There is a new XAML feature called x:Bind where the XAML compiler code-gens the data binding code instead of the framework doing it all at runtime. You can set

There is a new XAML feature called x:Bind where the XAML compiler code-gens the data binding code instead of the framework doing it all at runtime. You can set breakpoints in the generated code. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/xaml-platform/x-bind-markup-extension https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/xaml-platform/x... Instead of C++/Cx, you can use the new C++/WinRT, which uses standard C++ syntax and adds "await" to make async programming much easier. https://github.com/Microsoft/cppwinrt https://github.com/Microsoft/cppwinrt