WinUI 3

[Paulo Pinto]

On Monday, 15 March 2021 at 17:04:56 UTC, evilrat wrote:
> On Monday, 15 March 2021 at 16:41:08 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:
>> Could D be used with WinUI 3?
>>
>> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/winui/winui3/
>>
>> Would the win32metadata help? 🤔
>
> I've seen some slides about WinUI 3 future directions and 
> roadmap but haven't tried it yet.
> Probably it will be PITA to use it right now in anything not 
> .NET because of some core dependencies (IIRC some core stuff is 
> in .NET), but plans have mentions it will be possible to use 
> with ANY language closer to release date somewhere in Q3 2021.
>
> But if it can be done using C++/WinRT right now then it is 
> highly likely this will be possible to do it in D as well.
>
> As for WinRT stuff there was some tools and bindings done by 
> webfreak.
> https://github.com/WebFreak001/dwinrt2
> and/or
> https://github.com/WebFreak001/dwinrt

WinUI core is WinRT, basically modern COM, no :NET dependencies.