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With October 12th around the corner, Silverlight will finally reach its end of life and will no longer be receiving future quality or security updates. Even though its last version was released back in 2011 we still hear from developers with applications that have been developed and remain in use. And for anyone who is tasked to maintain one of these applications; what are the alternatives? There are several options you can consider for migrating applications from Silverlight to a supported platform for delivering Rich Internet Applications, but a viable alternative that you should consider is Uno Platform. An open source-platform that delivers on the RIA promise without any plugins needed – using only C# and familiar XAML. What is Uno Platform and why should I choose it to migrate my Silverlight application? Uno Platform is a UI platform for single-codebase applications for Windows, Web/WebAssembly, iOS, macOS, Android and Linux and though we can find 50 Reasons why Uno is an excellent choice, here are the reasons that would stand out for existing Silverlight developers amongst many others. Uno uses UWP/WinUI XAML which has a lot in common with the Silverlight version of XAML – Much of the XAML will

We are proud to have been featured on Channel 9 Visual Studio Toolbox show with Robert Green. In case you missed it, here is a quick summary. For all new to Uno, this is a great way to get to know it – straight from Uno CTO – Jerome Laban, as well as one of the key Uno community contributors – Martin Zikmund. Enjoy!   In Uno Platform – Behind the Scenes episode, Robert is joined by Jerome Laban, CTO of the Uno Platform. Back in December, we showed you how you can use Uno to build mobile, desktop and Web Assembly apps using C# and XAML. Jerome provides a behind the scenes look and how (and why) the Uno Platform was created, the decision to open source it and how it is maintained. He gives more insight into how it actually works and shows some new features that have been added since the previous episodes – items like WebAssembly Ahead of Time compilation (AOT), XAML Hot Reload, Uno Platform rendering options (pixel-perfect custom approach, or native approach) and a hint at upcoming MacOS support.   In Uno Platform Part 1 episode, Robert is joined by Martin Zikmund, one of

  In September 2019 at our inaugural UnoConf, we had released the preview of Uno Platform 2.0.  Today we are announcing general availability of Uno Platform 2.0 which includes not only the features announced at UnoConf, but also many others. One of the 2.0 release highlights is the fully functional XAML Hot Reload which works across Web (via WebAssembly), Android and iOS. Maybe best of all, you can do it ALL AT ONCE across all those platforms. This first blog post in Uno Platform 2.0 Reloaded series will give a lot of detail about XAML Hot Reload as well as the rest of the release. In addition, over the next few days we will drip-feed dedicated blogs for a few other release highlights. That said, if you’d like to jump to the bulleted list of all new features, bug fixes and known issues, you can see it at our GitHub. We are very proud of 2.0 release. Not only are we releasing a handful of major improvements, but we have also introduced over 70 smaller functionality improvements and we have closed over 80 bugs reported by community. Most importantly, over the past few months we saw massive contributions by the