Monday, May 28, 2012

Microsoft pulling free development tools for Windows 8 desktop apps, only lets you ride the Metro for free

Microsoft pulling free development tools for Windows 8 desktop apps, only lets you ride the Metro for free

Microsoft has instituted a big change with its free Visual Studio 11 Express suite that's leaving some current- and soon-to-be Windows 8 developers up in arms: it's pulling support for creating anything but Metro-native apps. After 11 becomes the norm, desktop developers will need to either cling to Visual Studio 2010 for dear life or fork over the $500 for Visual Studio 11 Professional. Programmers won't have the option of backdoor coding, either, with both the compiler and toolchain being pulled from Windows' framework.

2DayBlog.com, Microsoft pulling free development tools for Windows 8 desktop apps, only lets you ride the Metro for free

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