What is XAML
XAML, Extensible Application Markup Language, is Microsoft’s XML-based language for creating a rich graphical user interface….XAML was introduced in 2003 as the language behind Windows Presentation Foundation, then known as Avalon.
XAML (pronounced zammel) is an acronym for eXtensible Application Markup Language, is Microsoft's XML-based language for creating a rich GUI, or graphical user interface.
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