Road to Cross-platform

[DSPaul]

Analysis of the workload and feasibility of switching from WPF to AvaloniaUI, to make COMPASS work on Linux and Mac.

• [ ] Replace all windows-only code
  • [x] Adopt Mvvm toolkit (for commands and property changed events)
  • [x] Replace Attached Properties with styled properties
  • [ ] Replace Auto update with velopack
  • [ ] Replace Drag and drop with cross platform alternative (more research needed)
  • [x] Replace messagebox with cross platform alternative or write from scratch (more research needed)
  • [ ] Changes required to ISBN barcode scanner
  • [x] Replace DotNetZip with SharpCompress
  • [x] Managing unhandled exceptions works differently
  • [x] Cross platform keyboard shortcuts
  • [x] File system interactions (save, load, ect.)
  • [x] File dialogs (select file/folder, ect.)
  • [x] Windows management (minimize, maximize, ect.)
  • [x] User preferences
  • [x] Replace MsTest with NUnit
• [ ] Rewrite UI in Avalonia
  • [x] Find different way to get Icons
  • [x] Find different way of rendering gifs for loading animation
  • [x] Find alternative for some controls like 5 star rating, multi select combobox, virtualizing stackpanel, ect.
  • [ ] Redo all views
    • [x] Side panels
    • [x] Title bar
    • [ ] Layouts
      • [ ] Home
      • [x] Tile
      • [ ] List
      • [ ] Card
    • [x] Edit item
    • [x] Edit tag
    • [ ] Export wizard
    • [ ] Import wizard
    • [ ] Metadata resolver
    • [x] Settings
    • [x] Notifications
    • [ ] Various dialogs
• [ ] Make cross platform installer/release pipeline