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Today’s web developers face more challenges than ever before. New frameworks spring up left and right. The number of devices capable of running the web multiply by the day. And we strive as creators to enable an inclusive and trustworthy world where fundamentals like accessibility, privacy...

One of the founding principles of Microsoft Edge is that it is evergreen, with automatic updates to Windows 10 continually refreshing both Microsoft Edge itself and web content throughout Windows 10. However, until recently, WinForms and WPF apps didn’t have access to the Microsoft Edge-powered...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed. The Preview SDK Build 17095 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For feedback and updates to the...

Visual Studio 2017 15.4 introduced the new Windows Application Packaging project to help you modernizing your application by using the new Windows 10 App Deployment Stack. We talked about it in our previous post: Visual Studio 2017 Update 4 makes it easy to modernize your app and make it store...

Editor’s note: This continues the series we began last week, highlighting what’s new and improved in the Microsoft Edge DevTools with EdgeHTML 16. As the web platform evolves, the line between web and application developers continues to blur. It’s common now for a web site to be more like a web...

We’ve come a long way since we launched DirectX 12 with Windows 10 on July 29, 2015. Since then, we’ve heard every bit of feedback and improved the API to enhance stability and offer more versatility. Today, developers using DirectX 12 can build games that have better graphics, run faster and...

Last year with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, we introduced the Desktop Bridge to provide desktop applications a path to modernize with the Universal Windows Platform, and to distribute via the Windows Store and the Microsoft Store for Business to all Windows 10 PCs, including devices that...

Last April, we introduced the WebVR 1.1 API in Microsoft Edge as part of the Windows Creators Update, providing a foundation for developers to create immersive virtual reality experiences with Windows Mixed Reality developer kits. We have been hard at work building on this foundation to provide...

Earlier this year, we shared an update on some key milestones achieved for Node-ChakraCore like cross-platform support, community participation for N-API, Node-ChakraCore on iOS and more. Today, as Node.js enthusiasts from all over the world gather in Vancouver, Canada for Node.js Interactive...

It has been a little more than a year since Microsoft first shipped the number one requested feature for Microsoft Edge – extensions! Today, we are excited to share a few updates on the progress we have made since then, and a quick look at what’s planned for the future, as we continue to listen...

This focused security investment combines the best of Windows Defender ATP and the Windows security stack. We integrated Windows 10’s new prevention technologies, enhanced our built-in sensors to better detect script-based attacks, added new response capabilities and opened up powerful...

Today, the UWP Community Toolkit graduates to version 2.0 and sets the stage for future releases. There have been seven releases since the UWP Community Toolkit was first introduced exactly one year ago and version 2.0 is the first major and largest update to date. The developer community has...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK and the Mobile Emulator to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 16267 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 16267 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK and Mobile Emulator...

In the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Device Portal now offers several new tools from across Windows to help you location test your UWP, explore Mixed Reality, build new hardware peripherals and test your apps new installation pipeline. It’s a little bit of goodness for everyone, and we’re...

For a long time, desktop PC users have been able to configure Win32 apps to start at startup or user log-in. This has also been possible for Desktop Bridge apps since the Windows 10 Anniversary Update (v10.0.14393.0). We’ve now extended this feature to allow regular Universal Windows Apps to...

Today, we are happy to announce a new preview release of ChakraCore, based on Node.js 8, available for you to try on Windows, macOS, and Linux. We started our Node-ChakraCore journey with a focus on Link Removed to a new platform, Windows 10 IoT Core. From the beginning, it’s been clear that in...

Registration is now open for Microsoft Edge Web Summit 2017. Join the Microsoft Edge team in Seattle on September 13th for a jam-packed day of energetic technical sessions looking at what’s new, and what’s next, for the web on Windows. Space is limited and reservations are on a first-come...

Today, we released a new Windows 10 Preview Build of the SDK to be used in conjunction with Link Removed (Build 16232 or greater). The Preview SDK Build 16232 contains bug fixes and under development changes to the API surface area. The Preview SDK can be downloaded from Link Removed. For...

At Build this year, we gave a sneak preview of a set of new APIs designed to provide diagnostic information about running apps. You can see the videos Link Removed and Link Removed – but note that these were based on a pre-release implementation. So, while the Build videos are still correct on...

Last week, Microsoft welcomed thousands of developers from around the world to Build 2017, where we shared our vision for the future of dozens of products and services. Build featured a number of exciting sessions for developers building sites and apps with web technologies, including a peek at...