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Get started building a Progressive Web App!

October 19, 2021 Oct 19, 2021 10/19/21

Justin Willis

Get started building a Progressive Web App! Hello fellow Web Developers! Today I want to talk about how you can use PWABuilder, an open-source project from Microsoft, Github, VSCode and Azure Static Web Apps to help you build a Progressive Web App (PWA) and then ship that PWA to both the Web AND app stores! We will be starting completely from...

Windows Community Toolkit 7.1 Preview Release!

August 5, 2021 Aug 5, 2021 08/5/21

Michael Hawker

In this post, we talk about all the new features in our upcoming 7.1 release! Try out the preview today!

Welcome to the Community Toolkit!

July 27, 2021 Jul 27, 2021 07/27/21

Michael Hawker

In this post, we discuss recent changes to our GitHub organization and our plans for the future!

WinUI Desktop Unit Tests

May 26, 2021 May 26, 2021 05/26/21

Alexandre Zollinger Chohfi

Lets jump straight into how to create a Unit Test project for WinUI Desktop, using MSTest!

Windows Community Toolkit for the Windows App SDK

April 1, 2021 Apr 1, 2021 04/1/21

Michael Hawker

We've shipped the Windows Community Toolkit for Project Reunion 0.5! Find out how to get started now!

Leverage Microsoft Graph in Electron Applications using Microsoft Graph Toolkit!

March 16, 2021 Mar 16, 2021 03/16/21

Amrutha Srinivasan

The Microsoft Graph Toolkit recently released an Authentication provider specifically for Electron applications that allows authentication and Graph integration with very few lines of code. This post walks you through the process of building a Graph powered Electron application using the Microsoft Graph Toolkit.

Creating a Windows Service with C#/.NET5

February 10, 2021 Feb 10, 2021 02/10/21

Alexandre Zollinger Chohfi

Lets create a simple app with C#/NET5 and see how we can register it as a Windows Service, logging information into the Windows Event Viewer, and moving some files around based on the outputs of a Machine Learning Model.

Command Line Parser on .NET5

February 3, 2021 Feb 3, 2021 02/3/21

Alexandre Zollinger Chohfi

Lets learn how to parse command-line arguments in a C#/.NET5 application, and how a simple NuGet package can make this process much easier and declarative.

Using WinML in .NET5

January 27, 2021 Jan 27, 2021 01/27/21

Alexandre Zollinger Chohfi

Lets get our hands down and create a simple .NET5 console app that uses WinML to analyse an image and classify what it is using a pre-built machine learning model.

Use a Custom Resource Markup Extension to Succeed at UI String Globalization!

January 25, 2021 Jan 25, 2021 01/25/21

Herrick Spencer

In this post, we give an alternate option to the common guidance for resource string globalization in XAML. We will give you a insiders peek at how Microsoft inbox apps use a custom markup extension to do this and the benefits that provides.