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My Adventures Picking a UI Framework: Why I Chose Uno Platform

My Adventures Picking a UI Framework: Why I Chose Uno Platform

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This year I challenged myself to learn UI development after years of back-end coding. After considering Flutter and React, I rediscovered Uno Platform. With improved tooling and seamless integration with my .NET expertise, Uno became my choice. I’ll document my journey creating multi-platform applications using this promising framework.

Exploring the Uno Platform: Handling Unsafe Code in Multi-Target Applications

Exploring the Uno Platform: Handling Unsafe Code in Multi-Target Applications

This weekend I experimented with the Uno platform, a multi-OS UI framework for developing mobile, desktop, web, and Linux applications from a single codebase. While Uno’s concept is excellent, its tooling previously had stability issues after Visual Studio updates. Surprisingly, I found setup now works effortlessly on both my ARM-based Surface laptop and x64 MSI computer. However, when compiling demo applications, I encountered issues with unsafe code generation. The solution involves uncommenting the true setting in the project file. This enables C# unsafe code blocks necessary for pointer operations, fixed statements, and direct memory manipulation required by some Uno platform components.

State Machines and Wizard Components: A Clean Implementation Approach

State Machines and Wizard Components: A Clean Implementation Approach

This article explores implementing wizard components using state machine architecture. By separating UI from logic, developers can create cleaner, more maintainable multi-step forms. The approach centralizes state control through a WizardStateMachineBase class that manages page transitions, significantly simplifying development challenges and creating extensible interfaces that enhance user experience by limiting decisions at each step.

Windows Server Setup Guide with PowerShell

Windows Server Setup Guide with PowerShell

Server scripting solutions for Windows 2016 setup: Streamline your Windows Server deployment with automation scripts that tackle common pain points. Learn how to efficiently disable IE Enhanced Security, install Web Server roles with Web Deploy, fix permission issues, set up SQL Server Express, and enable remote database access—all without endless UI clicking.