Developer News

The Creators Update for Windows 10 pushes the Windows web platform to EdgeHTML 15. EdgeHTML 15 introduces a number of new, modern capabilities for web developers. In this article, we will look at some of the major new features that developers can expose to use in...

Windows 10 Creators Update is available worldwide now for all customers and is set to bring some new innovations like 3D for everyone, mixed reality and improvements to Microsoft Edge browser etc. If you are on a multiple monitor set up where the attached...

Microsoft has released UWP Community Toolkit 1.4. This toolkit demonstrates the custom controls, app services and helper functions for developers so that they can quickly and efficiently bring their apps and products to Universal Windows Platform, all with a little or minimum effort. The current release...

Windows 10 SDK Build 15063.137 is now available for download. The SDK provides developers the latest headers, libraries, metadata and tools for building Windows 10 apps especially targeting the Creators Update. This SDK allows you to build Universal Windows apps as well as desktop apps for...

Microsoft Edge browser is also picking up some new features with the next major release of Windows 10, the Creators Update. With EdgeHTML 15, that is currently available to Insiders (Build 15061 and above), Microsoft Edge introduces support for CSS Custom Properties. CSS Custom is a new primitive...

Samsung has released the 3rd preview of Tizen .NET application framework with improved Visual Studio Tools for developing Tizen applications. In case you don't know, Samsung in collaboration with Microsoft is working on .NET open-source projects such as .NET Core and Xamarin.Forms since last November, and...

Microsoft has partnered with the leading mobile and web testing provider, BrowserStack to provide unlimited remote virtual testing on Microsoft Edge, all for free. This will empower developers on platforms other than Windows 10 like macOS, test their products or websites on chosen version of Microsoft Edge...

In December last year, Microsoft announced the Payment Request API with the goal of enabling simpler checkout and payments on the web on Windows 10 PCs and Phones. Today, Microsoft is announcing the new Payment Request API for Windows 10 UWP apps. With the new...

In November last year, Microsoft announced support for interstitial video ads which typically enable developers to put video ads of 20-30 seconds in their Windows app or game and typically offer up to 10x the eCPM (value per thousand views) vs traditional banner ads. This makes it a very...

Microsoft announced Project Rome back in October last year and it empowers developers to create experiences that drive user engagement and are no longer constrained to a single device. These cross-device experiences follow you and break down barriers across all Windows devices. While the capabilities...

Microsoft has released Windows 10 Creators Update SDK Preview Build 15052 for the developers. The release is made in conjunction with the Windows 10 Insider Build 15052 or later and contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. What’s New No...

Visual Studio 2017 is now generally available for download, free. As always, Microsoft is targeting users with three different offerings among Community, Professional and the Enterprise editions. The Community Edition is a free, fully-featured IDE for students, open-source and individual developers while the Professional and Enterprise...