Michael Stonis

My book Enterprise Application Patterns using .NET MAUI is now available! Lots of info to help you start building apps on the right path. It can be dowloaded from aka.ms/maui-ebook The best part is that it comes at the low, low price of FREE! #dotnet #MAUI #dotNETMAUI

I am working on a new Rich Text Editor for .NET MAUI. github.com/TheEightBot/Mi… Still very early, but I will work on getting packages and a write-up for it ready soon.

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@jfversluis lol. NO!

@MichaelStonis Did you at least get to cross "huh a MacBook are you allowed to be seen at Microsoft with that?" from your bingo card?

The amount of MacBooks at #MVPSummit is staggering. It was just us mobile development oddballs when I first got here.

I am heading out for #MVPSummit. Any of the .NET MAUI MVPs attending this year? #MVPBuzz

Working on my next @dotnet MAUI control. You can probably guess what it is. Hoping to have this one ready next week.

Stop loading PDFs in a WebView. There's a better way for .NET MAUI! Free, native, and it actually works. By @MichaelStonis youtu.be/Kmt0wpJIB9k

@wieslawsoltes @hypeartistmusic I think the fact that there are all of these previously super-complex, large-team, and expensive UI components being released by individuals should make people take notice. The number of controls/apps you have recently is extreme, and I know that I have a few more cooking too.

@hypeartistmusic @MichaelStonis Nice, I have actually added custom drawing support recently into my ProDataGrid when paired with existing features its very fast as it skip most of layout bottlenecks github.com/wieslawsoltes/…

KumikoUI - A Free, Open-Source DataGrid for MAUI Introducing KumikoUI, a fully canvas-drawn, open-source DataGrid for .NET MAUI built on SkiaSharp with support for sorting, filtering, grouping, editing, and much more ston.is/blog/maui/kumi…

@wieslawsoltes @hypeartistmusic Similarly, when I first approached this as a native MAUI implementation getting any kind of decent performance across platforms was such a massive pain. At least with SKIA, if I know I can batch draw operations and cache workloads, the performance is pretty incredible.

@hypeartistmusic @MichaelStonis In my profiling of ProDataGird it showed last remaining issues was text layout from Avalonia so SkiaSharp custom draw operations and special caching and measure optimizations made it very fast probably comparable with fully custom draw solution yet all features still available.

@wieslawsoltes @hypeartistmusic oh man, I hadn't seen this. I love it. I wish I had seen this before I went down my own path. Feels like there would be opportunities to collaborate.

I have been working on variations of this library for quite some time, and I am pretty happy with where it stands. It is still very early though. Check it out and let me know what you all think!

GitHub Copilot in VS Code - Quick Wins for Getting Started Practical tips for getting real value out of GitHub Copilot in VS Code without overcomplicating it ston.is/blog/developme…

VConSharp - Virtual Conversations for .NET Introducing VConSharp, a .NET library for creating and managing vCons (virtual conversations) with support for signing, analysis, and cross-platform communication ston.is/blog/dotnet/vc…

@beeradmoore @vincenth_net No. both are markup, but just different styles. Both are valid. There is no codegen with markup because you are literally writing the UI, so no interpretation or compilation is needed.

@vincenth_net @MichaelStonis Am I assuming correctly that the centre is markup and right is codgen from it? The centre one looks awful. What do you mean if I want to see what properties my StackPanel has I have to scroll past everything else that lives inside it.

XAML in 2026: Time to Move On A look at why XAML may not be the right choice for .NET MAUI development in 2026 and what alternatives exist ston.is/blog/maui/xaml…

@vincenth_net @beeradmoore I totally agree with this.

@beeradmoore @MichaelStonis github.com/VincentH-Net/C… Compare XAML and C# Markup 1 and 2 below. For #agentic UI #development declarative C# offers better guardrails (compiler) and PR diffs than XAML. Interactive XAML tooling does not matter for agents. XAML is still best for theming

what is this? A unified app and set of tools to help mange your .NET MAUI environment github.com/Redth/MAUI.She…

TychoDB - A Simple Document Database for .NET TychoDB - A lightweight JSON document database that brings CosmosDB-like APIs to mobile and desktop .NET applications using SQLite ston.is/blog/dotnet/ty…