Lectures intro

• No labs this week

• Materials in English

• All materials will be published

• Topics WPF, UWP, WinForms, Windows API, UX

• Assessment based on labs – info about number of points on each lab

Current approach

• PC Application

• Web Application

• Mobile Application

Why creating desktop /mobile app instead web app?

• Internet access

• Equipment access• Memory usage

• Graphic usage

• User engagement - notifications directly to user device

Do you imagine use in browser:

• Photoshop

• AutoCAD

• Matlab

• Fortnite / Forza / Fallout

• Browser

WinFormsWindows

Forms

WPFWindows

PresentationFoundation

+XAML

eXtensibleApplication

MarkupLanguage

UWPUniversalWindowsPlatform

+XAML

OrJavaScript

Xamarin+

Xamarin Forms

1st

revolution!

2nd

revolution!3rd

revolution!

Windows Forms

If it is the oldest why to use that?

Better not ☺

But…

First you should understand background and be able to integrate with old applications

Second you may have to do something in old application.Be the person everyone can count on!

Why WinForms are not good enough?

• Created when computers were not so powerful

• Not adopted to new graphics cards

• Created when only one screen resolution was used

Solution:

1st revolution – screed diversity!

• Created when only one type of the device was created

Now we have:PCTabletsIoT DevicesPhonesHoloLensXboxSurface Hub

Write once use on many devices!

Why WPF is not good enough?

Solution:

2nd revolution – devices diversity!

Why UWP is not good enough?

• Microsoft is not alone

• Other technologies are important too!• Android

• iOS

Solution:

3rd revolution – platforms diversity!

Maybe other way around?

Progressive Web Apps

+

Responsive Design

From web development to native clients

So maybe everything this way…

…platform specific approach

Thinking outside of the box

Custom API

Office 365

Azure AD and Azure AD B2C

.NET world for Windows 10

Lets look into UWP capabilities

Camera and objects recognition

Speech2Text and Text2Speach

Pen and Ink

• Drawing• Hand writing recognition

Mixed reality

Sensors

IoT Devices with Azure IoT Hub

AccelerometerMagnetometerGyrometerAmbient lightHall effectWi-Fi SAR

Semantic zoom

IR camera

Accessibility

UWP Community Toolkit

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/windows-community-toolkit-sample-app/9nblggh4tlcq?rtc=1&activetab=pivot:overviewtab

Windows community toolkit demo

Easy template

Template studio demo

What if I have old application?

Option 1: Migrate

Bridge to the Universal Windows Platform

At this point your app has

Modern installation and deployment

Activation via Tiles, file types or URI protocols

App identity, resulting in access to more UWP APIs

Using UWP controls inside WPF and WinForms

Option 2: Integrate

XAML Island