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Morten Nielsen

@dotmorten.xaml.dev
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Software Surgeon & Prompt Monkey, C#, .NET, API design, Windows, .NET MAUI, XAML & sport kiting. He/Him.

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Fons Sonnemans @fonssonnemans.bsky.social · 12h
The new ThemeResource API is such a nice improvement. Love seeing the pace of progress lately. Keep pushing forward!
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 18h
Windows App SDK 2.5.4-experimental just landed: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window... New controls: TableView, Charting, more Inking, and programmatic data templates and theme resource bindings
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Windows App SDK 2.0 release notes - Windows apps
Release notes for Windows App SDK 2.0 across the Stable, Preview, and Experimental channels, with feature highlights, bug fixes, and API changes.
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 15/09/2026
Use #WinUI 3 and got two minutes? Please share your experience with the Microsoft.UI.Xaml/WinUI repository: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
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Microsoft Forms
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 28/08/2026
Tip of the day: Ask Copilot to add EventSources to your source code and have it also write a skill how to use them to track lifecycle and performance issues. It makes the agent so much better at diagnosing issues going forward.
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 28/08/2026
WinUI is finally truly open sourced! github.com/microsoft/mi...
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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 25/08/2026
New WinAppSDK experimental with Inking support!! learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...
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Windows App SDK 2.0 release notes - Windows apps
Release notes for Windows App SDK 2.0 across the Stable, Preview, and Experimental channels, with feature highlights, bug fixes, and API changes.
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 25/08/2026
Windows App SDK 2.4.1 Experimental just dropped: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window... #winui
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Windows App SDK 2.0 release notes - Windows apps
Release notes for Windows App SDK 2.0 across the Stable, Preview, and Experimental channels, with feature highlights, bug fixes, and API changes.
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Kindtech @kindtech.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
WinAppCLI reached v0.6.0 for building WinUI applications, with new package signing through Azure and faster app creation. Command line first Windows app dev is a sign of where Microsoft wants the workflow to live. #Windows #WinUI #Microsoft
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 17/08/2026
I'm excited to share that today is my first day at Microsoft, joining the Windows Developer Platform team! I'll be working on the Windows App SDK and working with developer communities to help evolve the platform and make building great apps on and for Windows even better. #winui
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 15/08/2026
Found a much better robust alternative to XAML. No more annoying angle brackets - Everyone knows indentation is the best way to define app structure. I considered JSON but who wants more punctuation? #winui #maui #wpf #xaml
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 13/08/2026
Windows App SDK v2.4.0 just landed. This one looks to just contain new APIs for the search APIs and some bug fixes (no new #winui APIs). API diff: omds.xaml.dev/WinAppSDK_v2... Release notes: github.com/microsoft/Wi...
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OMD
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 05/08/2026
Working on a little e-paper side-screen to remind me of upcoming meetings, tasks, etc. Fully configurable from a Microsoft.UI.Reactor tray app. WIP source code here: github.com/dotMorten/Si... #WinUI
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 31/07/2026
After 20 years, today is my last day at @esri. New adventures lie ahead
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 31/07/2026
Windows App SDK v2.3.2-experimentalA just landed. Among a few other new APIs, super proud to see my PR that adds Window sizing in dips is now in the SDK! #WinUI
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 23/07/2026
New release of CSWinRT: github.com/microsoft/Cs... #winrt #winui
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Release CsWinRT 2.3.1 · microsoft/CsWinRT
This is a stable minor version release for 2.x with the various fixes and improvements that have been available in our CsWinRT 2.3 previews. We will also be updating the .NET SDK with these update...
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 22/07/2026
Out of space. Perhaps time to stop collecting these and move on… #mvpbuzz
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 20/07/2026
WinDev Helper VS Code extension v4.0.0 released with early (and rough) UI designer buff.ly/hQ2a045 #windowsdev #vscode #winui #dotnet #windowsappsdk #csharp #xaml
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Release WinDev Helper VS Code extension v4.0.0 · alvinashcraft/windev-helper
What's Changed Overhaul XAML designer for v4 by @alvinashcraft in #17 Full Changelog: 3.3.0...4.0.0
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 17/07/2026
Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 2.3.1 just landed. Slim on new features though: omds.xaml.dev/WinAppSDK_v2... #winui
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OMD
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 17/07/2026
Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 2.3.1 just landed. Slim on new features though: omds.xaml.dev/WinAppSDK_v2... #winui
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OMD
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 15/07/2026
Honored to have received my 17th Microsoft MVP award today
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 14/07/2026
Proud to have managed to get Window.Width/Height properties into WinUI: github.com/microsoft/mi...
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Promote experimental Window sizing APIs to stable · Issue #11238 · microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml
What Two new windowing APIs just landed in winui3/main as experimental. This issue tracks getting them from experimental all the way to stable. The APIs 1. Window.Width / Window.Height - set window...
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 30/06/2026
Building a Windows Tray App by combining Microsoft.UI.Reactor and a Worker Project xaml.dev/post/winui-t... #WinUI #dotnet
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dotMorten | .NET Ramblings, XAML hacking and some GIS endeavors
dotMorten - .NET Ramblings, XAML hacking and some GIS endeavors - .NET Ramblings, XAML hacking and some GIS endeavors
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 21/06/2026
File-based #WinUI apps with Microsoft.UI.Reactor: xaml.dev/post/file-ba...
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dotMorten | File-based WinUI apps with Microsoft.UI.Reactor
dotMorten - .NET Ramblings, XAML hacking and some GIS endeavors - One of the things I've been wanting to try for a while was whether Reactor could work nicely with .N
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 19/06/2026
Playing around with some custom DirectX rendering inside Microsoft.UI.Reactor and ended up with some fun 360° samples. All 100% C# code in #WinUI. No XAML, no C++.
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 16/06/2026
Guess which one is classic Outlook and which one is new Outlook
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 14/06/2026
Blogged: Building your first Microsoft.UI.Reactor App xaml.dev/post/your-fi... #WinUI
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 13/06/2026
Added two portable 17” monitors to the sides of my wide screen monitor. Did I overdo it? Maybe. Do I care? Nope 🤣
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 11/06/2026
Live stream about to start: what’s new in ArcGIS Native Maps SDK: www.youtube.com/live/NB1LOnj...
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Livestream: ArcGIS Maps SDKs for Native Apps: Latest Updates in Version 300.0
YouTube video by Esri Developers
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 11/06/2026
Project templates are now available for Microsoft.UI.Reactor. Run 'dotnet new install Microsoft.UI.Reactor.ProjectTemplates' to install, then 'dotnet new reactorapp' to build your first project. #winui
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 10/06/2026
Microsoft.UI.Reactor is now available on NuGet! www.nuget.org/packages/Mic... #winui
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Microsoft.UI.Reactor 0.1.0-preview.1
Functional, declarative UI framework for WinUI 3.
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 10/06/2026
Windows App SDK 2.2 just landed: www.nuget.org/packages/Mic... OMD Diff: omds.xaml.dev/WinAppSDK_2.... Release notes: github.com/microsoft/Wi... I'm liking the new ApplicationData API for unpackaged apps. That will make life a lot simpler.
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Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK 2.2.0
The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows Desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support.
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 02/06/2026
Want to learn more about Microsoft.UI.Reactor? "Building WinUI Apps with C# First Patterns and AI Assisted Workflows" build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessio... #WinUI #msbuild
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Building WinUI Apps with C# First Patterns and AI Assisted Workflows
Developers want faster iteration, clearer control flow, and tools that work well with AI assisted coding. WinUI remains the production platform for Windows apps while adapting to these needs. This ses...
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 02/06/2026
All the Windows developer announcements today: blogs.windows.com/windowsdevel...
blogs.windows.com
Build 2026: Furthering Windows as the trusted platform for development
Build is one of our favorite moments each year - a chance to connect with the global developer community and share what we’ve been building. Over the past year, we have connected with many developers...
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 01/06/2026
Hmmm looks like I need a new Surface laptop soon... #drool #n1x
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 30/05/2026
Experimenting a bit with Microsoft.UI.Reactor and ArcGIS Maps SDK for .NET. Making some progress getting things hooked up... #WinUI
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 29/05/2026
If you're getting started with Microsoft Reactor, there's a full website here with docs: microsoft.github.io/microsoft-ui... #winui
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Microsoft.UI.Reactor
Declarative UI framework for native Windows desktop apps in pure C#.
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 28/05/2026
Breaking news: There's a new way to create #WinUI desktop apps without xaml using declarative, component-based C# framework! Check out the repo: github.com/microsoft/mi...
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GitHub - microsoft/microsoft-ui-reactor: Reactor is an experimental set of extensions to WinUI
Reactor is an experimental set of extensions to WinUI - microsoft/microsoft-ui-reactor
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Joe Finney @thejoefin.com · 24/05/2026
New app for finding Fluent Icons by drawing! Blog post on how I built this with the WinApp Skill coming soon! #WinDev #Windows #IndieDev #WinUI
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 24/05/2026
Blogged: Automatically getting API difference diagrams in your .NET PRs xaml.dev/post/automat... #dotnet
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dotMorten | Automatically getting API difference diagrams in your .NET PRs
dotMorten - .NET Ramblings, XAML hacking and some GIS endeavors - A while back I built a tool that could analyze .NET Source Files as well as assemblies, and generate
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 24/05/2026
Added git support to my .NET OMD generator tool, and now you can create a GitHub action that'll add a comment to your PR if there are API changes and list them. It'll even update its comment as you update the PR. See doc here how: github.com/dotMorten/Do...
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GitHub - dotMorten/DotNetOMDGenerator: A Roslyn-based cross-platform tool that generates an object model diagram from a set of C# source files or assemblies
A Roslyn-based cross-platform tool that generates an object model diagram from a set of C# source files or assemblies - dotMorten/DotNetOMDGenerator
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 21/05/2026
@thejoefin.com INK CANVAS!
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Ginny Caughey @gcaughey.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Updating a big UWP app to WinUI. AMA
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The Register @theregister.com · 14/05/2026
Microsoft aims to speed Windows with 'leap forward' in WinUI 3 perf
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Microsoft aims to speed Windows with 'leap forward' in WinUI 3 perf
Bittersweet post tells devs what they already knew: The framework is too slow
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 13/05/2026
Introducing #WinUI agent plugin for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code: devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-window...
devblogs.microsoft.com
Introducing WinUI agent plugin for GitHub Copilot and Claude Code - #ifdef Windows
iscover AI-powered WinUI development with GitHub Copilot and Claude Code. These new agent skills help you scaffold, build, run, test, and ship native Windows apps with WinUI 3 and the Windows App SDK ...
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 12/05/2026
WinUI 3 Performance: A Leap Forward: github.com/microsoft/mi...
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WinUI 3 Performance: A Leap Forward · microsoft microsoft-ui-xaml · Discussion #11096
Hello WinUI Community! Our mission is to make WinUI 3 the best native UI platform for Windows experiences and apps and performance is at the heart of that effort. Moving from WinUI 2 to WinUI 3 sho...
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 12/05/2026
New #WinUI “dotnet new” templates with built-in support for “dotnet run”: devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-window...
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Introducing dotnet new WinUI templates - #ifdef Windows
We’ve been working on something new for WinUI developers: a set of open-source project and item templates for WinUI you can use directly from the command line. 🚀 With these templates, you can now crea...
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 11/05/2026
#WinUI source code now includes the unit tests, so it is easier for us to verify our PRs doesn't break anything: github.com/microsoft/mi...
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🚀 WinUI OSS Update: Phased Rollout Toward Open Collaboration · microsoft microsoft-ui-xaml · Discussion #10700
Status updated on May 4th, 2026: (✅ - Done | ⌛ - In Progress | ⏭️ - Planned) Hey everyone, Thanks for all the feedback, questions, and ideas. We hear you loud and clear and are taking it seriously....
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 06/05/2026
Clever way to save on your token usage: github.com/JuliusBrusse...
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GitHub - JuliusBrussee/caveman: 🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman
🪨 why use many token when few token do trick — Claude Code skill that cuts 65% of tokens by talking like caveman - JuliusBrussee/caveman
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Alvin Ashcraft @alvinashcraft.com · 05/05/2026
Announcing the WinApp VS Code Extension — Run, Debug, and Package Windows Apps in VS Code buff.ly/JnIxEPy #vscode #windowsdev #windowsappsdk #winui #pwa #winapp
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Announcing the WinApp VS Code Extension — Run, Debug, and Package Windows Apps in VS Code - #ifdef Windows
Get started with the WinApp Extension for VS Code. Build, debug, and package Windows apps seamlessly in one place.
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Morten Nielsen @dotmorten.xaml.dev · 05/05/2026
New blog series about MSIX: “Inside MSIX” devblogs.microsoft.com/insidemsix/
devblogs.microsoft.com
Inside MSIX
Demystifying MSIX Architecture, Development, Deployment and Troubleshooting
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