NativeScript is a framework for building cross-platform native mobile apps, with JavaScript. The ability to build cross-platform truly native apps from a single code base of JavaScript/TypeScript, XML and CSS can be exciting. As we saw in Part 1 of this series, NativeScript has a lot for .NET developers: robust Visual Studio support throughout app life cycle; easy JavaScript abstractions over native APIs; and full TypeScript support for building business logic.

Perhaps you’re not convinced yet though, with your biggest concern being user interface (UI). Surely building an abstracted, cross-platform UI cannot be easy? Maybe your background is in XAML or other UI composition markups in .NET, and you are just used to a rich developer ecosystem of tooling. These are valid concerns, but relax.

NativeScript has your back when it comes to UI composition. It combines simple markup with an abstracted platform-specific rendering. If you’re used to the richness of XAML, I think you’ll feel right at home building native UIs with NativeScript. In this article, I’ll walk you through building a NativeScript UI from a .NET developer’s perspective – I think you’ll be excited by what we find.

Read the whole article on TDN over HERE.

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