Windows Store app Development Snack: A better architecture diagram
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I’ve been talking a lot about Windows 8 recently, and my slides have used the architecture images Microsoft released at Build 2011—as well as that awesome one Doug Seven** created. However, even those don’t fully address the latest discussions, and they’re showing their age.
I recently created a new one to tackle these issues:
- Age: DirectX can now be used by VB/C# (in addition to C++).
- Age: How does Windows Phone 8 fit in? (Note: This may change—it’s based on my assumptions and the limited info we’ve received so far.)
- Discussion: Is WinJS = WinRT?
- Discussion: Is .NET = WinRT?
- Discussion: Can I use my own JavaScript libraries like jQuery?
- Discussion: Can I use WinJS on the web?
- Discussion: Can I build desktop apps on Windows 8?
- Discussion: Can desktop apps run on Windows 8 ARM CPUs?
- Discussion: How does language projection fit in?
Since this wouldn’t fit in a single image, I’ve put together a slide deck with:
- A high-level overview image, and
- A step-by-step breakdown that builds the architecture incrementally—hopefully answering all these questions along the way.