*** This is just a proof of concept. The demo runs well, but that's all that has been implemented. ***

Modern.Forms is a cross-platform spiritual successor to Winforms for .NET Core 3.0.

This is accomplished with:

• .NET Core 3.0 Preview
• Some infrastructure code from Mono's Winforms (like layouts):
  • https://github.com/mono/mono/tree/master/mcs/class/System.Windows.Forms
• A port of Avalonia's native backends
  • https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia
  • Only the base infrastructure is used, basically this gives us a blank Form
• SkiaSharp
  • All new controls are drawn with SkiaSharp

The goal of this proof of concept is to create a spiritual successor to Winforms that is:

• Cross platform (Windows / Mac / Linux)
• Familiar for Winforms developers (ie: no XAML)
  • Sample Form:
    • MainForm.cs
    • MainForm.Designer.cs
• Great for LOB applications and quick apps
• Updated with modern controls and modern aesthetics

• Clone this repository
• Install .NET Core 3.0 Preview 4+
  • https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/3.0
• Open Modern.Forms.sln in Visual Studio 2019
• Ensure Explore is set as the Startup project
• Hit F5

• Clone this repository
• Install .NET Core 3.0 Preview 4+
  • https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-core/3.0
• Install libSkiaSharp.so and libHarfBuzzSharp.so
  • https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp/releases/download/v1.68.0/libSkiaSharp.so
  • https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp/releases/download/v1.68.0/libHarfBuzzSharp.so
  • These can go in bin/Debug/netcoreapp3.0 or anywhere they can be found
• Navigate to samples/Explorer
• Run dotnet run

The OSX backend from Avalonia has not been ported because I do not have a Mac. Given the work done to get the other backends running, it would probably only take a few hours.