DGdgellow·Nov 19, 2021Submission
Windows App SDK version 1.0 (first stable release)
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WindowsAppSDK
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microsoft / WindowsAppSDK
WindowsAppSDK
The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support, shipped via NuGet.
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The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support, shipped via NuGet.
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- microsoft/cppwinrt · linked in 3 of the same discussions
- microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml · linked in 3 of the same discussions
- microsoft/cswinrt · linked in 2 of the same discussions
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Observed mentions: 2020-05-19 15:53:07 UTC to 2025-05-11 16:17:27 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 10 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
7 sourcesWindows App SDK (Previously Known as Project Reunion)
1 points · Open discussionIf someone wants to have some popcorns, this is how it is being taken over at AppSDK github,
https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAppSDK/discussions/1615
My arguing for UWP has been long, time to assume defeat and eat my hat, I really don't get how they managed to mess this worse than Vista.
Win32 => WinRT (8) => UAP (8.1) => UWP (10) => sorry guys back to Win32.
Plus the corpses from anyone that invested into .NET Native or C++/CX.
Also let not fool that HoloLens or XBox still use UWP, HoloLens is now using OpenXR/Unity, and XBox has released GDK (Win32 based).
In Microsoft Officially Deprecates UWP – Thurrott.comUWP won't get new features. Is moved to bugfix only mode
3 points · Open discussionUnfortunately we are better off with community efforts, the DirectX team is really deep into C++ mindset and nothing else, no wonder it belongs to WinDev side.
https://github.com/microsoft/WindowsAppSDK/issues/14#issueco...
In A Look into CBL-Mariner, Microsoft’s Internal Linux DistributionWell, it is still the future, because UWP is also COM vNext, I know Microsoft marketing sucks.
https://github.com/microsoft/ProjectReunion
In A Brief F# ExplorationWinRT is not going anywhere. What more, it's usable from classic Win32 apps these days.
https://github.com/microsoft/ProjectReunion
In Microsoft Opens Up Old Win32 APIs to C# and Rust