Microsoft has announced version 3.0 of Windows Community Toolkit — formerly UWP Community Toolkit — branding it as the «largest update» yet. The update contains tons of new features for developers.
Back in 2016, Microsoft announced UWP Community Toolkit, a project that enables developers to collaborate and contribute new capabilities on top of the Windows 10 SDK. Since its release, the Toolkit has been updated numerous times, enhancing stability, introducing new controls, and integrating Fluent Design.
Earlier this month, Microsoft announced that it was rebranding the UWP Community Toolkit to Windows Community Toolkit. This is now apparent in version 3.0 of the project, released a few hours ago.
Once again, Microsoft has touted version 3.0 as the «largest update» yet, a tagline that it seems quite fond of associating with most updates that it releases, including 1.3 and 2.0 .
Windows Community Toolkit 3.0 introduces the following features:
Microsoft has detailed some code samples and APIs for some of the aforementioned features in its blog post, and has also documented them in detail for developers on GitHub. Furthermore, the company has invited developers to the dedicated GitHub project linked above if they are willing to contribute to the development of Windows Community Toolkit.
