Slides and sample apps for my WinUI talks

 I've been back out on the speaking circuit over the last 18 months or so. Whether you've attended one of my sessions or not, you can always access all the slides and sample code on my speaking GitHub repo.

These are the session I've presented over that time:

• Learn, Share, and Grow: How to Become a Microsoft Learn Contributor
• Building a modern, native application for Windows: Which UI framework should you choose?
• Get Started Building Windows Apps with WinUI and the Windows App SDK
• Build intelligent apps with WinUI, Phi Silica and the Windows AI APIs

I've also got a .NET MAUI session coming up at VSLive! Orlando in November.

In my Microsoft Learn session, which I've given as both an hour-long session and a lightning talk, I give an overview of the docs pages on Learn, show you how anyone can contribute to the docs with issues, feedback & pull requests, and demonstrate how we create the docs on the Learn content teams.

In the UI Frameworks session, I compare the native UI options for .NET developers on Windows and show a sample app built with each of the platforms. I even show how you can migrate a simple WinUI app to Uno Platform with almost no code changes.

In my WinUI session, I show you how to get started with WinUI and the Windows App SDK and leverage resources like the Windows Community Toolkit to accelerate your development.

Finally, in my Windows AI session, I show you have to leverage the Windows AI APIs in the Windows App SDK in your WinUI and WPF apps. I also give an overview of Windows AI Foundry and other AI features in Windows 11 like Recall. I'll be presenting this session again at TechBash 2025 in early November and will have my sample apps updated for the latest Windows App SDK release.

I'll post a follow-up here after VSLive in November with the link to my .NET MAUI session resources.

I hope to see you soon at an event near you! Reach out if you'd like me to present virtually at your local user group.

End-of-2020 Updates - Learn WinUI 3 and TechBash 2021

Hello Windows developers! We've nearly reached the end of 2020, and I wanted to provide a couple of updates.

First, an update on the TechBash developer conference that I help to organize. We had to cancel our 2020 event due to the pandemic. TechBash 2021 is currently planned for October 19-22, 2021 at the Kalahari Resort in the Poconos. We will be working closely with the venue to ensure that we can host a safe in-person event next fall. We are hoping that the vaccine roll-out throughout 2021 will make this possible. Watch for the call for speakers in February. Sign up for the TechBash newsletter or follow us on Twitter to stay informed.

In other news, the book I'm writing for Packt Publishing, Learn WinUI 3, has been pushed back to an early 2021 publication date. We've decide to delay it to publish closer to the delayed WinUI 3.0 launch from Microsoft. For more information about the book and its release, check out my recent newsletter. You can sign up to receive updates on the book, including when pre-orders are available.

Finally, I've refreshed the look of my primary blog, The Morning Dew. Check it out and let me know your thoughts. I have received some feedback that the link font is difficult to read on some devices, and I am working on improving that.

I hope you all stay safe and healthy during these difficult times. I hope to see many of you at events in late 2021 and 2022. Happy new year!

Alvin