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When version 1.0 of the .NET platform was released, programmers who needed to build graphical desktop applications made use of two APIs named Windows Forms and GDI+, packaged up primarily in the System.Windows.Forms.dll and System.Drawing.dll assemblies. While Windows Forms/GDI+ are still viable APIs for building traditional desktop GUIs, Microsoft shipped an alternative GUI desktop API named Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) beginning with the release of .NET 3.0.
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Troelsen, A., Japikse, P. (2017). Introducing Windows Presentation Foundation and XAML. In: Pro C# 7. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3018-3_24
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