Microsoft releases tool for creating Windows 8 apps in the browser

Re:Microsoft releases tool for creating Windows 8 apps in th... by shuw on Friday November 30, 2012 @11:52PM (#4856885)

To add some context to the title, this isn't a traditional IDE in the browser.

It's a kind of experimental touch-centric IDE with it's own semi-visual programming language (your not exactly dragging boxes around, but your not editing text either).

I only played with it for 2 minutes, but it's apparent that this is a "research" project. It's not meant as a replacement SDK for whatever is the de facto standard for Win8 apps.

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Re:Microsoft releases tool for creating Windows 8 apps in th... by EwanG on Saturday December 01, 2012 @11:08AM (#4857989)

DeFacto Standard is Visual Studio Express (free with basic info). Allows you to develop in any of the Windows 8 UI supported languages, including Javascript. About halfway done with my first game (a visual novel), and I could see where down the line being able to pick up my work wherever I am and whenever I have a few minutes could be very useful. Would love to setup an IDE pointing to Dropbox for assets etc. Of course I am hopeful that the Surface Pro will make this a little more possible as well.

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Re:Microsoft releases tool for creating Windows 8 apps in th... by KeyBoardG on Saturday December 01, 2012 @02:55AM (#4857113)

Yep, this started as an app on WP7 from MSR. You could download and share various scripts/apps. The app was a little clunky but neat.

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Re:Microsoft releases tool for creating Windows 8 apps in th... by brudgers on Saturday December 01, 2012 @10:10AM (#4857808)

The first version was called "TouchStudio."

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