Developer community skeptical following 'long silent stagnation' of the framework and accompanying SDK Microsoft lead ...

I've made significant progress on WinUIpad, the Windows App SDK (WASDK)/WinUI 3 version of .NETpad, in the past month.

Despite some issues, it's clear to me that the Windows App SDK/WinUI 3 is the way forward and for all kinds of good reasons.

Windows applications, including .NET applications that use Windows Forms or Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), create their windows by calling the CreateWindowExA or CreateWindowExW functions.