Universal Windows Platform
Universal Windows Platform (German about Universal Windows platform ), also briefly UWP is the name of a runtime environment for applications under Windows 10 can be performed. Accordingly, such applications are referred to as Universal Windows Platform Apps or UWP Apps .
The UWP is a further development of the Windows Runtime introduced with Windows 8. Based on the UWP, it is possible to develop an application with one and the same code base for different classes of target devices and to make it available in the Windows Store . The target devices can be, for example, desktop computers , mobile devices , an Xbox or IoT devices such as a Raspberry Pi . UWP applications can be developed using the C # , Visual Basic .NET , Visual C ++ and JavaScript languages and compiled using the .NET Native ahead-of-time compiler included in Visual Studio 2015 . The first Visual Studio version that made it possible to develop UWP apps was Visual Studio 2013 Service Pack 2.
UWP apps also represent a second type of application for the Windows user in addition to the classic desktop applications. B. in the operating and safety concept, differ greatly. The term UWP apps has had several predecessors since the Windows Store was first introduced with Windows 8: Windows Store apps , modern apps , Metro apps .
literature
- Karim El Jed: Two become one , in: heise developer from April 21, 2015
- Daniel Jacobson: Microsoft .NET - .NET and Universal Windows Platform Development , in: MSDN Magazine, Windows 10 Special Edition , 2015
- Peggy Reuter-Heinrich: Eierlegende Wollmilchsau , in: dotnetpro No. 8/2015, p. 16 ff.
- John Sharp: Microsoft Visual C # Step by Step , 8th Edition, Microsoft Press 2015, ISBN 978-1-5093-0104-1