One code for all platforms: Blazor in web, desktop, and app stores

Who hasn’t been there? You spend years successfully developing a desktop application with WPF – and suddenly you’re faced with new requirements: a web application with Angular, a mobile app with .NET MAUI, and the whole thing has to run on Mac as well. But how do you maintain all these …

Real-world app development with .NET MAUI

In this workshop, learn how to develop native apps for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows using .NET MAUI and C#—from the basics to complex UIs and the integration of external data sources.

Comparison of .NET MAUI, Uno Platform, and Avalonia

Discover the strengths and weaknesses of the frameworks using practical code examples and find out which technology is best suited to your next project.

The Truth About App Development With Dotnet Maui Myths vs Reality

Is .NET MAUI ready for practical use? In this presentation, we debunk myths, highlight facts, and use a realistic business app to examine whether .NET MAUI meets the requirements of modern applications.

ASP.NET Security

Hacks such as those at Dropbox, LinkedIn, and Yahoo, where user data was stolen on a large scale, make it clear how sensitive user data is faring these days—not well. Often, applications that should be secure but rarely are responsible for this.

Introduction to Xamarin

Xamarin allows the use of C# to develop apps for Android and iOS. In this presentation, which was given as part of Xamarin Dev Days, I provide an overview of the architecture of Xamarin.

Using Entity Framework Core in Xamarin

In the past, Xamarin developers could only use direct SQL or simple data mappers to access local SQLite databases. Entity Framework Core puts an end to this and, for the first time, enables the use of Microsoft’s powerful O/R mapper on mobile devices. In this presentation, André Krämer will …

Cross-platform app development with Visual Studio 2015: Xamarin and Cordova

Starting with version 2015, Visual Studio offers comprehensive support for developing hybrid apps based on Apache Cordova. In addition, following the acquisition of Xamarin, it is now easier and more cost-effective than ever to start a new Xamarin project from Visual Studio. This presentation will …

Local data storage in Xamarin apps

Most apps require data to be stored locally. This ranges from small amounts of data, such as authentication tokens, to larger amounts of data, such as offline data or cached responses from a web API call. In this presentation, Dr. Holger Schwichtenberg and André Krämer will show you the options …

Aurelia, the lightweight alternative to Angular 2

Aurelia is the new JavaScript framework from Rob Eisenberg, author of Caliburn.Micro, DurandalJS, and former member of the Angular 2 team. Eisenberg promises that his framework is lightweight, standards-compliant, and yet powerful. A framework you’ll simply love. In this presentation, …

Entity Framework behind the scenes

Many developers use Entity Framework as a black box. In this presentation, we want to demystify Entity Framework and take a look inside the black box. We will talk about what happens when Entity Framework is initialized, how the status of entities is managed, and also discuss whether you actually …

Cross-platform app development with Visual Studio 2015: Xamarin and Cordova

Visual Studio 2015 offers comprehensive support for developing hybrid apps based on Apache Cordova. It is also easier than ever to start a new Xamarin project from Visual Studio. This presentation will show you how to develop cross-platform apps in Visual Studio 2015 using both Xamarin and Cordova.

Cross-platform app development with Visual Studio 2015: Xamarin and Cordova

d Visual Studio 2015 offers comprehensive support for developing hybrid apps based on Apache Cordova. It is also easier than ever to start a new Xamarin project from Visual Studio. This presentation will show you how to develop cross-platform apps in Visual Studio 2015 using both Xamarin and …

How much performance does Entity Framework cost?

ORMs such as Entity Framework make our lives as developers easier. They abstract the database away from us and even free us from having to write SQL ourselves. But as in real life, nothing in software development comes for free, and our users often pay for our development convenience with …

Software architectures with O/R mappers

Over the past fifteen years, typical architecture has shifted from one extreme to the other. Where business logic and SQL statements used to be buried behind click events in the user interface, today we find clean layer architectures. The theoretical “pattern implementation” of such a layer …

Central document generation with the Open XML SDK

Whether it’s invoices, attendance certificates, vacation requests, activity reports, or parts lists: nowadays, there are countless standardized documents that are created every day in companies. It should be clear to everyone that manual creation is not an option. After all, it ties up …

Windows 8 look and feel in web applications with WinJS

In fall 2012, Microsoft released the Windows Library for JavaScript (WinJS), a comprehensive JavaScript library for developing Windows 8 apps with HTML and JavaScript. In April 2014, the library’s source code was made available under an open source license. Since then, WinJS can be used in any …

Easy and efficient data access with Micro ORMs

O/R mappers such as Entity Framework or NHibernate have contributed enormously in recent years to simplifying data access in .NET applications for developers. A little Linq is all it takes for data to “fly” from the database into the objects in the source code. But what looks good in the source code …

Productivity with NHibernate?

One of the main criticisms of NHibernate is the lack of tool support and the resulting low developer productivity. But where XML mapping files had to be typed manually some time ago, sophisticated designers are now available. This session provides an overview of the available add-on tools and …

Estimate expenses instead of guessing

Estimating the expected costs of a software project is the basis for solid time and cost planning for the project. It’s a shame that people often just guess rather than estimate. In this presentation, you will not only learn about the typical mistakes made in cost estimation, but also be shown …

Windows Store Apps with HTML and JavaScript – Visual Studio Templates Explained

If you want to write an app for Windows 8, you will find some helpful templates in Visual Studio. In addition to the blank app, there is the fixed app, the navigation app, the split app, and the grid app. But when should you use which template, and above all, what are the data.js and navigator.js …

Development of exemplary web parts

Does hearing the word JavaScript send a cold shiver down your spine? Have you always resisted writing client-side code in your previous ASP.NET projects? Is the UpdatePanel the pinnacle of Ajax technology for you? Find out why JavaScript development is fun thanks to jQuery. In 60 minutes, learn how …