# Windows Presentation Foundation

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: WPF, W P F

A [Microsoft](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/microsoft) [framework](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tech-stack) for building [Windows](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/windows) desktop apps with .NET, with richer layouts and graphics than [Windows Forms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/windows-forms).

**For example:** A [developer](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-engineer) builds a [dashboard](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dashboard) app for [factory](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/software-factory) staff in WPF because it runs on their [Windows](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/windows) PCs.

Official site: <https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/desktop/wpf/>

## Connects to (5)

- [Tech stack](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tech-stack): The set of programming languages and tools a product is built with.
- [.NET](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dotnet): A free, open-source platform from Microsoft for building apps for the web, Windows, phones and the cloud, mostly in C#.
- [Windows](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/windows): Microsoft's operating system for personal computers, the most common one on office desktops and laptops.
- [Windows Forms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/windows-forms): A Microsoft framework for building desktop apps for Windows with .NET.
- [WinUI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/winui): Microsoft's current framework for the look and controls of modern Windows apps.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/wpf