Before we start learning UWP we must have IDE (Integrated Development
Environment) to develop universal apps. IDE for universal windows apps is Visual
Studio, which is Microsoft product so it has very easy and user friendly
setup and environment. But for absolute beginners this article could be of help
if you stuck somewhere during setting up environment especially on windows 8 or
8.1
On Windows 10
Idea of universal apps came with Windows 10, it’s recommended
to build Universal Windows apps. Any version of Visual studio 2015 could be
used to develop UWPs. You can download visual studio here.
Which version? Well it depends on your need. This is article is for Enterprise
edition.
Follow these steps:
On
Windows 8.1
- Run vs_enterprise.exe you have just downloaded from here
- Leave all options as it is but if you don’t want install all features deselect the items you don’t want but make sure:
- “Universal windows app development tools” is checked
- If you expand this
option you may choose to install Emulator or not. Leave it checked if you don’t
have Windows 10 phone to test apps
- Click on “Run” button at bottom right. (I have already installed it so mine is “Update”)
- Visual studio will
start installing. Click finish when done
- Open Visual studio
and go to File->New Project
- Now go to -> Installed
-> Templates -> Your Language (e.g. Visual c#) -> Windows -> Universal.
Name your project and click OK! You are good go with Universal Windows apps!
If you are on Windows 8.1 you need to install update 2919355 to install Visual Studio 2015. If this update won’t work
install all available updates and try again to install this update. If
installed successfully, rest of the procedure is same as given above for
windows 10! Happy learning!
Note: There are some bad point about Windows 8.1
- You won’t have the option to see GUI against your XAML code. You can just write code in XAML but will not able to see it unless you deploy it on some Windows 10 device.
- You have only option to deploy apps on Remote Machine if don’t have Windows 10 phone or emulator
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