The XAML Framework is the successorrelated to [[Windows Presentation Foundation]] (WPF) and [[Silverlight]]—similar XAML-based UI frameworks used for desktop applications and portable applications respectively. The XAML framework uses a lot of the same names for its APIs as both of these older technologies—especially Silverlight, but its use is limited to the Windows OS (specifically Windows 8 and later) as with WPF. The major difference is that Silverlight and WPF are largely based on the [[Common Language Runtime]] (CLR) and as such require using programming languages such as [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] or [[Visual Basic]], while the XAML framework is part of the Windows Runtime, written in [[machine code|native code]] and also available, and has tools for development, with [[C++]] or [[C++/CX]].
