Modernizing .NET with AWS Transform
The AWS Transform agent for .NET can help you modernize your .NET applications to be compatible with cross-platform .NET. This capability is called .NET modernization. After Setting up your workspace in AWS Transform, you can create a .NET modernization transformation job.
Capabilities and key features
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Analyze .NET Framework codebases from your source control systems, which includes private NuGet support, identifying cross repository dependencies, and providing an analysis report.
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Automated transformation of legacy .NET Framework applications to cross-platform .NET, email notifications, and a transformation summary report.
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Seamless integration with the source control platforms (BitBucket, GitHub, and GitLab) to ingest existing code and commit transformed code to a new branch.
Validation of transformed code through unit tests.
Supported versions and project types
AWS Transform supports transformation for these versions of .NET:
.NET Framework 3.5+
.NET Core 3.1
.NET 5.x+
.NET 8.0
AWS Transform supports transformation of these types of projects:
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Libraries
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Applications written in C#
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Console applications
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Web API (ASP.NET) Web API
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Business Logic Layers of SPA (Single Page Application) backends
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Model View Controller (MVC) applications including front-end Razor views
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Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services
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Unit test projects (NUnit, xUnit, and MSTest)
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Projects with provided cross-platform versions for third-party or private NuGet packages. If a cross-platform equivalent is missing or unavailable, AWS Transform .NET will attempt a best-effort conversion.
Limitations
For more information on quotas and limitations for AWS Transform, see Quotas for AWS Transform.
AWS Transform does not transform the following:
WebForms (.aspx), WinForms, Blazor UI components
Win32 DLLs that don't have core compatible libraries
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Applications written in F# or VB.NET
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Applications already in .NET 8.0+
Repositories that do not contain any solutions.
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AWS Transform will not modify the original repo branches, and can only write to a separate target branch specified in your transformation plan.
Human intervention
During the porting of .NET Framework applications to cross-platform .NET, you may be requested to provide input or approvals in the following scenarios:
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Set up a connector to your source code and permissions
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Validate the proposed modernization plan
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Upload missing package dependencies as NuGets
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Review and accept the transformed code
More information
You can modernize your .NET code by using either the AWS Transform web application or the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio.
