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WinRT demystified

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Re: WinRT demystified

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Post by batina »

Great explanation. Can't wait to finish downloading Windows 8 to start playing with it.

Asynchronous API that will really make a difference for the end user, right? There won't be any more waiting for UI to unfreeze :)

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Post by d4nt » 

  When you use C# and VB, you are using the full .NET 
  framework. But they have chosen to expose a smaller 
  subset of the API to developers to push the new vision 
  for Windows 8.
For me, this is a really interesting point that this article doesn't fully get. When you use WinRT you might be using the C# compiler, CLR runtime and .NET string & collection classes, but there are huge sections of the .NET BCL that now look like a lame duck. WinRT is the new way to do XML, JSON, HTTP, networking, security, globalisation, threading, printing... (more here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br21137...)

You can still use the full .NET class library when doing ASP.NET, but who wants to use different JSON classes for App development vs. Web development? Won't the WinRT version gradually become the preferred way of doing JSON in both environments, with the .NET BCL existing to fill in the server side only gaps?

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Post by kbd »

It's amazing to see just how much Apple is driving the industry. Microsoft is making an app store, completely rethought their UI and programming model for mobile devices...

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Post by JoeAltmaier »

kbd wrote: post #5

It's amazing to see just how much Apple is driving the industry. Microsoft is making an app store, completely rethought their UI and programming model for mobile devices...

Um, it sounds like 'mobile' is driving the industry. Apple is a player too, just like everybody else.

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Post by crenshaw »

kbd wrote: post #5

It's amazing to see just how much Apple is driving the industry. Microsoft is making an app store, completely rethought their UI and programming model for mobile devices...

Isn't it amazing to see how much MS is driving the industry. Apple is doing a smartphone, TV focused UI, tablet, and cloud services. :-)

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Post by shimonamit »

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #6
kbd wrote: post #5

It's amazing to see just how much Apple is driving the industry. Microsoft is making an app store, completely rethought their UI and programming model for mobile devices...

Um, it sounds like 'mobile' is driving the industry. Apple is a player too, just like everybody else.

Don't forget that Apple invented the new 'mobile' as we now know it - hardware, UX, app store etc. Everybody else is following.
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