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It's crazy to think that the owner of the win32 API, probably the strongest asset in contemporary computing, ended up with such a disorganized developer story -
by 0x0 10y ago
It's crazy to think that the owner of the win32 API, probably the strongest asset in contemporary computing, ended up with such a disorganized developer story - winforms, wpf, winrt, silverlight, html.
The last thing you want your "developers, developers, developers" to do is to stop and think about which APIs they need to evaluate switching to. Because that's how you build mindshare on iOS, Android, OSX, ChromeOS.
- UK-AL 10y agoIt's WinRT via .net/C++/js for future apps. Everything else is legacy supported.
- douche 10y agoIs anybody actually building Universal apps, though? I just don't see any of the desktop apps with massive existing code bases jumping ship anytime soon, if ever.
- UK-AL 10y agoWell Microsoft have released Desktop App Converter, where you can distribute Win32 apps on the store. And allows access to universal app apis, so you can gradually transition.
- 0x0 10y agoUntil that also becomes legacy because there's a new hot API on the block ;)
- mwcampbell 10y agoAnd what if I need to continue to support users who are running Windows 7?
- UK-AL 10y agoDoesn't mean it's not legacy
- maxxxxx 10y agoJust wait until they change their mind again.
- nycticorax 10y agoIs there any evidence that desktop users want UWP applications? Given the reception of Windows 8 and MS's subsequent backtracking with Windows 10, it seems like most desktop users prefer traditional winapi applications.