Greg, Wasm is just one of the supported target platforms for Uno.
Uno stemmed from the original premise of the word “Universal” that Microsoft used in UWP. The view taken by the owners of the Uno platform, nventive, is that UWP should be a specification for XAML/APIs. They’ve taken that specification and built implementations for iOS, Android and WASM. This is a completely different approach to that taken by Xamarin.Forms where they elected to come up with their own set of controls, backed by platform controls, and in the process botched their implementation of XAML to the point where you might as well just write the UI in code. I’m not saying XF is better or worse than Uno, just that they’ve taken different approaches. XF probably has more wide spread adoption because it’s championed by Microsoft. However, it’s probably the weaker offering in general because of the approach taken. This is an area we’ve spent a lot of time on… so happy to discuss further if you want some input in this space. Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Co-Founder, Technical Director | +61 412 413 425 | 1300 613 140 | www.builttoroam.com<https://www.builttoroam.com/> The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Built to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Wednesday, 29 April 2020 4:46 PM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Uno Platform A colleague sent me a link to Uno https://platform.uno/. A browse around the site leaves me a bit confused. Are they using Wasm as a cross-platform runtime for general purpose apps? They say they can do their own UI rendering or fallback to native controls. I believe Xamarin is heading into this territory in future releases, so is Uno sort of jumping the gun on Xamarin? Before I run a trial of Uno I was wondering if anyone is using it and had some comments. Greg K P.S. Is Wasm going to be the 21st century Java VM? I don't think it was invented for that purpose, was it? Bet hey, why not?
