DEVS AND TECS: Windows 10 Preview

Adam Milton-Barker | Oct 1, 2014 | Devs and Techs | 1577 The Windows Technical Preview was announced yesterday by Terry Myerson and Joe Belfiore as they showed off the cool new features of Windows 10. The Preview is now available for download and is free through the Windows Insider Program. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/previewhttp://iso.esd.microsoft.com/W9TPI/FD54DF81A4CCF4511BA1445C606DDBA2/WindowsTechnicalPreview-x86-EN-US.isohttp://iso.esd.microsoft.com/W9TPI/FD54DF81A4CCF4511BA1445C606DDBA2/WindowsTechnicalPreview-x64-EN-US.isoTerry and Joe explained how developers should continue to build Universal Windows apps that were announced earlier this year. Universal Windows apps are applications that developers can build using the same codes and API's ( Application Programming Interfaces ) meaning that one application can work on both Windows Phone and Windows Desktop.Microsoft mentioned they will \"continue to make progress in platform commonality, Store unification, and discoverability.\" and also provide a universal Store to publish to. The article on the Windows Blog continued to provide some features:\"Build on our commitment to provide a common Windows platform and give you one consistent API layer with consistent UX design surfaces and flexible tools.\"\"Enable Windows Store apps to run in a windowed environment on the desktop so that they perform better on a wider range of hardware.\"\"Deliver one Store for all devices, making it easier for you to reach customers in consistent and compelling ways no matter what type of device they’re using. We’re also planning to make the Store more useful for corporations with volume app purchasing, more flexible distribution mechanisms, and the ability to create a custom or curated Store experience (note that the Windows 10 Preview contains the existing Windows 8.1 Store).\"Mcirosoft also laid out the path forward for devepers by saying \" Today’s universal Windows apps provide the foundation for development on Windows going forward.\". Finishing up the article, they provided some helpful tips about the Developer Preview including mentioning to be warey of using the Preview as a primary OS and also the following information:\"We don’t recommend using Windows 10 as your primary OS for software development. The Windows App Certification Kit does not currently work on Windows 10 and there also a few bugs in the tools which mean that this combination can’t be used for ‘go live’ software development.\"\"Don’t worry if you encounter issues running your apps. We have not yet done the extensive app compat work that we do for every Windows release, we are too early in the cycle yet. These problems will be fixed and we remain committed to app compatibility.\"\"We haven’t integrated all of the visual designs into this build. As with previous previews of Windows the look and feel will be finalized as we get closer to the release date, so please don’t consider the UI you see, or the features you use, as complete. Things will change.\"We are just about to intsall the Windows 10 Developer Preview having downloading it ( took about an hour ). Below, or on this article on our blog if you are reading on an external website, you will find some images of the first stages of registering to be a Windows Insider and downloading the software.