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What is WPF?

WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) is a UI framework for building Windows desktop applications. It uses XAML for declarative UI design and provides features like data binding, styling, animation, and vector graphics. It is commonly used to create visually rich and interactive desktop applications.

What other technologies are related to WPF?

WPF Competitor Technologies

An older Windows UI framework, serving a similar purpose as WPF but with a different architecture.
mentioned alongside WPF in 48% (3.5k) of relevant job posts
Universal Windows Platform, another UI framework from Microsoft for building Windows applications, offering an alternative approach to WPF.
mentioned alongside WPF in 51% (795) of relevant job posts
An older Windows UI framework, serving a similar purpose as WPF but with a different architecture.
mentioned alongside WPF in 30% (927) of relevant job posts
An older Windows UI framework, serving a similar purpose as WPF but with a different architecture.
mentioned alongside WPF in 49% (428) of relevant job posts
A modern UI framework for Windows, evolving from UWP and offering a more modern approach than WPF in some aspects.
mentioned alongside WPF in 58% (271) of relevant job posts
Microsoft Foundation Classes, an older C++ framework for building Windows applications.
mentioned alongside WPF in 17% (665) of relevant job posts
A framework for building cross-platform mobile applications. While it can share code, it's a different UI paradigm than WPF.
mentioned alongside WPF in 9% (1.2k) of relevant job posts
A discontinued web application framework from Microsoft that used a XAML-based UI, but was focused on web development rather than desktop like WPF.
mentioned alongside WPF in 31% (329) of relevant job posts

WPF Complementary Technologies

Windows Communication Foundation, a framework for building service-oriented applications. WPF applications can consume WCF services.
mentioned alongside WPF in 22% (6.6k) of relevant job posts
Extensible Application Markup Language, the declarative language used to define WPF user interfaces.
mentioned alongside WPF in 52% (2.7k) of relevant job posts
The primary programming language used for developing WPF applications.
mentioned alongside WPF in 3% (26.8k) of relevant job posts

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