#ifdef Windows

Creating a Windows Service with C#/.NET5

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

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.

WinUI 3 Preview 3

January 7, 2021 Jan 7, 2021 01/7/21

Alexandre Zollinger Chohfi

Microsoft released Windows UI Library (WinUI) 3, an evolution of the UWP/XAML platform, that decouples the XAML UI framework from the Windows OS, and ships it in its whole as a NuGet package, effectively allowing developers to support new features of XAML on older versions of Windows 10 without the need of end-users to upgrade their OS.

A Sneak Peek of New Features with Microsoft Graph Toolkit v2.0.0

October 21, 2020 Oct 21, 2020 10/21/20

Beth Pan

In this post, we introduce you to some exciting new features that is coming to Microsoft Graph Toolkit v2!

MVVM Toolkit Preview 3 & The Journey of an API

October 7, 2020 Oct 7, 2020 10/7/20

Michael Hawker

In this post, we cover the journey of creating an easier to use API, how a .NET Native issue required a workaround, and how that ultimately proved to be a greater success!