{"id":12040,"date":"2014-06-25T07:58:15","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T14:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=12040"},"modified":"2014-06-25T07:58:15","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T14:58:15","slug":"show-me-the-xaml","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/show-me-the-xaml\/","title":{"rendered":"Show Me the XAML"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tXamarin.Forms brings the eXtensible Application Markup Language, or XAML as it&#8217;s so lovingly known, to cross-platform mobile development. With XAML, application user interfaces can be created declaratively and succinctly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/slidertransforms.png\" alt=\"slider transforms via xaml\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12097\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To help Xamarin.Forms developers get up to speed, our good friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Charles-Petzold\/e\/B000APETXO\/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1\" title=\"Charles Petzold's Amazon Author Page\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Petzold<\/a> took a brief pause from writing his book on Xamarin.Forms to bring you this wonderful guide:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/developer.xamarin.com\/guides\/cross-platform\/xamarin-forms\/xaml-for-xamarin-forms\/\" title=\"XAML for Xamarin.Forms\" target=\"_blank\">XAML for Xamarin.Forms &#8211; Getting Started with Cross-Platform Markup for Mobile Devices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In it, you&#8217;ll find everything you need to work effectively with XAML in Xamarin.Forms. The guide includes 5 action packed parts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/developer.xamarin.com\/guides\/cross-platform\/xamarin-forms\/Xaml-for-Xamarin-forms\/getting_started_with_xaml\" title=\"Getting Started with XAML\" target=\"_blank\">Part 1. Getting Started with XAML<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/developer.xamarin.com\/guides\/cross-platform\/xamarin-forms\/Xaml-for-Xamarin-forms\/essential_xaml_syntax\" title=\"Essential XAML Syntax\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2. Essential XAML Syntax<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/developer.xamarin.com\/guides\/cross-platform\/xamarin-forms\/Xaml-for-Xamarin-forms\/xaml_markup_extensions\" title=\"XAML Markup Extensions\" target=\"_blank\">Part 3. XAML Markup Extensions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/developer.xamarin.com\/guides\/cross-platform\/xamarin-forms\/Xaml-for-Xamarin-forms\/data_binding_basics\" title=\"Data Binding Basics\" target=\"_blank\">Part 4. Data Binding Basics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/developer.xamarin.com\/guides\/cross-platform\/xamarin-forms\/Xaml-for-Xamarin-forms\/data_bindings_to_mvvm\" title=\"From Data Binding to MVVM\" target=\"_blank\">Part 5. From Data Binding to MVVM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Along with our other great education resources for learning Xamarin.Forms, you now have a wealth of information to help create great cross-platform apps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xamarin.Forms brings the eXtensible Application Markup Language, or XAML as it&#8217;s so lovingly known, to cross-platform mobile development. With XAML, application user interfaces can be created declaratively and succinctly. 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