.NET MAUI: Beyond the Basics

Course details

In .NET MAUI: Beyond the Basics, instructor Kevin Ford guides you deeper into MAUI development. This course digs a little deeper into .NET MAUI and examines some of the often-overlooked layouts and features that can help make your development in MAUI more effective and help your apps reach the next level. Kevin explains the layout cycle, then goes into detail on StackLayout vs. Grid, FlexLayout, AbsoluteLayout, and TableView. He goes over the differences in controls for CollectionView and ListView, as well as controlling layouts, collapsing groups, dynamic data loading, and more. Kevin shows you how to reference custom views in XAML and goes into specifying generics, creating markup extensions and view states, and more. He deep dives into advanced data binding with topics like ancestor bindings, binding to views, value converters with multiple bindings, and what to do when data binding goes wrong. Plus, Kevin introduces you to animating views in MAUI and creating custom animations.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - What's beyond the basics
02 - What you need to know
03 - Installing course collateral

1. Working with Layouts

04 - Understanding the layout cycle
05 - StackLayout vs. Grid
06 - FlexLayout
07 - AbsoluteLayout
08 - TableView
09 - Challenge - Converting a design to code
10 - Solution - Converting a design to code

2. CollectionView vs. ListView

11 - Differences in these controls
12 - Controlling layouts with the CollectionView
13 - Collapsing groups with the CollectionView
14 - Dealing with large lists
15 - Creating a CollectionView with dynamic data loading
16 - Challenge - Working with collections
17 - Solution - Working with collections

3. Beyond Basic XAML

18 - Referencing custom views
19 - Constructors and factories
20 - Specifying generics in XAML
21 - Creating markup extensions
22 - Custom view states
23 - Challenge - Creating a XAML form
24 - Solution - Creating a XAML form

4. Advanced Data Binding

25 - Ancestor bindings
26 - Ancestor bindings example
27 - Binding to views
28 - Limitations of value converter parameters
29 - Value converters with multiple bindings
30 - When data binding goes wrong
31 - Challenge - Working with data binding
32 - Solution - Working with data binding

5. Animations

33 - How and when to use animations
34 - Introduction to basic animations
35 - Controlling animations with easing functions
36 - Creating custom animations, part 1
37 - Creating custom animations, part 2
38 - When MAUI animations aren't enough
39 - Challenge - Animations
40 - Solution - Animations

Conclusion

41 - Future learning