.NET 8 is the latest version of .NET with Long Term Support (LTS). With .NET you can develop Windows and Web applications, mobile applications, and applications for devices. In this workshop you will learn the syntax of C# including new features of C# and core libraries that are needed for both Windows/Linux and web application development.

With each new C# version, new features are added. This is also the case in C# version 12. It is the same with .NET. The latest LTS version of .NET is version 8. .NET 8 brings a variety of enhancements. Two of the most important are Native AOT and Source Generators.

.NET MAUI, also known as .NET Multi-platform App UI, is a new framework from Microsoft designed to help developers create modern, cross-platform applications. It is the evolution of the popular Xamarin.Forms framework, with a more flexible architecture and improved support for new platforms. With .NET MAUI, developers can build native apps for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and other platforms using a single codebase. The framework includes a rich set of UI controls, layout elements, and navigation patterns that are optimized for each platform, ensuring that your app looks and feels great everywhere.

Uno Platform ist eine Software-Entwicklungsplattform, die es ermöglicht, plattformübergreifende Anwendungen für verschiedene Betriebssysteme wie iOS, Android, Windows, macOS und das Web zu entwickeln. Mit Uno Platform können Entwickler native Anwendungen erstellen, die auf allen unterstützten Plattformen nahtlos funktionieren und ihr volles Potenzial ausschöpfen. Uno Platform nutzt die XAML Syntax von WinUI und bietet Entwicklern eine einheitliche Schnittstelle für die Entwicklung von Anwendungen für verschiedene Plattformen. Die Plattform ist Open Source und auf Github verfügbar, was es Entwicklern ermöglicht, an der Weiterentwicklung der Plattform aktiv mitzuwirken und eigene Erweiterungen und Anwendungen zu entwickeln.

WPF is now the preferred technology for writing desktop applications for Windows - as soon as operating system versions older than Windows 10 need to be supported. In this workshop you will learn the basics of XAML. You will learn how to create appealing user interfaces, dialogs with validation, storing data in the database and calling API services. In this workshop you will not only learn how to create WPF applications - with the help of the MVVM pattern you will learn how to share as much code as possible with different UI technologies, e.g. WinUI and MAUI.

Hardly any application can do without access to the database. In this workshop you will learn the features of Entity Framework Core (EF Core) for practical use in both web and Windows applications. You will also get an insight into Azure technologies for storage like SQL Database, Table Storage, as well as Azure Cosmos DB.

To enable easy code reusability and testability of XAML-based applications, the MVVM pattern (Model-View-ViewModel) was created. This pattern allows easy code reuse between WPF, WinUI, MAUI, etc. In this workshop we will start with an introduction to the MVVM pattern. However, the MVVM pattern alone does not solve the application architecture of XAML-based applications. The MVVM pattern requires additional features and patterns which will be covered in this workshop. You will learn how views are connected to ViewModels, scenarios like master/detail views, validation of input, and more.

ASP.NET Core is part of modern .NET and is used to develop modern web applications. In this workshop you will learn about the new ASP.NET Core framework and develop web applications that can be hosted on IIS, Apache, the new Kestrel Server, and other servers. You will learn how to use ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET Core MVC, Razor Pages, the new Minimal API, and Real-Time Communication with SignalR.

GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime to process the queries. GraphQL is considered one of the most popular alternatives to REST and offers several advantages over REST. HotChocolate by ChilliCream is a library to develop a GraphQL backend with .NET.