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title: "What is XAML?"  
description: "What is XAML?"  
author: "Vijay Shukla"  
published: 2013-07-15  
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# What is XAML?

XAML stands for Extensible Application Markup Language, or XAML and it is pronounced like "zammel", is an XML-based markup language developed by Microsoft. XAML is the language behind the visual presentation of an application that you develop in Microsoft Expression Blend, just as HTML is the language behind the visual presentation of a Web page. Creating an application in Expression Blend means writing XAML code, either by hand or visually by working in the Design view of Expression Blend.

## Answers

### Answer by Vijay Shukla

XAML stands for Extensible Application Markup Language, or XAML and it is pronounced like "zammel", is an XML-based markup language developed by Microsoft. XAML is the language behind the visual presentation of an application that you develop in Microsoft Expression Blend, just as HTML is the language behind the visual presentation of a Web page. Creating an application in Expression Blend means writing XAML code, either by hand or visually by working in the Design view of Expression Blend.


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