1. Install [Visual Studio 2022](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs) (Roslyn 4.x requires VS17.x, i.e. VS2022)
2. In **Tools - Get Tools and Features**, under **Workloads**, select .NET Desktop Development (In the Installation Details pane of the installation dialog, select the Windows App SDK C# Template at the bottom of the list, but it is not required.) You can refer to [Install Tools for Windows App SDK](https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/apps/windows-app-sdk/set-up-your-development-environment)
3. Select .NET 8 in **Tools - Get Tools and Features - Individual components**, or download the latest version of the [.NET 8 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet/8.0) outside of VS, but this is not recommended
4. Search for plugin [Single-project MSIX Packaging Tools for VS 2022](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ProjectReunion.MicrosoftSingleProjectMSIXPackagingToolsDev17) and install
2. If *Pixeval* is not a startup project, set it as a startup project
3. Build and run
* If that fails, you can try rebuilding the solution or restarting Visual Studio 2022
## If you want to take part into the development, there are some extra requirements
1. The basic knowledge about Windows XAML Framework, for more information, see [XAML Overview](https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/uwp/xaml-platform/xaml-overview)
2. A comprehensive understanding of C# and .NET development
This project follows a simple yet reasonable branching model: When you are willing to contribute your code, please create a new branch based on `main` and proceed with it. The new branch **MUST** follows `{user}/{qualifier}/{desc}`, where the `{user}` is your GitHub user name.
| Code content | qualifier | desc |
| - | - | - |
| Bug fixes | fix | A brief description of the vulnerability |
| New features | feature | A brief description of the new feature |
| Refactoring or code quality | refactor | A brief description of the refactoring section |
If your contribution contains more than one kind specified above, choose the rule that is most relevant to your contribution, and specify others in the commit message.
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