World Congress 2026 Europe - Virtual Stage • Jul 2, 2026 • Session details

WinForms Meets WPF: The Hybrid Path to Modern Desktop Applications

Peter Dannenberg

Stuck maintaining massive WinForms applications? Discover how a hybrid WPF shell lets you modernize legacy UI step-by-step without halting feature development or triggering memory leaks.

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