A first look at XAML Studio 2.0

"Sometimes, if you want to get an early look at a new tool from Microsoft, you must get out your compiler and build it from source. That's the case with the first public look at the new open source release of XAML Studio, one of its .NET UI design tools, which is transitioning to the stewardship of the .NET Foundation."

"XAML Studio is a tool for prototyping .NET user interfaces. Developed in Microsoft's Garage internal incubation program, it was initially developed to build Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications. Since its initial launch, UWP has evolved to the more widely applicable WinUI, making XAML Studio less useful, especially when building cross-platform .NET applications. If you downloaded the original release, you would see a basic grid view along with a code editor. Edit the code, and changes would be reflected in the grid,"

XAML Studio is an open-source prototyping tool for building .NET XAML user interfaces, now hosted on GitHub under .NET Foundation stewardship. It originated in Microsoft's Garage program and was initially designed for Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications. UWP evolved into WinUI, reducing the tool's applicability for cross-platform .NET development. The original tool provided a grid view and code editor with live updates, a control library, and bindings to mock or real-time data for previewing designs. The last public release was Version 1.1 in 2019, with later development kept private until essential WinUI controls appeared in the Windows App SDK. XAML Studio 2.0 now requires Visual Studio 2022 and a recent Windows SDK to build.

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