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May 20, 2022
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The journey of moving from C++/WinRT to C# in the Microsoft Store

Sergio Pedri

In this post, we will talk about the journey we did to port the APIs to access Windows Package Manager in the Microsoft Store from C++/WinRT to C#

Apr 7, 2022
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Announcing .NET Community Toolkit v8.0.0 Preview 3

Sergio Pedri

In this post, we talk about all the new features and improvements the third preview version of the .NET Community Toolkit!

Jan 25, 2022
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Announcing .NET Community Toolkit v8.0.0 Preview 1

Sergio Pedri

In this post, we talk about all the new features and improvements the first preview version of the .NET Community Toolkit!

Dec 28, 2021
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Astrophotography with Windows, Tiny PCs, and WPF

Pete Brown

Windows on an embedded PC, running .NET and WPF apps for Astrophotography

Oct 20, 2021
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Building Your First UWP Application

Zachary Teutsch

This article walks through getting setup with Universal Windows Platform development and showcases how to build a fun Soundboard starter application.

Oct 19, 2021
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Build ML powered experiences with Windows Machine Learning (WinML) and Intelligent APIs!

Amrutha Srinivasan

This article introduces Windows Machine Learning, an API for machine learning model inference on Windows, and then talks about a new initiative called Intelligent APIs that aims to make it easier to integrate ML workloads into modern day applications.

Oct 19, 2021
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Get started building a Progressive Web App!

Justin Willis

Get started building a Progressive Web App! Hello fellow Web Developers! Today I want to talk about how you can use PWABuilder, an open-source project from Microsoft, Github, VSCode and Azure Static Web Apps to help you build a Progressive Web App (PWA) and then ship that PWA to both the Web AND app stores! We will be starting completely from scratch and then take our app all the way to publishing! What is a PWA? A progressive web app, or PWA for short, is a web app that uses modern web APIs to enable a true app-like experience delivered over the web. PWAs, through the usage of standard web APIs, can also ...

Aug 5, 2021
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Windows Community Toolkit 7.1 Preview Release!

Michael Hawker

In this post, we talk about all the new features in our upcoming 7.1 release! Try out the preview today!

Jul 27, 2021
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Welcome to the Community Toolkit!

Michael Hawker

In this post, we discuss recent changes to our GitHub organization and our plans for the future!