Chapter 3. An Introduction to XAML
Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML; pronounced zammel) is an XML-based declarative markup language used to represent a hierarchy of objects.
In Silverlight, XAML is primarily used to define the layout and contents of user interfaces (although it is also used to define resource dictionaries, animations, and the application root). XAML is not a Silverlight-specific concept, however. It actually has its origins in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF); Silverlight emerged essentially as a subset of WPF designed for use on the Web (hence its early name of WPF/E, or WPF Everywhere, before being christened with the catchier "Silverlight").
Despite being used to define user interfaces in Silverlight and WPF, ...
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