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The Windows Community Toolkit 2023 Update

April 20, 2023 Apr 20, 2023 04/20/23

Michael Hawker

It's been a pretty busy year for the Windows Community Toolkit (WCT), even though you may not realize it! We wanted to share what we've been working on, why it's important, where things are at, and how you can help! If you're new to the Toolkits, you can find an introduction video to them here. In 2022, we announced the Windows ...

Windows Community Toolkit Labs Experiments are Here!

November 9, 2022 Nov 9, 2022 11/9/22

Michael Hawker

In this post, we talk about the new Windows Community Toolkit Labs and some initial experiments that we're looking for feedback on.

Announcing the Windows Community Toolkit Labs!

July 20, 2022 Jul 20, 2022 07/20/22

Michael Hawker

In this post, we talk about the new Community Toolkit Labs for Windows as the future starting point for components in the Windows Community Toolkit.

Leveraging trimming to make the Microsoft Store faster and reduce its binary size

June 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 06/30/22

Sergio Pedri

In this post, we will talk about how we restructured our codebase to minimize our use of reflection and to enable trimming, making the Microsoft Store faster and reducing its binary size

The journey of moving from C++/WinRT to C# in the Microsoft Store

May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022 05/20/22

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#

Announcing .NET Community Toolkit v8.0.0 Preview 3

April 7, 2022 Apr 7, 2022 04/7/22

Sergio Pedri

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

Announcing .NET Community Toolkit v8.0.0 Preview 1

January 25, 2022 Jan 25, 2022 01/25/22

Sergio Pedri

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

Windows Community Toolkit 7.1 Preview Release!

August 5, 2021 Aug 5, 2021 08/5/21

Michael Hawker

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

Welcome to the Community Toolkit!

July 27, 2021 Jul 27, 2021 07/27/21

Michael Hawker

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

MVVM Toolkit Preview 3 & The Journey of an API

October 7, 2020 Oct 7, 2020 10/7/20

Michael Hawker

In this post, we cover the journey of creating an easier to use API, how a .NET Native issue required a workaround, and how that ultimately proved to be a greater success!