Developers at Microsoft have been busy revolutionizing how we program of late. Nowhere are these changes more evident today than when creating user interfaces (UIs), where, instead of CodeDOM ...

New version of the open-source replacement for Microsoft Silverlight also brings support for .NET 10 and C# 14.

Let's say I have some existing, unmanaged C++ APIs that also include C code (using extern "C"). If I wanted to write a basic C# WPF GUI front-end utilizing these pieces, is that a good idea, or just ...

Previously, XAML UI design was mostly limited to Visual Studio on Windows, leaving developers on macOS and Linux without visual design tools, the company said. OpenSilver 3.1 introduces a fully ...

At the Microsoft BUILD conference held in San Francisco earlier in the year, Microsoft announced Universal Windows apps which allows users to develop once for all Windows devices. “Using the Universal ...

Microsoft has made its development tool XAML Studio open source, eight years after its initial release. Version 2.0 is next, and some new features are planned, which interested parties can already try ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...

After the first part of this series dealt with Windows Forms, we will now look at Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows UI Library 3 (WinUI 3). Both GUI frameworks are based on XAML ...

Microsoft has released XAML Studio as open-source software, opening up a Windows app design tool that had remained proprietary since its launch eight years ago, in a move aimed at rebuilding trust and ...