Develop application compatible with Windows 10 and Windows 8

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I'm working on an application that uses Windows Forms to develop its alpha version. Soon, we will start developing a more stable version of this system, and it was then that support platforms became the focus of our discussions.

We have the desire to send the system to the Windows Store, and we also want to support the 8, 8.1 and 10 versions of Windows. As I am still new to the issue of mobile / desktop development, I did a brief survey of development options that would result in better use of code. Unfortunately I have not found any workable solution yet.

Can I use Universal Windows Plataform to develop a system that supports these versions of Windows?

Is there a design pattern or pattern required to develop an application that will be uploaded to the Windows Store?

    
asked by anonymous 14.02.2017 / 14:23

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The Universal Windows Platform only works on these versions. It does not work in previous versions.

If you really want to put in the Windows Store is practically your only option. Until you can already use old applications (Win32) in the Windows Store , but it is not ideal, it's only worth doing this in legacy applications. Do not start something new to put in WS on technologies that use Win32 directly.

But think about whether it's really important to put in WS. If it is not can do in WinForms or WPF. It supports Windows 7 and earlier, although the previous ones are no longer supported and 7 is in the same path.

Even if you only wanted these newer versions there might be advantages to doing with these older technologies (yes, it has advantages over the newer ones as well as disadvantages as well). But then I would not even bother putting it in WS.

But all this is very abstract. Only you can know what is best suited for this project. And as you're asking, you do not know either. It complicated.

There are standards that should be followed, but it's a lot to post here, but everything within normal.

14.02.2017 / 14:38
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