Working 😎
It's been a bit of a weird week for me, with different things happening all at once. Thankfully, I was able to take some time away from the computer and just think/plan some of the work now needed on the MOOVPAD Desktop App. Let's enjoy this latest release from Chill Music Lab while we take a look 🙂
Desktop App Focus
The last time I worked on the MOOVPAD Desktop App, my goal was to bring in some of the underlying code I had written for the common class library. Given all of the focus I have put into the Web App version over recent months, I'm going to spend some time getting the desktop UI refreshed and brought in-line with what's been developed for the online-only version.
While the web version will be tested (and most likely launched) first, I want to make sure that the release of the desktop version is not too far behind that. And although there have been even more advances with .NET 8 and the multiplatform UI framework, these new features won't really be as useful in my case as they would be for other developers since MOOVPAD apps and the UI development is being done a bit differently.
For example, menus and navigation are being handled in the MOOVPAD Web App by changing elements on a single (Index.razor) page, meaning that the usual menus that might be automatically generated with the new MS framework won't really help generate the desktop and mobile versions. There's also the use of different custom controls for the desktop version, but more on those later.
Until we catch up again, best wishes for your week ahead 🙂
Stay awesome,
EMH
HOW MOOVPAD IS BEING BUILT
For the overview of how MOOVPAD apps are being developed, the reasoning behind particular decisions during development, policies, links to the science and research at the core of MOOVPAD, and more in relation to all the technical things, please see the link to the left.
This will be an ongoing work in progress, and will always be linked to the bottom of each upcoming Blog post.