[Enhancement] Converter tools from other frameworks (MAUI Desing guide)

[tomasfabian]

I know it would be a difficult task, but it would be nice to have converter tools for porting from older or different environments to MAUI

Proposal:
WPF/UWP/WinForms => WinUI 3 converter (or direct converters to MAUI)

WinUI 3, Xamarin.Forms, Blazor, etc. => MAUI converter

• I assume that WinUI 3 will have at least to some extent a different XAML dialect.

Use case:
Otherwise all teams in the world will have to do it on their own (not DRYish)

Edit:
It could be also a good design guide for MAUI designers to realize how are these similar platforms diverging and standardize some of the commonalities based on a ConverterBase.

[mrwcjoughin]

if you watch this full "Journey to .NET" video from build (the full thing wasn't presented live but only released after): https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2020/BOD106?ocid=AID3012654&WT.mc_id=Build2020_pmmsocialblog <https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2020/BOD106?ocid=AID3012654&WT.mc_id=Build2020_pmmsocialblog> It says that there will be a convertor at least to go from Xamarin.Forms to MAUI - including code name space changes

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On 22 May 2020, at 15:09, Tomas Fabian ***@***.***> wrote: I know it would be a difficult task, but it would be nice to have converter tools for porting from older or different environments to MAUI Proposal: WPF/UWP/WinForms => WinUI 3 converter (or direct converters to MAUI) WinUI 3, Xamarin.Forms, Blazor, etc. => MAUI converter I assume that WinUI 3 will have at least to some extent a different XAML dialect . Use case: Otherwise all teams in the world will have to do it on their own (not DRYish) — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/84>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACOGERRGYCSP32X6I226EDDRSZ2QLANCNFSM4NHYVS6Q>.

[tomasfabian]

@mrwcjoughin thx for sharing I will watch it.
Converters from WPF and others will be much needed, too. Xamarin.Forms is more obvious to get a converter since it is going to evolve into MAUI, but the other platforms should be considered IMO, too. thx

[mrwcjoughin]

100% - the more convertors the better

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On 22 May 2020, at 16:17, Tomas Fabian ***@***.***> wrote: @mrwcjoughin <https://github.com/mrwcjoughin> thx for sharing I will watch it. Converters from WPF and others will be much needed, too. Xamarin.Forms is more obvious to get a converter since it is going to evolve into MAUI, but the other platforms should be considered IMO, too. thx — You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://github.com/dotnet/maui/issues/84#issuecomment-632716393>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACOGERS5UDEMZB7FDSOEWLLRS2CP3ANCNFSM4NHYVS6Q>.

[bfencken]

#HelpWanted Anyone with semi-recent WinForms app design experience interested in partnering on an effort to create an open-source automated conversion utility using CodeFactory to reformat WinForms apps into WinUI/.NET MAUI? We recently completed a ASP.NET WebForms to Blazor converter and are trying to build up some additional conversion scenarios. More info: https://www.codefactory.software/community