Okay, people. Let’s put the cards on the table. I want cogent, detailed reasons why we have to move on from Win32 and/or .NET to whatever the next thing may be (UWP, or whatever).
Not trying to start any flames or war here either. 🙂
But I’m going through it in my own mind, and I’m not satisfied with just “out with the old, in with the new.” Or nebulous reasons like “Win32 was for another era.”
I was hoping we could shed light on the real technical reasons.
And I say this as someone who just recently published a simple game to the Windows 10 Store, a UWP app. Thing is, I wrote it in Clickteam Fusion, and it created the Visual Studio project for me. All I had to do was package it. I didn’t see the nuts and bolts.
Come on now, don’t be shy. Speak up! 🙂
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#165667"><em>In reply to longhorn:</em></a></blockquote><p>Yes, I think "modern" has become just another "glittering generality" like "new and improved". </p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#165743"><em>In reply to WP7Mango:</em></a></blockquote><p>Project Sienna isn't suitable for professional development. While MS couldn't magically make existing Win32 apps scale, I don't see any reason why additional Win32 APIs couldn't be added that allow future applications to scale.</p>
skane2600
<blockquote><a href="#165912"><em>In reply to John_Scott:</em></a></blockquote><p>Given that the existence of malware apps on Android is well established, I'm not sure what value a "secure place to download apps" has for that OS. I'm less clear about iOS malware although I would imagine it exists.</p>