Skill Sprint: Unlocking the Windows Runtime (WinRT) and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) on Windows 10
November 24, 2015
Author: Marleon
What is the Windows Runtime (WinRT)?
Introduced in Windows 8
Default program interface
Object Oriented API
Native Code API
Does not replace Win32
Not part of .NET
Not managed code
Not a tablet version of Windows (WindowsRT)
Only way to access some features of Windows 10
Asynchronous
Non blocking > 50ms
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