Universal Windows® Apps with XAML and C# Unleashed

Summary

You have now seen how XAML fits in with the rest of an app’s code and, most importantly, you now have the information needed to translate most XAML examples into a language such as C# and vice versa. However, because type converters and markup extensions are “black boxes,” a straightforward translation is not always going to be obvious.

As you proceed further, you might find that some APIs can be a little clunky to use in C# because their design is often optimized for XAML use. For example, the XAML UI Framework exposes many small building blocks to help enable rich composition, so some scenarios can involve manually creating a lot of objects. Besides the fact the XAML excels at expressing deep hierarchies of objects concisely, Microsoft ...