The next version of universal apps is going to be lovely. We’ll have a single Windows and .NET surface area across all Windows 10 devices, and we’ll be filling a bunch of the glaring gaps (including WCF, local database – we’ll have EF running over SQLLite, file IO, crypto). As part of .NET Core<http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2014/12/04/introducing-net-core.aspx> effort, we’ve also ported a bunch of legacy areas to make porting from existing .NET code easier. If you think things are missing that should be included and you’ve not listed them below, feel free to send them onto me.
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 8:06 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: WP - prepare for universal app development in Windows 10 Universal apps are lovely. there you go. On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: It’s interesting to read the comments, and the Microsoft replies – about what is currently missing from “universal” and why Silverlight is more suitable, at present. Good grief! I didn't previously scroll down to see those comments. I don't think this migration to WinRT should have been announced until all of the glaring omissions were available. Alarms, reminders, copy-paste, local database, WCF (they must be kidding, or can't talk to anything)... The whole RT and winmd files thing leaves me bewildered by more divergence and too many choices, everything is fragmenting without a clear goal in sight. Has anyone got anything nice to say about "universal apps"?-- Greg K
