Windows Desktop Modernization. Guidance and Samples

This repo contains valuable information to help you modernize your .NET desktop applications.

Modernization topics

We are considering the next high level topics, feel free to suggest new ones in our issues section

Port apps to .NET Core 3

Options to convert WPF and WinForms projects based on .NET Framework to .NET Core 3.

Using Windows 10 features

Windows 10 include a number of APIs that are accessible from the Windows SDK. You can use these APIs in .NET apps by using the Windows.Contracts NuGet package. More information

Data Access

ADO.NET can be used in .NET Core 3 applications, however not all the data source providers are available.

We have plans to support Entity Framework 6 in Core, and Entity Framework Core is already supported.

Connecting to Services

WCF has been partially ported to .NET Core 3. There is no support for WCF server. WCF clients features are documented here.

Deployment

Knwon issues

Samples