Even an absolute beginner can develop apps for Windows 10

Microsoft has released a way to develop apps on Windows 10 even for those with minimum bases of programming.

Developing an app disruptive is the dream of many. Have the idea but not enough and between saying and doing is half a sea code, skills, and experience necessary to succeed, to move the pixels of a display. However, Microsoft has begun offering a series of lessons for those who want to start programming on the Windows 10 platform, within video so simple that also targeted the ” absolute beginners “.

It is a course that explains how to make applications for Universal Platform Windows and can be launched and run on personal computers, as well as on smartphones, tablets, Raspberry Pi, Xbox and in the future also on HoloLens. However, if on the one hand, the company promotes the course for absolute beginners, the other part is advisable to have a smattering of the base of the major programming languages.

Microsoft recommends that you learn the basics of C#, for example, using this other specific course is also designed for users not particularly accustomed to the world of programming. After obtaining the necessary foundation starts with the real course divided into two strands. In the first part, you obtain the basic skills to create simple applications, in the second part, we enter the thick of developing four comprehensive app.

These will be of different types: a soundboard that plays different sounds when you press different buttons, a weather application with integrated maps, a little game where you have to match the poster of a music album with his name, and an encyclopedia on by comics with the integration of Cortana. The lectures cover both the actual development of the app, is the next one to send the packages to install on the Windows Store.

The Internet is full of resources for programmers, but not easy to find good proposals, and especially free, for those starting out. The Microsoft initiative is a laudable part, the other needed. The company aims to the selection of apps on the Store, and this aspect will determine the success of Windows 10, both at the desktop and in the cabinet. Investing on the app is a must for Microsoft. You must see with time if this is the correct way.