Microsoft’s new winapp CLI simplifies Windows app development with one-command setup, faster testing, and easier packaging.

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 ...

With the CLI tool winapp, Microsoft wants to simplify Windows development for cross-platform developers. It handles SDK ...

Microsoft today announced the release of the Windows App Development CLI (winapp) in public preview. This open source command ...

Microsoft has published an article on Github detailing its plans to open source the Windows App SDK. Beth Pan, a software engineer on the Windows App SDK team at Microsoft, announced the plans in a ...

UWP deprecation angst is back in vogue. Developers have for years been decrying a perceived neglect on the part of Microsoft toward its Universal Windows Platform, and they're in voice again after the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Following Microsoft’s big release of Windows 10 last night, the tech company today announced that developers can now submit Windows 10 applications to the Windows Store. The Windows Store includes the ...

Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former IT professional. He's written for Time, CNET, PCMag, and several other publications. He's the author of two tech books--one on ...

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 ...