The new development flow utilizes VS Code, .NET 10, the Windows App Development CLI, and the WinUI Agent plugin. This specialized AI agent handles code review, UI testing, app packaging, and framework migration, while integrating with Microsoft Learn MCP servers for the latest API documentation.
Microsoft is focusing on simplifying the migration of legacy WPF and UWP applications to WinUI. The company provides AI agents with mapping tables for controls and data binding, along with specific prompts to ensure the AI avoids generating outdated UWP code patterns.
The goal is to reduce the cost of creating native Windows applications compared to cross-platform web frameworks. Microsoft has open-sourced WinUI and promised to reduce memory usage and improve WPF interoperability to encourage developers to move away from resource-heavy WebView2 or Electron apps.
