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In this phase, we’ll add a modern settings interface to .NETpad that mimics the similar user interface in Notepad. This is among the modernization changes I’m most proud of, though in going through the code again for this write-up, I see some obvious i… Continue reading Modernizing .NETpad Step-By-Step, Part 3: Settings (Premium)→

This time, we’ll look at some basic code refactoring, add a few small features and other changes, and redesign .NETpad’s menu system.
Separate application state variables from MainWindow
I wrote about my code refactoring efforts twice this past summer,… Continue reading Modernizing .NETpad Step-By-Step, Part 2: Next Steps (Premium)→

In this first phase of modernizing the WPF version of .NETpad, we’ll take the original project, apply Windows 11 theming, and make some other basic updates.
For those unfamiliar, .NETpad is my basic clone of Notepad, an update I created–and then recre… Continue reading Modernizing .NETpad Step-By-Step, Part 1: The Basics (Premium)→

This year, Microsoft seemed to bring the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) back from the dead, cheering those who still support this powerful but aging app framework. This was personally exciting to me because WPF is my favorite Microsoft app frame… Continue reading Modernizing .NETpad: The Way Forward (Premium)→

In addition to implementing a tab-based user interface, the modern Notepad also does something that’s a bit tricky to do well with WPF: It hides the old-school window title bar and implements its own versions of the some of the buttons that usually app… Continue reading Modernizing .NETpad: Title Bar Customization (Premium)→