The .NET ecosystem can seem confusing as Microsoft transitions from the old Windows-only .NET Framework to an open-source, cross-platform approach filled with moving parts for a variety of targets.

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 ...

OpenSilver, an open-source, WebAssembly-based reimplementation of the deprecated Microsoft Silverlight, now supports .NET MAUI Hybrid for cross-platform web and native app development. The project, ...

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Microsoft continues to build out capabilities for its Visual Studio IDE, offering a second preview release of the upgrade, which improves account settings and XAML capabilities. The company also is ...

Microsoft is making three of its most popular Windows frameworks -- Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Forms and the Windows UI XAML Library (WinUI) available under open source licenses.

The development platform and tools strategy at Microsoft is getting increasingly complex, especially around XAML/Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight. Here's the latest. Microsoft on ...

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.