MAUI training course

Using Visual Studio for MAUI Development

• Visual Studio 2022 (preview version currently)

Building a MAUI Application

• Create largely single code
• Target Multiple Platforms
  • Windows
  • Android
  • iOS

MAUI Introduction

• Multi-platform application for .NET 6
• Visual Studio Development Tools
  • Hot Reload
  • Live Visual Tree
  • Tracking Focused Element

User Interface Development

• User Interface Development Options
  • XAML
  • C# code

Provide Accessibility Support

• Use of Semantic Properties

Using XAML (eXtensible Application Markup Language)

• Displaying Controls
• Layout options
• Controls (Widgets)

Pages and Alerts

• ContentPages
• Navigation
• Shell Navigation
• DisplayAlert and DisplayPrompt

Application Options

• Flyout
• Tabbed

File IO

• Reading and writing files

Data Binding

• Introduction to Data Binding
  • Binding options
• Bindable Objects
• BindingContext
• Bindable Properties

Resources and Style

• Binding Resources and Styles

MVVM (Model View View-Model)

• Introduction to MVVM to separation concerns
• Creating and Binding the View-Models
• Introduction to Commands
• Creating Commands
• Use of the Repository Pattern
• Behaviors

Asynchronous Programming

• Use of Task Asynchronous Pattern

Customising Platform Features

Working with Multiple Platforms

• Use of Partial Classes

Persisting Data

• Communicating with Services
• Creating a simple REST service
• Consuming REST Services

SQLite

• Introduction to SQLite
• Connection to SQLite database
• Defining Entities
• Implementing CRUD
• Use of Dependency Service