In all likelihood, Microsoft will highlight Universal App building. Here's what we know now. Specifics, of course, will be well known by the end of the week. Set to take the stage this weekend at the ...

(1) An application that runs stand-alone in a desktop or laptop computer. Contrast with "Web-based application," which requires the Web browser to run. The term may ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft has announced that its Desktop App Converter tool, which turns standard Windows desktop ...

At Build 2015 today, Terry Myerson, Microsoft’s executive vice president of operating systems, announced four new ways to get apps into the Windows Store. Developers can reuse their Web code, Windows ...

What tech should a .NET coder use for a new Windows desktop app when presented with a dizzying array of options that include .NET MAUI, WinUI, WinForms, WPF, UWP, Blazor and so on? We've investigated ...

When Microsoft unveiled Windows 8, it also announced a new development structure for the software applications that would use the then-new "Metro UI." Applications that were built to run in the Metro ...