1.3. XAML Development ResourcesXAML can be developed in myriad ways. XAML can be written in any text editor. For example, all the code included in this book was written in Notepad and then compiled using MSBuild. There are much easier ways to develop a XAML user interface, however, and most of them involve a visual layout tool. There are several third-party tools, as well as tools from Microsoft that support XAML. Some are focused on only one aspect of XAML, such as development of 3-D interfaces, while others are more generally applicable. Some popular tools available as of this writing include:
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