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.NET News Roundup - Week of May 17th, 2021
.NET News Roundup: Giraffe 5.0, Azure SDK, updates to the .NET Framework, Microsoft.Data.SqlClient, Uno Platform, and AvaloniaUI.
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Avalonia Beta 1 Brings Many Improvements over WPF
Avalonia describes itself as a “cross platform .NET UI framework inspired by WPF, with XAML, data binding, lookless controls and much more." Having just reached its first public beta, it is already showing some interesting improvements over the venerable WPF version of XAML.
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An Early Look at Avalonia, a Cross-Platform UI Toolkit for .NET
An often-cited hole in the .NET Core ecosystem is the lack of any true cross-platform UI toolkit. While there have been attempts at a multi-platform in the past such as Silverlight and Xamarin Forms, no one has yet achieved a full XAML-style cross-platform option. Avalonia is making the attempt with plans to support Windows, Linux (GTK), MacOS, Android and iOS. However, they need your help.