XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language)
XAML, Extensible Application Markup Language, is Microsoft's XML-based
language for creating a rich GUI, or
graphical user interface. XAML supports both vector and bitmap
types of graphics, as well as rich text and multimedia files. XAML was introduced in 2003 as the
language behind the Windows
Presentation Foundation, which is Microsoft's GUI design tool for the upcoming Windows Vista operating
system.
XAML files can be produced in either Visual Studio, Microsoft's development tool for the .NET
Framework, or in Microsoft's Expression
toolset for designers, before exporting them to the Windows
Presentation Foundation. This allows designers, who focus on the front end of an application,
and developers, who focus on the code that defines the
front end, to work from the same code base, which improves productivity.
This was last updated in August 2006
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