![]() I’m going to squash a chunk of Windows app development history to start at Windows Forms (WinForms) that has been around almost two decades (since its release in 2002). Instead, we’re going to focus on some recent changes that Microsoft has campaigned to make it easier, in theory, for developers to build applications for Windows. I’m not going to attempt to provide a full list of every different technology that can be used to create a Windows app. Over time, the tools, technologies, and frameworks that developers use have evolved and changed. Windows has always been a platform that enables developers to build and distribute third-party applications. To do this, we really need to back up even further and provide some context and history. Let’s back up a little and cover off what Project Reunion is. We’ll also look at how Project Reunion, coupled with the Uno Platform, can be used to extend a Windows application across iOS, macOS, Android, Web, and even Linux. In this article, we’re going to look at how different groups of Windows developers will be able to adopt Project Reunion. Recently, Microsoft has started to release versions of Project Reunion (which includes Windows UI (WinUI)), which is an ambitious program to reunite the Windows developer community. ![]() ![]() UWP missed the mark, resulting in low adoption and leaving the Windows developer community divided. While UWP offered up a whole host of new features to make it easier to build applications, it also came with a host of limitations that made it almost impossible for existing applications to be migrated. When Windows 10 was announced in 2015, Microsoft also released information about the Universal Windows Platform (UWP), a new framework for building applications that would run on any device running Windows 10. Project Reunion and Windows UI are still in their infancy but it’s important for all developers building for Windows to get familiar with the roadmap and understand how it will impact them going forward.Adding, or migrating to, Windows UI makes it easier to support other platforms, such as iOS, Android, macOS, Web and Linux, via the Uno Platform.Developers wanting to target these devices should look at maintaining both Windows UI and UWP versions of their application Windows 10X, HoloLens and Xbox are currently not supported by Project Reunion or Windows UI.Existing UWP developers will eventually need to migrate to Windows UI and Project Reunion in order to continue to get access to the latest Windows platform features.Existing Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation developers will be able to reference Project Reunion and leverage capabilities previously only available to UWP developers. ![]()
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