Any advice for someone starting a UWP app?
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According to [History of Windows Store: Total number of apps](https://windowsreport.com/state-windows-8-apps-windows-store/), there are 800,000 windows store app now. I am contemplating to do a UWP app in my own free time. I am good in C++. But standard C++ support is still in beta. And C# UWP does not have directx support. So I am kinda stuck with C++/CX. Some of the old tutorials I read still mentioned Metro and Windows 8. Any advice for me?
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According to [History of Windows Store: Total number of apps](https://windowsreport.com/state-windows-8-apps-windows-store/), there are 800,000 windows store app now. I am contemplating to do a UWP app in my own free time. I am good in C++. But standard C++ support is still in beta. And C# UWP does not have directx support. So I am kinda stuck with C++/CX. Some of the old tutorials I read still mentioned Metro and Windows 8. Any advice for me?
Use SharpDX for C# DirectX. [Home | SharpDX](http://sharpdx.org/) Lots of "official" UWP samples here: [Code samples - Windows app development](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/samples)
"(I) am amazed to see myself here rather than there ... now rather than then". ― Blaise Pascal
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According to [History of Windows Store: Total number of apps](https://windowsreport.com/state-windows-8-apps-windows-store/), there are 800,000 windows store app now. I am contemplating to do a UWP app in my own free time. I am good in C++. But standard C++ support is still in beta. And C# UWP does not have directx support. So I am kinda stuck with C++/CX. Some of the old tutorials I read still mentioned Metro and Windows 8. Any advice for me?
As for language domains, you can have your app in C# (which is fast and easy to make), and have your Windows Runtime Component in C++ for DX. Most UWP stuff is just the Metro framework expanded and consolidated. Most references to Metro/Windows 8 are still applicable. There's a lot of support, even if you think UWP is dead (according to the news media and google fanboys). There's also a lot of open-source apps for reference and learning.