Peter Vogel is a system architect and principal in PH&V Information Services. PH&V provides full-stack consulting from UX design through object modeling to database design. Peter also writes courses and teaches for Learning Tree International.
.NET 5 has been out for over four months now (.NET Core 3 for a year and a half)—what’s in either platform for the desktop developer? The short answer is “Enough to consider building your next desktop application in them.” Longer answer: “… and consider migrating existing applications.”
Power BI is designed to create standalone dashboard apps and Telerik Reporting creates reports. Learn why Power BI & Telerik Reporting are a powerful combination.
Project Reunion is intended to consolidate the APIs for the various versions of Windows into a single API. If you’re a desktop developer, even in preview, Project Reunion is already delivering tools that you could be using. And if you’ve ever thought about UWP, then you care very much.
Telerik Reporting provides a reporting solution that *isn’t* as complicated as the problem. Learn more about this easy-to-use and easy-to-implement enterprise reporting tool.
Yes, WinUI is yet another framework for creating desktop applications. But if you want to target “Windows Everywhere” (think Xbox) with some modern development strategies, WinUI is your best choice.