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Windows app development is broken and it's affecting every program you use

Thirty years of bad decisions finally caught up with your Task Manager ...
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Microsoft Will Open Source the Windows App SDK — Just Don't Ask About When as "this isn’t a flip-the-switch moment, it’s a deliberate process"

Microsoft has published an article on Github detailing its plans to open source the Windows App SDK. Beth Pan, a software engineer on the Windows App SDK team at Microsoft, announced the plans in a ...
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Windows 11 Developers Keep Choosing Web Apps as Microsoft Lacks Clear Direction

Developers are choosing web apps on Windows as Microsoft’s shifting app strategy creates confusion and weakens trust.
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Microsoft Launches winapp to Simplify Windows App Development

Microsoft is trying to make Windows app development feel a lot less painful. This week, the company unveiled winapp, a new open-source command-line tool designed to cut through the setup, packaging, ...
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Choosing the Right UI Framework for Native Windows Applications

What tech should a .NET coder use for a new Windows desktop app when presented with a dizzying array of options that include .NET MAUI, WinUI, WinForms, WPF, UWP, Blazor and so on? We've investigated ...