You also don't need to use C++/CX in order to write UWP applications, there are several other bindings available [0]. There even exists a non-Microsoft made bin

You also don't need to use C++/CX in order to write UWP applications, there are several other bindings available [0]. There even exists a non-Microsoft made binding [1]. [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Runtime#Programming_interfaces https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Runtime#Programming_in... [1] http://moderncpp.com/about/ http://moderncpp.com/about/