Microsoft releases WinUI 3 - Project Reunion 0.5 Preview to help devs make modern Windows 10 apps
The latest WinUI 3 - Project Reunion 0.5 Preview should help developers create modern apps for Windows 10.
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What you need to know
Microsoft just released theWinUI 3 - Project Reunion 0.5 Preview. This release is the first time that WinUI 3 ships inside of the Project Reunion package and should make it easier for developers to take advantage of modern APIs for their apps.
In addition to making it a bit easier to install the latest tools for app development, this preview also adds new options.
Here’s what’s new in WinUI 3 for the Project Reunion 0.5 preview:
The update also includes several bug fixes, which are detailed in aMicrosoft doc.
We’ve just shipped WinUI 3 - Project Reunion 0.5 Preview! 🎉This is a new preview version of WinUI 3 w/ bug fixes & some new functionality, that’s shipping w/ Project Reunion for the 1st time!👩💻Get started:https://t.co/lIV8hcTrgS📖Full announcement:https://t.co/Lb0JGS1L5YWe’ve just shipped WinUI 3 - Project Reunion 0.5 Preview! 🎉This is a new preview version of WinUI 3 w/ bug fixes & some new functionality, that’s shipping w/ Project Reunion for the 1st time!👩💻Get started:https://t.co/lIV8hcTrgS📖Full announcement:https://t.co/Lb0JGS1L5Y— Windows UI (@WindowsUI)March 10, 2021March 10, 2021
If you’re new to developing with WinUI 3, here’s a description of if from Microsoft:
Windows UI Library (WinUI) 3 is a native user experience (UX) platform for building modern Windows apps. It works with both desktop/Win32 and UWP apps, and includes Visual Studio project templates to help get started building apps with a WinUI-based user interface as well as a NuGet package that contains the WinUI libraries.
In more simple terms, Project Reunion is an effort that helps make modern Windows apps. Developers can use a number of languages and setups to create apps that will work well on Windows 10 andWindows 10Xgoing forward.
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