Strategies for Modernising .NET Applications with Avalonia

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.

Venue

This meeting is at Bonded Warehouse; Originally an 1800s railway terminus and later part of Old Granada Studios, the iconic warehouse is now a destination for modern industry.

There will be someone in the foyer who will sign you in and then tell you how to find the venue.

This is a free event - there is no charge for a ticket.
We often get enough RSVP's for there to be a waiting list; the list has always cleared by the early part of the week of the talk, but this relies on you releasing your ticket if you can no longer attend. Please remember to do this if your plans change.

Please ensure we have an email address that you do look at, so we can let you know of any last minute changes; and please use your full name on the site as it's the only way we, or the fire service, can account for you in the case of an evacuation/emergency/fire etc.

Catering will be provided, courtesy of ECOM Recruitment. If you have any special dietary requirements please let us know via the event chat.

If you would need assistance to leave the building in the event of an evacuation then please let us know via the event chat.

Note for recruitment professionals - we don't exclude recruiters from our meetings but we would ask you to contact Rick Garner for a brief chat before you start attending.

Schedule
Doors open from 18:00
Intro and welcome 18:40
Speaker 18:50 (with a break at some point )
Wrap-up & prize raffle 20.45
Close ~21:00
(Don't feel bad if you have to leave early for a train/bus/lift home - no one will be offended)

We then adjourn to a local bar for a drink and a natter - everyone is welcome to join us!