1. 4/26/ :28 PM
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2. Tips, tricks and secrets: Building a great UWP app for PC
4/26/ :28 PM
B8012
Tips, tricks and secrets: Building a great UWP app for PC
Ginny Caughey
President - Carolina Software, Inc.
@gcaughey
Stefan Wick Principal Program Manager Lead – Windows
@StefanWickDev
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3. Setting the stage...

4. Uwp *is* the future of PC app development
UWP is powerful enough to build great PC apps today and getting better over time
Expanded API Surface
Desktop Bridge
Community Collaboration
Enterprise Productivity

5. You can’t do that with UWP...

6. UWP apps are hard to install and keep updated
compared with web apps
UWP is only for mobile
Starting with UWP is too hard
UWP is only good for data consumption, not creation
UWP can’t do what I need for real-world LOB apps, like multiple data views
Microsoft doesn’t even use UWP, why should I?
UWP is only good for “toy” apps, demos,
or simple consumer apps and games
UWP isn’t performant enough for “normal-sized” apps
compared to .NET
UWP apps are touch first, but my users need
them to work best with keyboard and mouse
UWP can’t do what I need for real-world LOB apps

7. Microsoft doesn’t even use UWP, why should I?

8. Windows is all in
All our energy is in UWP

9. Multiple windows instances Long running operations
Jumplists
Multiple windows instances
Which of these things can you do in UWP today
Overlay views
Long running operations

10. All exists today!

11. UWP apps are hard to install and keep updated
compared with web apps
UWP is only for mobile
Starting with UWP is too hard
UWP is only good for data consumption, not creation
UWP can’t do what I need for real-world LOB apps, like multiple data views
Microsoft doesn’t even use UWP, why should I?
UWP is only good for “toy” apps, demos,
or simple consumer apps and games
UWP isn’t performant enough for “normal-sized” apps
compared to .NET
UWP apps are touch first, but my users need
them to work best with keyboard and mouse
UWP can’t do what I need for real-world LOB apps

12. UWP can’t do what I need for LOB apps
UWP is only for mobile
UWP can’t do what I need for LOB apps

13. Demo Ginny Caughey (multi-window, drag and drop, accelerator keys,
overlay window, desktop bridge)

14. UWP apps are hard to install and keep updated
compared with web apps
UWP is only for mobile
Starting with UWP is too hard
UWP is only good for data consumption, not creation
UWP can’t do what I need for real-world LOB apps, like multiple data views
Microsoft doesn’t even use UWP, why should I?
UWP is only good for “toy” apps, demos,
or simple consumer apps and games
UWP isn’t performant enough for “normal-sized” apps
compared to .NET
UWP apps are touch first, but my users need
them to work best with keyboard and mouse
UWP can’t do what I need for real-world LOB apps

15. Starting with UWP is too hard

16. Demo Stefan Wick
Never been easier to get started with UWP – Windows Template Studio

17. Direct access to the file system
Run from command line
Direct access to the file system
Which of these things can you do as of the Creator’s Update
Auto-launch at logon
Run multiple independent app instances

18. Ermmm...none...

19. UWP isn’t complete yet...

20. Plan of attack Identified the major holes
Tiered approach based on user voice/feedback hub
Plan to address over next release and beyond
based on user voice/feedback hub

21. Windows is all in
All our energy is in UWP

22. UWP apps are hard to install and keep updated
compared with web apps
UWP is only for mobile
Starting with UWP is too hard
UWP is only good for data consumption, not creation
UWP can’t do what I need for real-world LOB apps, like multiple data views
Microsoft doesn’t even use UWP, why should I?
UWP is only good for “toy” apps, demos,
or simple consumer apps and games
UWP isn’t performant enough for “normal-sized” apps
compared to .NET
UWP apps are touch first, but my users need
them to work best with keyboard and mouse
UWP can’t do what I need for real-world LOB apps

23. UWP is only good for “toy” apps, demos or games

24. Demo Stefan Wick
(command-line activation, multi-instance, startup task)

25. Expanding UWP

26. How we are expanding UWP for Desktop app developers
Innovation
Desktop Bridge
API Expansion
Intuitive, engaging experiences
Natural user interaction
Project Rome
Migrate from Win32 to UWP
Reuse skills, code and features
Use the full power of Windows 10
Align to .NET Standard 2.0
More Win32 APIs in UWP
Middleware & Frameworks
Closing controls gaps

27. Demo Ginny Caughey
API Expansion - .NET Standard 2.0

28. UWP is the future...

29. Competitive advantage
Best User Confidence
Trustworthy app deployment and management
Surface Hub & Windows 10 S
Expanded Store monetization models
Engaging, intuitive experiences
Fluent, Ink and Cortana
Project Rome
Windows Hello & Goodbye

30. Call to action Windows Template Studio – http://aka.ms/wts
Learning –
Desktop Bridge –
Telerik UI for UWP -

31. Related Sessions Speaker Session Code Date and Time
Microsoft Build 2017
4/26/ :28 PM
Related Sessions
Speaker
Session Code
Date and Time
John Sheehan, Peyman Zanjani
B8011: Bring your desktop apps to UWP and the Windows Store using the Desktop Bridge
Wed 5/10
11:30AM-12:30PM
Andrew Clinick
B8004: App Model Evolution
Thu 5/11 10:30-11:30AM
Daniel Jacobsen, Clint Rutkas
B8096: Ten things you didn’t know about Visual Studio for building .NET UWP apps
Fri 5/12 10:30 – 11:30AM
Matt Hidinger
B8002: Introducing Adaptive Cards
Fri 5/12 12:30-1:30PM
John Vintzel, Sandeep George
B8093: Nextgen UWP app distribution: Building extensible, stream-able, componentized apps
Mike Battista
B8110: Modernize WinForms and WPF apps with maximum code reuse, cross-platform reach and efficient DevOps
Fri 5/12 2:00-3:00PM
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