Strategies for Modernising .NET Applications with Avalonia

It is a privilege to welcome Mike James to Liverpool to do a talk on Strategies for Modernising .NET Applications with Avalonia. Mike is a champion of cross-platform development in the .NET ecosystem. His career path mirrors the evolution of modern development: from Xamarin's early days through its Microsoft acquisition, and now at the forefront of Avalonia. Mike empowers .NET developers to build amazing apps for all platforms.

Talk
Avalonia is the best-kept secret in the .NET community, and this session aims to shed light on why so many have fallen in love with it! I'll walk you through the competitive landscape of .NET UI technologies and how you can take your .NET applications to Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and the Web.
We'll start with a look at our open-source, cross-platform UI framework, Avalonia. We'll explore why industry leaders, including AMD, KLM, Unity, and GitHub, have adopted it, how you can get started with it and what makes it unique. Once we've covered Avalonia, we'll dig into how we made a binary-compatible cross-platform WPF and our exciting plans for the future.

Food
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Schedule
Doors open from 18:00
Pizza at 18:30
Intro and welcome 18:40
Speaker from 18:50
Close ~21:00 (Don't feel bad if you have to leave early for a train/bus/lift home - no one will be offended)

Travel
Train - James Street station is a 2-minute walk from the Lab. Liverpool Lime Street is approx 15-20 minutes walking distance.
Driving - Underground parking available.
Bicycle - Cycle rack available.