From the course: Microsoft XAML: 1 Core Concepts

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What frameworks use XAML

What frameworks use XAML

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What frameworks use XAML

- [Narrator] Because XAML is a generalized markup language, it's been adopted by many Microsoft frameworks. Each framework defines a set of mappings that describe how the XAML elements and attributes map to their framework counterparts. XAML has parsers and compilers that turn the XML into binary artifacts, which become part of the application binary files. These binaries are executed when the app runs, just like normal binaries. The XAML parsers/compilers exist for two option-oriented systems, .NET and Windows Runtime. In the .NET camp there are several XAML flavors that emerged at the time of the first release. Windows Presentation Foundation is useful for building dynamic, rich desktop applications. Windows Communication Foundation is a framework for building service-oriented applications. It focuses on the communicational layers between application parts. Windows Workflow is an attempt to create scalable applications by modeling application or process workflows. Silverlight is a…

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