Universal windows platform development

1. What is universal Windows platform development?
2. What is the difference between UWP and WPF?
3. Is UWP discontinued?

What is universal Windows platform development?

Universal Windows Platform documentation

The Universal Windows Platform (UWP) lets you build apps for any Windows device—PCs, Xbox One, HoloLens, and more—and publish them to the Store.

What is the difference between UWP and WPF?

WPF is another UI framework, and UWP uses many concepts that you find in WPF, like XAML, data binding, styles etc. That means that a WPF developer gets up to speed with UWP quite fast, and vice versa. But WPF is not a UI framework that C++ developers can use, for WPF you have to develop with .

Is UWP discontinued?

It's not the end of support for the OneNote UWP app just yet, though. The listing for the app still exists, but you need a direct link to it if you want to download it. The app itself is also supported until October 2025, but it won't be getting any new features, since the focus will be on the new unified app.