developer-guide.md

Developer Guide

The following document describes the setup and workflow that is recommended for working on the Windows Forms project. It assumes that you have read the Contributing Document.

The Issue Guide describes our approach to using GitHub issues.

Machine Setup

Follow the Building CoreFX on Windows instructions. However, we recommend Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1.

Windows Forms requires the following workloads and components be selected when installing Visual Studio:

• Required Workloads:
  • .NET Desktop Development
  • Desktop development with C++
• Required Individual Components:
  • C++/CLI support
  • Windows 10 SDK

Workflow

We use the following workflow for building as well as testing features and fixes.

You first need to Fork and Clone this WinForms repository. This is a one-time task.

1. Build the repository.

2. Debug the change, as needed.

3. Testthe change, to validate quality.

More Information

• Git commands and workflow
• Coding guidelines
• up-for-grabs WinForms issues
• easy WinForms issues