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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I had fun putting this video together, inc the #WindowsDev #PowerToys cameo! Would you want someone floating around on your PC like this pointing you in the right direction? 🧙‍♂️ It was fun to see this play out in video form... let me know if I should keep it for future videos.

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JetBrains Rider @rider.jetbrains.com · 14/09/2026

Which sessions will make your GameDev Day schedule? The agenda covers ECS, Unreal performance, cross-runtime debugging, CI, procedural generation, AI-assisted tools, and more. Join free on September 28, online or in Belgrade and Limassol. Register: jb.gg/agenda-gamed...

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Matt Ellis @citizenmatt.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Last chance for CFP! Share and tell everyone you know!

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JetBrains @jetbrains.com · 03/09/2026

Registration is open for JetBrains GameDev Day 2026! Figma-to-Unity automation, Godot world generation, C#/C++ debugging, ECS migrations, Unreal profiling, and CI from the IDE – see it all on September 28 online, in Belgrade or Limassol. Registration is free: jb.gg/register-gamedevday2026

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JetBrains Rider @rider.jetbrains.com · 10/08/2026

JetBrains .NET Day Online returns on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, for a day of practical talks, live demos, and real-world lessons from community speakers and the JetBrains .NET team. Call for speakers closes Friday, September 4. blog.jetbrains.com/dotnet/2026/...

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JetBrains .NET Day Online 2026: Save the Date and Submit a Talk - The JetBrains Blog

A free, one-day online event for the .NET community on October 7. Register now, or submit a talk by September 4.

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JetBrains Rider @rider.jetbrains.com · 22/07/2026

The Rider 2026.2 release is here! Explore our What's New page for a complete overview of the key new features. 👇 jb.gg/rd-262-relea...

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

🦙📢 It's been an amazing celebration of #XAMLStudio v2 these last couple of weeks. 🎊 And so #WindowsDev to culminate it all, I'd like to announce that the project is now open-sourced! A seed project in the @dotnetfdn 🎉 Read all about this journey here: devblogs.microsoft.com/ifdef-window...

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XAML Studio is now Open Sourced - #ifdef Windows

XAML Studio is now open sourced! It's a WinUI developer tool for rapid prototyping with XAML before integrating in a Visual Studio project.

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

On the twelfth day of Christmas XAML Llama sent to me 🥁🥁 Twelve Designers Designing 🥁🥁 #XAMLStudio v2 adds more designer-like features. Such as modifying in-place w/ control-specific Adorners. e.g. a TextBlock's Text shown here; WIP, stay tuned for more. #12DaysOfXAML #WindowsDev

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

On the 11th day of Christmas XAML Llama sent to me 🎺🎶 Eleven Properties Presented 🎺🎶 The new Properties panel in #XAMLStudio v2 shows the visual tree, visual states, and, or course, properties of an element. See what's been modified or make changes directly to experiment! #12DaysOfXAML #WindowsDev

Screenshot of XAML Studio v2 showing the new properties panel. On the left, within the panel, at the top, is the Visual Tree shown from Day 9. The TextBlock is selected with the StackPanel shown as its Parent. This corresponds to the TextBlock XML element selected in the Editor in the lower-right. Below the Visual Tree is an "Add Property…" option, and then a list of properties categorized by control type. Text for TextBlock and VerticalAlignment for FrameworkElement are displayed with their corresponding values of "- The XAML Llama" and "Center". This corresponds to the XAML in the document and the preview displayed above it. Finally at the bottom of the list in the properties panel is a "- Modified -" group which shows "FontSize" set to the value of 48, which has made the preview text larger.

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

On the tenth day of Christmas XAML Llama sent to me 👑🦘 Ten VisualStates Visualized 👑🦘 #WindowsDev ever want to visualize your visual states? #XAMLStudio v2 will let you see and manipulate the active visual states of a #XAML control! 🤯 #12DaysOfXAML

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

On the eighth day of Christmas XAML Llama sent to me 🐄🥛 Eight Points Highlighted 🐄🥛 #XAMLStudio v2 is where the #WindowsCommunityToolkit #XAML Adorners are from! First used to highlight the bounds of elements just like Visual Studio, useful for mastering perfect layouts. #12DaysOfXAML #WindowsDev

Screenshot of XAML Studio v2 with a Border element selected in the Editor, the preview then shows the bounds of the Border with vertical and horizontal lines at each edge extending the length of the preview area. The size of the border is displayed in the middle as well as its position and total size in a box above it. The various borders, margins, and padding areas are colored as an overlay.

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

🎊 Happy New Year! 🎊 #WindowsDev using #XAML, have you been following the latest on #XAMLStudio? A new v2 is dropping this year! 🎉 Find out all about it with the #12DaysOfXAML below and join the windowsappcommunity.com/discord to get more insight in the xaml-studio channel!

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

On the seventh day of Christmas XAML Llama sent to me 🦢🥽 Seven Resources Loaded 🦢🥽 #XAMLStudio v2 can show you the contents of a #XAML #ResourceDictionary! That's right! Iterate easily on all your knobs 🎛️, bells 🔔, whistles 🚂, whatever! 😲 #12DaysOfXAML #WindowsDev

Screenshot of XAML Studio v2 with a ResourceDictionary file open. It shows a variety of various keyed styles and other values which are then rendered above in the preview pane. Values like FontFamily, Thickness, FontWeight, GridLength, SolidColorBrush, and Style, all have a display showing a visual preview of what they represent.

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

On the 4th day of Christmas @XAMLLlama sent to me 📞🐦 Four new Toolbar Buttons 📞🐦 The Quick Access Bar, introduced in v1.1, has a new set of tools coming in #XAMLStudio v2! Including preview refresh, show/hide the alignment grid, theme toggle, and more to be revealed! #12DaysOfXAML #WindowsDev

Screenshot of XAML Studio v2's Quick Access Bar that resides between the preview pane and the XAML editor. It shows new buttons not seen in previous screenshots, from left to right: Refresh Preview, an unknown to be revealed segmented selector with two additional options - the default one on the left is currently selected, Toggle Alignment Grid, and Toggle Theme. The previous existing buttons are to the right of the gripper thumb bar for rotating the pane's positions and sharing the preview render.

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

On the third day of Christmas @XAMLLlama sent to me 🍟🐔 Three Breadcrumbs 🍟🐔 or more of Navigation… Making it even easier to keep track of where you are within your #XAML document. Click to jump to bring that element's line in view. #12DaysOfXAML #XAMLStudio #WindowsDev

Screenshot of the XAML Studio v2 IDE showing a familiar XAMLing example with the Debug Panel open tracking binding history. A red rectangle highlights an area above the XAML editor where a new breadcrumb navigation bar resides. It shows the breakdown of the XML document hierarchy starting from the root Page of the XAML document to the Caret's current position.

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

On the second day of Christmas @XAMLLlama sent to me 🐢🕊 Two tabs duplicated 🐢🕊 It may not seem like much, but I use this all the time to iterate on different ideas. #XAMLStudio v2 will be filled with many improvements small and large #12DaysOfXAML #WindowsDev

Screenshot of XAML Studio v2 Document Tab with context menu that contains a "Duplicate Tab" item. The app is atop Visual Studio shown in the background with various tabs of XAML Studio's code files open in the background.

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

On the first day of Christmas my true love sent to me 🦙🍐🎄 A Llama in a #FluentUI #XAML Tree… 🦙🍐🎄 Happy Holidays! We're back for a classic twist to preview the upcoming 2026 #XAMLStudio v2 w/ #12DaysOfXAML! Now with a new Fluent coat 🧥! #WindowsDev 🦙🍐🎄

Screenshot of Desktop with Llama field background behind XAML Studio v2 IDE showing updated Fluent UI Design. A new navigation view is on the left akin to the Microsoft Store, and the tabs are within the titlebar of the application on top. The preview pane on the top-half of the app shows a Christmas tree with Happy Holidays from the XAML Llama and to stay tuned each Christmas Day for more previews of XAML Studio v2. The Editor below shows the XAML code which creates the scene above it.

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

#WinUI #XAML Adorners + drag manipulation was a bit harder but working alright... some interactions and scenarios which need more work, but happy with this for now. 😈 #WindowsDev #WindowsCommunityToolkitLabs

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Sarcastic Shark Art @sarcasticsharkart.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

A little sketch of a llama (Lama glama) for National Llama Day!! 💙🤘 Hope y'all are rockin' it as hard as we are! Paaaartaaaaay!! 🤣🦙 #llama #nationalllamaday #animal #animalart #nature #wildlife #cute #adorable #ArtYear #bskyart #sketch #pensketch #micronpens

Micron pen sketch of a llama (Lama glama) on Strathmore drawing paper

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

🦙 #WindowsDev played more w/ #WinUI #XAML Adorners in #WindowsCommunityToolkitLabs. Needs more testing, but promising start based off code mostly already in the WCT 8.0 Sizer controls! <Canvas> <Rectangle ...> <ui:AdornerLayer.Xaml> <adorners:ResizeElementAdorner />

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

🦙 So, folks requested Input Validation, eh? Adorners make this work for any input field, and it's super simple... 😅 <NumberBox DataContext="{x:Bind VM}" Value="{x:Bind VM.Age,Mode=TwoWay}"> <ui:AdornerLayer.Xaml> <local:InputValidationAdorner PropertyName="Age" />

Example of using WinUI XAML Adorners in the Windows Community Toolkit Labs to do input validation on any input element. The example shows a stereotypical input form with various textboxes and a number box. Some of the fields are marked invalid with a red border and an icon. A tooltip is displayed over the number box specifying the age must be between a certain range.

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

🦙 #WindowsDev just been reviving my experiment bringing #XAML based Adorners to #WinUI in #WindowsCommunityToolkitLabs. Coming soon™, quick to make Adorners with data binding, styling, and animations with all that XAML goodness! 🦙 github.com/CommunityToo...

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

🦙 #WindowsDev find out all about the #WindowsCommunityToolkit on @inotifypodcastchanged.com this week! 🧰 You won't want to miss it! You are using the Toolkit for your #WinUI apps, right? Save yourself time, make gorgeous apps!

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Kayla Cinnamon ☕️ @kaylacinnamon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

PowerToys v0.91 is here with TONS of Command Palette fixes and performance gains! New CmdPal features to call out: the activation shortcut can now use a low-level keyboard hook (i.e. Win+R or Win+Space) and you can now hide the system tray icon ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 github.com/microsoft/Po...

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Release Release v0.91 · microsoft/PowerToys

In the v0.91 release cycle, we focused on new features, stability, and automation. Installer Hashes Description Filename sha256 hash Per user - x64 PowerToysUserSetup-0.91.0-x64.exe 190DD702...

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🦙 #WindowsDev implementing INotifyPropertyChanged again? Stop! Use the #MVVM Toolkit instead, and I better not see it on your #XAML controls... 👀 Find out all the info about when to use INPC over DependencyProperty here! 🧰 #WindowsAppSDK #WinUI #WPF www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGwz...

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INotifyPropertyChanged vs DependencyProperty Which Is Better?

Are you implementing INotifyPropertyChanged again? Are using INotifyPropertyChanged on your UI control instead of a DependencyProperty? Stop! In this video w...

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

🦙 Building a #WinUI app with #XAML? I hope you're not just dumping all your code in MainWindow, right? 😱 Find out all you need to know about organizing your app code and XAML here! 🧰 #WindowsDev #WindowsAppSDK www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM7T...

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WinUI App Organization HACKS That Actually Work

Confused on when to put code in Window, a Page, or a control? In this video, we'll show you from the top-down how to organize your XAML app. We'll explain th...

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Kayla Cinnamon ☕️ @kaylacinnamon.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The Command Palette is out now inside PowerToys! Check out v0.90 to get this latest utility - the evolution of PowerToys Run with a full extensibility model ⚡⚡ github.com/microsoft/Po...

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Kayla Cinnamon ☕️ @kaylacinnamon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Reunited with the Windows Terminal devs and we're cooking up something new. Here's a sneak peek of installing a winget package through a new utility coming soon to PowerToys: P.S. this is live working code 😉

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Dan Clarke @danclarke.com · 07/02/2025

Sorry there's been a gap since the last podcast episode, but now getting back into it again! Have just recorded the next episode with @jlaban.bsky.social where we chatted about the Uno Platform, and a pretty jaw-dropping new upcoming thing called Hot Design! @platform.uno #dotnet #UnhandledException

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

🦙 Happy National Llama Day! 🎉

"A close up of a Llama Photo" by Ellephant on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-close-up-of-a-llama-0NGSQ5JQqT4

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XAML Llama 🦙 @xamlllama.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

🦙📢 #WindowsDev try the latest #WinUI #XAML Behaviors package preview! We've got Native #AOT support for .NET 8, a unified namespace to make them easier to use, PlaySoundAction for #WindowsAppSDK, support for UWP on .NET 9, and more! 🚀#csharp #UWP #dotnet github.com/microsoft/XamlBehaviors

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Gerald Versluis @jfversluis.dev · 20/11/2024

I can see you're wondering what is up with all the .NET Community Toolkits 💡 At .NET Conf last week @xamlllama.bsky.social, Sergio and myself have talked about how we are organized, what we've been doing the past year and what's coming up. Go check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDnU...

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Community Toolkit Roundup

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