Microsoft announces Project Reunion 0.8 preview at Build 2022

Microsoft has today appear a new preview version of its new Projection Reunion app framework, designed to unify the development platforms beyond Win32 and UWP apps. Microsoft launched Project Reunion 0.5 in March, and today is releasing version 0.8 which includes down-level back up for Windows 10 version 1809 and up, .NET five support, every bit well as better WinUI 3 and WebView2 back up.

Project Reunion is a project that aims to get in easy for Windows app developers to use APIs beyond both Win32 and UWP development platforms. Microsoft's vision for Project Reunion is for it to be the go-to framework for building Windows apps going forward, minimizing the gap between Win32 and UWP apps and simply calling them all "Windows apps" instead.

A Microsoft web log post detailed the post-obit:

With Project Reunion y'all get access to modern Windows technologies and new features, plus the best of existing desktop (Win32) features. Yous go coherent, modern interactions and UX with WinUI 3 – and corking system performance and bombardment life for your apps. That's why we're excited to announce the Project Reunion 0.eight preview so y'all can create and modernize your Windows apps seamlessly for both client and cloud endpoints. Y'all tin can build experiences optimized for device hardware with hassle free app discovery and management and future proofed for Arm64.

Today'south preview features support for WinUI 3 and WebView2, which bring modern technologies that allow app developers to either update their apps with modern interfaces or use Microsoft Border's rendering engine for web-based content.

Reunion 0.8 also includes support for .Net five applications, which includes support for Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows Forms apps. One of the great things about Project Reunion is that it'southward decoupled from Windows, meaning app developers can use information technology and target any version of Windows 10 from version 1809 and up.

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