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description : Get started with the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) and app development for Windows.
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title : Get started with the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
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- ms.date : 03/23/2018
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+ ms.date : 09/26/2023
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ms.topic : article
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keywords : get started, windows 10, uwp, xaml, c#
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ms.localizationpriority : medium
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- # Get started with Windows apps
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+ # Get started with UWP (Universal Windows Platform)
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- Build apps that work on all Windows devices, or enhance your existing apps with new and updated features .
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+ Build apps that work across different Windows devices.
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<img src =" /media/illustrations/biztalk-developer-documentation-1.svg " alt =" Overview illustration " />
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- <h3 >Learn about Windows apps </h3 >
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- <p >Windows and the Universal Windows Platform let you build apps that work and look great across all Windows device types, or update existing apps with modern features.</p >
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+ <h3 >Learn about UWP </h3 >
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+ <p >The Universal Windows Platform let you build apps that work and look great across all Windows device types, or update existing apps with new features.</p >
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- <a href =" /windows/uwp/get-started/universal-application-platform-guide " >What's a Windows app?</a ><br />
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+ <a href =" /windows/uwp/get-started/universal-application-platform-guide " >What's a UWP app?</a ><br />
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<a href =" /windows/uwp/design/ " >Design and UI</a ><br />
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<img src =" /media/illustrations/team-services-dev-ops-test.svg " alt =" Code illustration " />
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<h3 >Start coding</h3 >
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- <p >Whether you're an experienced dev or just building your first app, get hands-on experience with the Windows platform and docs .</p >
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+ <p >Learn how to create a UWP app.</p >
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<a href =" /windows/uwp/get-started/create-uwp-apps " >Start coding</a ><br />
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<a href =" /uwp/ " >API Reference</a ><br />
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<img src =" /media/illustrations/biztalk-get-started-scenarios.svg " alt =" Samples illustration " />
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<h3 >Samples</h3 >
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- <p >Get firsthand experience with the Windows platform, and see APIs in action.</p >
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+ <p >Get firsthand experience with the UWP platform, and see APIs in action.</p >
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<a href =" /windows/uwp/get-started/get-uwp-app-samples " >Using Windows app samples</a ><br />
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<a href =" //github.com/Microsoft/Windows-appsample-customers-orders-database " >Customer Orders Database</a ><br />
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<img src =" /media/illustrations/ms365enterprise-partner-news-2.svg " alt =" What's new illustration " />
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- <h3 >What's new </h3 >
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- <p >Expand your horizons and explore the latest additions to Windows.</p >
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+ <h3 >New to development? </h3 >
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+ <p >Learn about the different options for developing Windows apps .</p >
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- <a href =" https://developer.microsoft.com/ windows/windows-for-developers /" >What's cool for developers in Windows 11 </a ><br />
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- <a href =" /windows/apps/whats-new/ windows-11-build-22000 " >What's new for developers in Windows 11 </a ><br />
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- < a href = " /windows/uwp/whats-new/windows-10-version-latest " >What's new in Windows 10 for developers</ a >< br />
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+ <a href =" / windows/apps/get-started /" >Selecting a development technology </a ><br />
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+ <a href =" /training/browse/?products= windows&resource_type=module " >Windows on Microsoft Learn training </a ><br />
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- <h3 >Developer tools</h3 >
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- <a href =" https://github.com/Microsoft/WindowsTemplateStudio/ " >Windows Template Studio</a ><br />
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- <a href =" /windows/uwpcommunitytoolkit/ " >Windows Community Toolkit</a ><br />
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- <a href =" //developer.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/virtual-machines " >Virtual machines</a ><br />
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- <a href =" /windows/wsl/about " >Bash on Ubuntu on Windows</a ><br />
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- <h3 >New to development?</h3 >
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- <a href =" /training/browse/?products=windows&resource_type=module " >Windows on Microsoft Learn training</a ><br />
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- <h3 >Explore related docs</h3 >
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- <a href =" /dotnet/csharp/ " >C# Guide</a ><br />
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- <a href =" /visualstudio/ide/ " >Visual Studio</a ><br />
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