Modern WinForms Development: How AI is Reshaping Your Approach

dotnet explains how AI-assisted workflows are changing Windows Forms development, using real scenarios for migrating a legacy WinForms LOB app and building a new WinForms solution, plus a look at WinForms designer updates and upcoming .NET 11 runtime features.

Overview

Artificial intelligence is presented as a practical shift in how teams build and modernize Windows Forms applications.

Scenario 1: Migrating a legacy WinForms LOB application

• Demonstrates an AI-informed approach to modernizing an existing WinForms line-of-business (LOB) application.
• Focus areas include accelerating development, reducing boilerplate, and addressing common modernization challenges.

Scenario 2: Building a modern greenfield WinForms solution

• Shows how the same AI-first approach applies when starting a new WinForms-based business application.
• Emphasizes faster iteration and leveraging reusable, domain-specific capabilities.

Tooling and platform pieces highlighted

• WinForms Expert Agent in Visual Studio
• Windows .NET 11 runtime features
• Custom domain-specific skills used to tailor the AI-assisted workflow to the application domain

What you’ll learn

• New features in the WinForms designer and features coming in .NET 11
• New approaches to working with WinForms applications in an AI-first development workflow

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