{"id":1116,"date":"2011-09-15T22:54:16","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T20:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2011-09-16T07:45:44","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T05:45:44","slug":"windows-runtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mariusbancila.ro\/blog\/2011\/09\/15\/windows-runtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Runtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Windows Runtime<\/a>, or shortly WinRT, is a new runtime (siting on top of the Windows kernel) that allows developers to write Metro style applications for Windows 8, using a variety of languages including C\/C++, C#, VB.NET or JavaScript\/HTML5. Microsoft has started rolling out information about Windows 8 and the new runtime at BUILD<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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WinRT is a native layer (written in C++ and being COM-based) that is intended as a replacement, or alternative, to Win32, and enables development of “immersive” applications, using the Metro style. Its API is object oriented and can be consumed both from native or managed languages, as well as JavaScript. At the same time the old Win32 applications will continue to run just as before and you can still (and most certainly will) develop Win32 applications.<\/p>\n

Microsoft has created a new language called C++ Component Extension, or simply C++\/CX. While the syntax is very similar to C++\/CLI, the language is not managed, it’s still native. WinRT components built in C++\/CX do not compile to managed code, but to 100% native code. A good news for C++ developers is that they can use XAML now to build the UI for immersive applications. However, this is not available for classical, Win32 applications.<\/p>\n

You can get a glimpse of the new system and the tools by downloading and installing the Windows Developer Preview with tools<\/a>, that includes the following:<\/p>\n