In the evolution history of software engineering, the development of cross-platform graphical user interfaces (GUI) has always been a field full of compromises, trade-offs, and technical competitions.
In the past few years, our host computer software has mainly been developed using WPF and WinForm . These technologies work well on the Windows platform and have accompanied us from small-scale trial production to the current stage of large-scale delivery. However, with business development and changes in customer requirements, the single Windows technology stack has gradually become a hurdle we must overcome.
This article details the method of implementing internationalization in WPF applications using custom XML files, including installing the necessary NuGet packages, dynamically retrieving the language list, dynamically switching languages, using translated strings in code and XAML interfaces, and provides a source code link to help developers easily achieve internationalization in WPF applications.
Diverse perspectives enrich the technical community. However, disrespectful expressions and statements based on unsubstantiated information are not conducive to constructive dialogue.
The need for plug-in architecture mainly stems from the pursuit of flexibility in software architecture, especially when developing large, complex, or constantly evolving software systems. Pluginization enhances scalability, customizability, isolation, security, maintainability, modularity, ease of upgrade and update, and third-party development capabilities, thereby meeting ever-changing business requirements and technical challenges.
Share with you a free (MIT License), out-of-the-box, ready-to-use translation and OCR tool open-sourced with WPF: STranslate.
![[WPF] Custom GridLineDecorator for Drawing Grid Lines in ListView](https://img1.dotnet9.com/2024/02/cover_02.png)
I often see people asking how to achieve grid line effects when using WPF's ListView.
This article explores how to use FluentValidation for property validation in C# WPF projects and demonstrates how to implement this through the MVVM pattern.
LiveCharts is a data visualization library for .NET that can run across multiple devices and frameworks.
![WPF Version of [Luyao Toolbox] is Free and Open Source! Solve Development Pain Points and Double Your Efficiency!](https://img1.dotnet9.com/2023/11/cover_05.png)
Luyao Toolbox is an open-source tool developed based on C# WPF, aimed at solving common functional requirements in the development process and automating them. It currently has over a dozen practical features, making your development work more efficient!