Microsoft has several developer tools to help create apps for Windows 11. Improvements include a tool for making PWAs out of web apps and new features for native apps. Project Reunion is now known as ...

Microsoft is releasing the public preview of winapp, the new Windows app development CLI that will be useful to developers building Windows apps. Microsoft is making it easier for developers to build ...

In announcing Windows 11, Microsoft said a more open Microsoft Store ecosystem will provide more opportunities for developers. "We're enabling developers and independent software vendors (ISVs) to ...

Microsoft recently started rolling out the WebView2 Runtime to consumer devices running Windows 10. The WebView2 Runtime allows developers to embed web content into applications. The developer control ...

In Vernor Vinge’s science fiction novel A Deepness in the Sky, one of the characters works as a software archaeologist, mining thousands of years of code and libraries to find the solutions to ...

Windows would likely be better- you can still run software much older than 2004, but good luck finding people willing to work on stuff 20 years old. I actually think fully compiled binaries will stand ...

Microsoft has announced the release of its latest Windows App SDK 1.2 enabling developers and enthusiasts to create widgets for the Windows 11 widget board, using the most modern WinUI controls. These ...

In late March, the first builds of Windows 8.1 leaked to the Web. At about the same time, the number of Windows 8 apps reversed several months of slowing growth and charted four straight months of app ...

Microsoft is trying to make Windows app development feel a lot less painful. This week, the company unveiled winapp, a new open-source command-line tool designed to cut through the setup, packaging, ...

Steve Ballmer looked relaxed on stage. Dressed down in a short sleeve shirt and pants, he smiled, he cracked jokes, and he energetically rallied the 2000-strong crowd of developers at the opening ...

In announcing Windows 11, Microsoft said a more open Microsoft Store ecosystem will provide more opportunities for developers. "We're enabling developers and independent software vendors (ISVs) to ...