.NET Core 3 Desktop Improvements

.NET Core 3.0, the next major version of .NET Core that adds support for building desktop applications using WinForms, WPF, and Entity Framework 6.

.NET Core 3 continues to be open source and runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, in containers, and in the cloud. In the case of WPF/WinForms/etc you'll be able to create apps for Windows that include (if you like) their own copy of .NET Core for a clean side-by-side install and even faster apps at run time. The Windows UI XAML Library (WinUI) is also being open sourced AND you can use these controls in any Windows UI framework.

.NET Core 3.0 addresses three scenarios our .NET Framework developer community has asked for, including:

• Side-by-side versions of .NET that support WinForms and WPF
• Embed .NET directly into an application
• Take advantage of .NET Core features

WinForms and WPF: Do you want your existing WPF and WinForms apps to take advantage of all the features of .NET Core 3.0?

Today there can only be one version of .NET Framework on a machine. This means that when we update .NET Framework on patch Tuesday or via updates to Windows there is a risk that a security fix, bug fix, or new API can break applications on the machine. With .NET Core, we solve this problem by allowing multiple versions of .NET Core on the same machine. Applications can be locked to one of the versions and can be moved to use a different version when ready and tested.

Embed .NET directly into an application: As there can be only one version of .Net framework on machine, if developers want to take advantage of latest framework or latest functionality it is important to install newer machine version. .NET Core allows taking advantage of the latest version, functionality, and APIs without having to wait for the framework to be installed.

Take advantage of .NET Core features: .NET Core is the fast-moving, open source version of .NET. Its side-by-side nature enables us to quickly introduce new innovative APIs and BCL (Base Class Library) improvements without the risk of breaking compatibility. Now WinForms and WPF applications on Windows can take advantage of the latest .NET Core features, which also includes more fundamental fixes for an even better high-DPI support.

ASP.NET Core will continue to move forward in parallel and will have a release with .NET Core 3.0 with commitment to web and cloud applications, as well as providing support to Windows desktop applications as another supported workload for .NET Core.

.Net Core and Desktop application:

• Improving performance and runtime updates for excellent user experience
• Quickly test a new version of .NET Core for just one app on a machine
• Enable machine-global and application-local deployment
• .NET Core CLI tools support and SDK-style projects in Visual Studio

.Net Core 3 and Desktop Application:

• New desktop applications, it is the best to start with .NET Core 3.
• Focus is towards effortless and straightforward move, any application that is in active development should consider .NET Core 3
• Desktop applications will need to target .NET Core 3 and recompile.
• Project files will need to be updated to target .NET Core 3.
• Dependencies will not need to retarget and recompile. There will be additional benefits if you update dependencies.

The advance versions allow developers to explore exciting new features to build desktop applications and make it more advanced. .NET Core will allow exploring new horizons and areas like Desktop, IoT and Machine Learning and making it easier and easier to share code between all the .NET’s with .NET Standard. If you are looking to hire a Web developer or .NET Developer, Our .Net developers are well proficient with the latest technologies and use the latest versions and standards to give your site an extra edge.