Microsoft is previewing UWP (Universal Windows Platform) support for .NET 9, providing a path for existing UWP developers to modernize their apps with the latest .NET and Native AOT. That's being done ...

Microsoft is preparing to make Windows 11's user interface framework, Windows UI Library (WinUI), more open to community involvement. Although many developers have asked for it to be fully open source ...

The development tool for rapid prototyping of XAML code is now available as open source. It is on its way to version 2.0 with ...

XAML Studio is a rapid software application development prototyping tool that started out life as a Microsoft Garage project. It is intended to help developers to quickly build and preview User ...

Windows 11 KB5074157 rolls out to the Beta Channel with modern account UI, faster Copilot prompts, and support for WebP ...

Forward-looking: Initially deployed in 2021, the Windows App SDK is designed to provide a comprehensive set of APIs and tools for building modern Windows desktop applications. Developers can choose ...

Cutting corners: A new tool is leveraging the capabilities of the Windows App SDK and WinUI 3 API to deliver a "comprehensive enhancement" to the Windows 11 user interface. Rebound 11 aims to bring ...

XAML Studio is a developer tool that can be used to prototype ideas before adding them to the rest of the application in Visual Studio.