.NET 6 New Project Templates and Minimal APIs. Are you ready?

đź•“ 3 MIN .NET 6 marks the completion of Microsoft’s plan to unify the different .NET implementations. The unification of .NET is not simply merging code from different sources into one API. There are quite some enhancements and new features that were added to the runtime and language. You’ve got: Improved Performance Hot Reload System.Linq enhancements Minimal Web […]

.NET Conf 2021, .NET 6, Uno Platform. Prizes Available!

đź•“ 3 MIN Join Uno Platform and the .NET community at this year’s .NET Conference. Hear all about the launch of .NET 6, take part in live sessions including one from our team, and plenty of chances to win awesome prizes. .NET Conf is a free, three-day, virtual developer event happening November 9th-11th, save the date and come […]

Launching Uno Platform Apps Directly on the Pi

đź•“ 2 MIN When the Uno Platform Team had the vision of WinUI Everywhere, the promise extended beyond desktop, mobile and web applications. In this first of three part blog series & documentation contribution, Pete Gallagher, a Microsoft MVP takes us through building a cloud connected Raspberry Pi GUI app to perform some straightforward GPIO (General Purpose Input […]

Recent UWP & .NET 5, .NET 6 News and Uno Platform Plans

đź•“ 2 MIN You might have caught the news that Microsoft will not invest in moving UWP to .NET5/6. Naturally this raised questions about how Uno Platform is affected, especially as Uno Platform also ships in lockstep with .NET.   The short answer is – this news does not change anything for our users as Uno Platform has been architected to support both UWP as well as WinUI 2.x […]

LightningChart Introduces Uno Platform Support

đź•“ 5 MIN   When we first thought of building dedicated application development templates for multiple frameworks, we tried to cover the ones that had the greatest potential and users could find the most helpful. Uno Platform gets the job done by allowing developers to build applications supported by multiple platforms, using a single code source, not bad […]

Native Badges Come to Progressive Web Applications

đź•“ 4 MIN   W3C’S recent first draft publication of web badging API, a feature that was previously only available on iOS and macOS targets of Uno Platform, has finally made its way to Android and web platforms. The Badging API gives web developers a means of setting a badge on a document or application, to act as […]

One Week Until Silverlight Goes Dark, Now What?

đź•“ 2 MIN With October 12th around the corner, Silverlight will finally reach its end of life and will no longer be receiving future quality or security updates. Even though its last version was released back in 2011 we still hear from developers with applications that have been developed and remain in use. And for anyone who is […]

UnoConf 2021 Cross-Platform Application Development Conference

Uno Conference

đź•“ < 1 MIN UnoConf tickets, now available. Are you ready? We’re announcing Uno Platform’s half day, single-track, free online conference on cross-platform application development. Join an energetic community of developers, code contributors and industry experts as they come together to connect, collaborate, and learn from each other. UnoConf is more than just a conference, it’s a community, a […]

Azure Static WebApps, Azure DevOps and CDN friendliness

WebAssembly App deployment

đź•“ 3 MIN Azure Static WebApps is a recent service provided by Microsoft to host static files, alongside optional backend Azure Functions. A free tier is available that allows the application to be deployed quickly while integrating it with PRs validations. These features make this service a good candidate for hosting WebAssembly-based apps, which don’t need any much […]