Roadmap

[eXpl0it3r]

Taking over maintenance work for now, here's a rough roadmap I want to follow.

Join the discussion of you have any ideas / wishes.

Phase 1 ✅

• [x] Remove references to defunct codeplex sites
• [x] Update project files to SDK format
• [x] Update to .NET Framework 4.6.2 (minimum supported netfx version)
• [x] Drop Client Profiles support
• [x] Drop Mono support
• [x] Update build files or replace them with dotnet CLI commands
• [x] Add GitHub Actions to ensure every change can be built
• [x] Update dependencies, while keeping the compatibility as is in a first step
• [x] Check that all referenced images still work
• [x] Test all the features
• [x] Release v1.5.1 as a new NuGet package of the modernized project setup
• [x] Update repository website URL

Phase 2

• [x] Tag old versions and create GitHub releases with release notes
• [ ] Clean up the issue tracker and close / merge open pull requests
• [ ] Release v1.5.2 & NuGet packages
• [ ] Create a GitHub Pages site as stand-in for the CodePlex & CodePlex Archive site
• [ ] Consider taking over some improvements from forks
  • [ ] https://github.com/ggeurts/HTML-Renderer/commits/master/

Phase 3

• [ ] Update everything to .NET Standard 2.0 / .NET 8 / .NET 10: #222
  • [ ] HtmlRenderer.Core: netstandard2.0 / net8.0 / net10.0
  • [ ] HtmlRenderer.PdfSharp: netstandard2.0 / net8.0 / net10.0
  • [ ] HtmlRenderer.WinForms: net8.0-windows / net10.0-windows
  • [ ] HtmlRenderer.WPF: net8.0-windows / net10.0-windows
• [ ] Deprecate Mono NuGet package
• [ ] Use the new MigraDoc & PDFsharp implementation: #221
• [ ] Release v2 (or v1.6) & NuGet package

Phase 4

• [ ] Consider support for WinUI
• [ ] Consider support for Avalonia UI: https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia.HtmlRenderer
• [ ] Consider support for Uno Platform
• [ ] Consider support for a generic SkiaSharp renderer
  • #200
  • https://github.com/albyoo/HTML-Renderer/tree/image/Source/HtmlRenderer.SkiaSharp
  • https://github.com/3CS-Software/HTML-Renderer-Core/commit/e6497c5284f35a31ffc62ff6fe86596502bf1fc2
  • https://github.com/ManniAT/HTML-Renderer/compare/master...xtuzy:HTML-Renderer:supportskiasharp
• [ ] Expand HTML support
• [ ] Expand CSS support

[eXpl0it3r]

@ArthurHub Pinging you here, since I don't know if you're monitoring that one Gmail account 😄

What I need your help with:

• Access to the HtmlRenderer.* nuget.org NuGet packages
  • My profile: https://www.nuget.org/profiles/eXpl0it3r
• Replace the repository URL from the dead CodePlex page to the archive page
  • https://codeplexarchive.org/project/HtmlRenderer
• If I have access to the HtmlRenderer.Mono package, I can deprecate it myself, otherwise you may need to do it

[ArthurHub]

Definitely better on GitHub :) added you to all NuGet packages and updated the URL thanks for reviving this project!