Windows 10: New Windows 10 Developers Landing Page and GitHub Repo

Brink · Jul 28, 2020

We are excited to announce two new online resources for developers using Windows:

A new docs landing-page for developers building and deploying apps and systems running on non-Microsoft operating systems like Linux and Android

A new GitHub issues repo for filing developer-oriented issues with Windows

Letâs dig into these two announcements:

New Landing Page for Developers on Windows

Are you a developer using Windows, but working with cross-platform web, Node, React, Java, Kotlin, Python, Xamarin, Android Studio, etc.? And do you primarily deploy your sites, services, and systems to Linux-based cloud environments or Android devices?

If so, weâre very excited to announce that weâve just published a new landing-page to help you get your development environment setup and optimize your workflow when running Windows.

We want you, and every developer running on Windows, to have an enjoyable and productive experience, regardless of your preferred developer tools, languages, runtimes or target platforms.

This new landing page contains guidance and resources to help you learn how Windows can work for you, and how you can use all of your most loved open-source tools, alongside Microsoft apps and tools like Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word, Visual Studio, VSCode, etc.

If youâre new to using or developing on Windows, we have your back. We know that switching to an unfamiliar platform/environment can impact your productivity until you get comfortable, so this new landing-page will also contain guidance to help you map your Linux / Mac behaviors (e.g. keyboard shortcuts) to Windows.

We have also shared some of the latest relevant advancements and improvements in Windows including features like Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), Windows Terminal, Windows Package Manager (WinGet), and PowerToys. Combining these great new tools and many other Windows 10 features with your favorite developer tools, languages, runtimes, and platforms will help you get more done, more easily and quickly than ever before. Be sure to head over to the new landing page to learn more.

Weâre âstarting simpleâ with this first version of the landing page, but weâre keen to adapt the page and its contents based on your feedback, so please be sure to let us know what youâd like to see added/changed on the page and linked resources:

Use the links at the bottom of the page to submit comments, or even contribute content edits via GitHub PRs, and weâll do our best to keep the pageâs content fresh, relevant, and useful.

New Windows Developersâ GitHub Repo

Have you, as a developer, ever uncovered issues when using or running your code on Windows, and wished that you could share the issue with the Windows engineering team?

Now you can!

Welcome to the new âWinDevâ GitHub repo!

We created this repo to enable developers who use Windows to submit & discuss issues directly to Windows engineering teams who donât already have a repo of their own, whether the issues you uncover are to do with using Windows itself, or running your code on Windows!

Important caveat: This is a new communications channel for our team and so we are starting small by only accepting developer-related performance issues at this time. As we learn more about how to best handle these issues, we aim to broaden the scope of this repo to include additional scenarios.

Please review the repoâs ReadMe page regularly, as we will be updating the page with the latest news, updates, and requests for specific feedback.
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Source: New Developer Landing Page and Issues Repo - Windows Developer Blog

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Brink · Jul 28, 2020

GitHub announces unlimited free private repos and unified Enterprise

Today we’re announcing two major updates to make GitHub more accessible to developers: unlimited free private repositories, and a simpler, unified Enterprise offering. We’re excited about these updates to our Free and Enterprise offerings:

GitHub Free now includes unlimited private repositories. For the first time, developers can use GitHub for their private projects with up to three collaborators per repository for free. Many developers want to use private repos to apply for a job, work on a side project, or try something out in private before releasing it publicly. Starting today, those scenarios, and many more, are possible on GitHub at no cost. Public repositories are still free (of course—no changes there) and include unlimited collaborators.

GitHub Enterprise is the new unified product for Enterprise Cloud (formerly GitHub Business Cloud) and Enterprise Server (formerly GitHub Enterprise). Organizations that want the flexibility to use GitHub in a cloud or self-hosted configuration can now access both at one per-seat price. And with GitHub Connect, these products can be securely linked, providing a hybrid option so developers can work seamlessly across both environments.

Learn more

GitHub Pro (formerly GitHub Developer) and GitHub Team are also available for developers and teams who need professional coding and collaboration features. And of course, open source contributors will still have everything they need to collaborate on public repositories, including our free version of GitHub Team.

Whether you’re a student about to write your first line of code, an enterprise leader with teams around the world, or an open source maintainer, we want GitHub to be the best place for you to code, collaborate, and connect with the global community of developers. Today’s changes are a big investment in the future of GitHub, and we’re excited to see to what you build in 2019.
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Source: New year, new GitHub: Announcing unlimited free private repos and unified Enterprise offering | The GitHub Blog

Brink · Jul 28, 2020

GitHub announces unlimited free private repos and unified Enterprise

Today we’re announcing two major updates to make GitHub more accessible to developers: unlimited free private repositories, and a simpler, unified Enterprise offering. We’re excited about these updates to our Free and Enterprise offerings:

GitHub Free now includes unlimited private repositories. For the first time, developers can use GitHub for their private projects with up to three collaborators per repository for free. Many developers want to use private repos to apply for a job, work on a side project, or try something out in private before releasing it publicly. Starting today, those scenarios, and many more, are possible on GitHub at no cost. Public repositories are still free (of course—no changes there) and include unlimited collaborators.

GitHub Enterprise is the new unified product for Enterprise Cloud (formerly GitHub Business Cloud) and Enterprise Server (formerly GitHub Enterprise). Organizations that want the flexibility to use GitHub in a cloud or self-hosted configuration can now access both at one per-seat price. And with GitHub Connect, these products can be securely linked, providing a hybrid option so developers can work seamlessly across both environments.

Learn more

GitHub Pro (formerly GitHub Developer) and GitHub Team are also available for developers and teams who need professional coding and collaboration features. And of course, open source contributors will still have everything they need to collaborate on public repositories, including our free version of GitHub Team.

Whether you’re a student about to write your first line of code, an enterprise leader with teams around the world, or an open source maintainer, we want GitHub to be the best place for you to code, collaborate, and connect with the global community of developers. Today’s changes are a big investment in the future of GitHub, and we’re excited to see to what you build in 2019.
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Source: New year, new GitHub: Announcing unlimited free private repos and unified Enterprise offering | The GitHub Blog

Brink · Jul 28, 2020

Microsoft is renaming UI Fabric GitHub repo to Fluent UI

What’s in a name? A lot it turns out. And we have a lot of them. Too many? We hear you and agree. That’s one of the key reasons we’re simplifying our story. To collectively rally around a single UI library for our web components—Fluent UI.

We’re starting with Fluent, our cross-platform design system. Fluent is the way Microsoft designs and builds digital product experiences, both internally and with our customers and community.

We’ve evolved Microsoft to speak a common language through a shared design system. Fluent UI will directly connect that effort to a broad set of products, through code, specifically the convergence of our most used web engineering frameworks – Fabric and Stardust.

Shortly, we’ll rename our UI Fabric GitHub repo to reflect our future Fluent UI vision. This is step one toward our vision for a more simplified developer ecosystem.
This is step one toward our vision for a more simplified developer ecosystem.
This is what we mean when we say Fluent is Microsoft’s design-to-code system. We’re bringing design and engineering together more than ever, to contribute to and leverage a shared foundation, and reach our shared goals. We’re not suggesting that one size fits all, and we got here honestly, so we must evolve collectively.

Our goal is simple—a shared foundation with open source engineering processes to create experience coherence, efficiency, and effectiveness. It enables us to do more with less.

What’s changing

Simply put, we’re merging two Microsoft repositories: UI Fabric and Stardust GitHub repos will live under the Microsoft GitHub organization as Fluent UI.
This allows our teams to collectively work together on a shared code base with a shared set of build and development tools to support our products and community more efficiently. It also allows us to get to a single UI library for Microsoft 365.

What this means for developers

Today? We’re working with a goal of avoiding disruption or breaks in the UI Fabric developer experience. You will continue getting a stream of patches and minor releases as we iterate the current major release (version 7).

As we finalize our rename efforts, expect to see more regular updates and communication around our major releases. Our next major release will be the first batch of major changes in uniting our collective efforts, tentatively targeting summer 2020.

Our intent is to minimize the amount of interruptions to in flight developer workflows. Also, we want to be mindful and incremental in our approach and we’re using this opportunity to signal to the community our incoming changes.
We’re working with a goal of avoiding disruption or breaks in the UI Fabric developer experience. You will continue getting a stream of patches and minor releases as we iterate the current major release (version 7).
The following is a short FAQ on the potential impact of the repo merge and rename effort:

Do I need to rename all my package imports to something new?
No. Package names will stay the same as a result of the merge and rename effort. We’ll continue releasing all UI Fabric packages as we do today. We’ll also alias publish the same packages under a new name, so that at any time you can use the new @fluentui/react package with no breaking changes.

Do I need to re-clone the repo?
No. You shouldn’t need to re-clone the repo. Your clones should be redirected correctly.

Where do I file GitHub issues and pull requests now?
After the rename, you can file issues and pull requests in the new microsoft/fluentui repository. Our teams will collectively support them there.

What about the issues and pull requests that were opened before the merge?
Previous issues and pull requests will be captured in a microsoft/fluentui repository. For UI Fabric, contribution history and active pull requests will stay intact.

Is the current version of UI Fabric still supported?
Yes. Nothing is changing in our level of support to the community for the library.

What if I have more questions about the repo merge and rename?
Reach out to our team on the UI Fabric GitHub. File an issue and we will be happy to follow up with you to help where we can.

What does this mean for WinUI and the Fluent Design System within Windows?
The Fluent Design System lies at the core of our recommendations for how to build engaging user experiences on Windows and across platforms now, too. WinUI continues to embody the Fluent Design System as the native user experience platform of Windows. With the addition of the Javascript-based Fluent UI libraries, you’ll also be able to build more coherent experiences across other platforms and the web, too, and the Fluent Design System will continue to expand.

New updates planned for Fluent UI

Our next major releases will focused on performance and theming:

Improve runtime performance through styling optimizations. We’re evaluating how we can reduce css-in-js style calculation overhead to improve rendering performance.

Improve flexibility and composition of components. Leverage React hooks and function components, along side API surface improvements, to give developers more composition options.

Provide a more flexible, powerful theming system. Extend our list of design tokens and improve our theming tooling to apply your design.

Eliminate deprecated React API usage. This enables partners to test React concurrent mode rendering, which allows rendering to be interruptible reducing how much the UI thread is blocked during large updates.

Still have questions?

Feel free to reach out to our team with any questions you may have regarding our new collective effort around Fluent UI by filing an issue on the existing UI Fabric GitHub repository.

The Fluent UI team

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Source: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-u...nto-fluent-ui/

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