Announcing .NET Community Toolkit v8.0.0 Preview 1
We’re happy to announce that the first preview of the upcoming .NET Community Toolkit 8.0 release is now live, bringing with it lots of new features, improvements and bug fixes! As with every release,...
View ArticleAnnouncing .NET Community Toolkit v8.0.0 Preview 3
As we’re getting close to the official launch of the new .NET Community Toolkit, we’re happy to announce that the third preview of the upcoming 8.0.0 release is now live! As is the case with every new...
View ArticleThe journey of moving from C++/WinRT to C# in the Microsoft Store
The new Microsoft Store is a native Windows application, written in C#/XAML, running on the UWP framework. Along with building some of the awesome features the new Store has (such as support for...
View ArticleLeveraging trimming to make the Microsoft Store faster and reduce its binary...
In our previous blog post about the new Microsoft Store, we talked about how it’s a native C#/XAML Windows application running on the UWP framework, and how it leverages .NET Native to be distributed...
View ArticleIntroducing the Microsoft Store channel on Discord
This post was co-authored with Priyanka Gupta Kankane (PGK#0779 on Discord), Senior Program Manager in the Microsoft Store services team. We are excited to announce the launch of the #microsoft-store...
View ArticleMicrosoft Store Open Source Series — AppServices library
Looking for ways to empower your UWP app beyond what you thought was possible? Today, we’re going to show you how to leverage the AppServices library we built for the Microsoft Store to unlock the...
View ArticleModernize your UWP app with preview UWP support for .NET 9 and Native AOT
We’re introducing the initial preview 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. Are...
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