Windows 10: Windows Template Studio 3.0 released

Brink · Jan 31, 2019

We’re extremely excited to announce the Windows Template Studio 3.0!

As always, we love how the community is helping. If you’re interested, please head over to head over to WTS’s Github.

What’s new:

Full list of adjustments in the 3.0 release, WTS’s Github has a full changelog.

Included in this version:

Code now generates as a multi-project solution. This will enable better reuse and separation of code logic. This now will output a UWP project and .NET Core project.

Support adding new projects on right click

Horizontal Navigation View is replaced the Pivot navigation pattern.

Update MVVMLight to use .NET Standard library

Bug fixes

Dev platform updates:

AdaptiveCards to v1.1.2

AppCenter.Analytics to v 1.12.0

AppCenter.Crashes to v 1.12.0

Services.Store.Engagement to v10.1810.16002

UI.Xaml to v2.0.181018003.1

Json to v12.0.1

UI.for.UniversalWindowsPlatform to v1.0.1.3

Known Issue

Visual Studio 2019 Preview support for multi-project has a NuGet reference failure for the Core project. (#2862). Workaround currently it to manually add the reference. The only known reference we do is to Newtonsoft.Json in Core.

Feedback hub has been removed until a bug has been fixed in their SDK (#2879)

How to get the update:

There are two paths to update to the newest build.

Already installed: Visual Studio should auto update the extension. To force an update, Go to Tools->Extensions and Updates. Then go to Update expander on the left and you should see Windows Template Studio in there and click “Update”

Not installed: Head to https://aka.ms/wtsinstall, click “download” and double click the VSIX installer.

What else is cooking for next versions?

We love all the community support and participation. In addition, here are just a few of the things we are currently building out that will be included in future builds:

Menubar navigation pattern template (ETA is v3.1)

Identity Login (ETA is v3.1)

Improved Visual Studio 2019 support

Azure features starting to be added in (v3.1 and beyond)

Unit Test projects

With partnership with the community, we’ve continue cranking out and iterating new features and functionality. We’re always looking for additional people to help out and if you’re interested, please head to our GitHub at https://aka.ms/wts. If you have an idea or feature request, please make the request!
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Source: Windows Template Studio 3.0 released! - Windows Developer Blog

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Brink · Jan 31, 2019

Windows Template Studio 2.2 released

We’re extremely excited to announce the Windows Template Studio 2.2!

For the next few releases, we are doing smaller updates to add in new pages and fixes. The reason being is we are working toward multi-project solution support for 3.0 and adjusting our templates to support that. This is a large sum of work but want to be sure we are still improving where we can now.

As always, we love how the community is helping. If you’re interested, please head over to head over to WTS’s Github.

What’s new:

For the full list of adjustments in the 2.2 release, WTS’s Github has a full changelog.

Included in this version:

3D Launcher feature

Wizard enhancements

Improved documentation

Improved testing

Bug fixes

Dev platform updates:

Updated Microsoft.NETCore.UniversalWindowsPlatform to 6.15

Updated Newtonsoft.Json to 11.0.2

Updated Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp, Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.Notifications and Microsoft.Toolkit.Uwp.UI.Controls to 3.0.0

Update Telerik.UI.for.UniversalWindowsPlatform to 1.0.1

How to get the update:

There are two paths to update to the newest build.

Already installed: Visual Studio should auto update the extension. To force an update, Go to Tools->Extensions and Updates. Then go to Update expander on the left and you should see Windows Template Studio in there and click “Update.”

Not installed: Head to Windows Template Studio - Visual Studio Marketplace
, click “download” and double click the VSIX installer.

What else is cooking for next versions?

We love all the community support and participation. In addition, here are just a few of the things we are currently building out that will be in future builds:

Menubar navigation pattern template

WinUI Library nuget package integration

Continued refinement with Fluent Design in the templates

Work for supporting multiple projects in a single solution

Ink templates

User Activity APIs for Timeline support

Improved Right-click->add support for existing projects

With partnership with the community, we will continue cranking out and iterating new features and functionality. We’re always looking for additional people to help out and if you’re interested, please head to our GitHub at GitHub - Microsoft/WindowsTemplateStudio: Windows Template Studio quickly builds a UWP app, using a wizard-based UI to turn your needs into a foundation of Windows 10 patterns and best practices.. If you have an idea or feature request, please make the request!
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Source: Windows Template Studio 2.2 released! - Windows Developer Blog

Brink · Jan 31, 2019

Windows Template Studio 1.3 Released

We’re extremely excited to announce the Windows Template Studio 1.3.

In this release, we added in app scheme launch, finalized our work for localization, massive improvements in accessibility and started our work for Visual Basic support.

What’s new:

For a full list of adjustments in the 1.3 release, head over to WTS’s Github.

New Feature:

Scheme to launch app (aka myAwesomeApp://myDeepLinksIntoMyApp?foo=bar)

Template improvements:

Default Windows theme support added to template

Files are now UTF-8 with BOM to make sure all cultures are supported

Accessibility support in templates

Improvements to the Wizard:

Accessibility support in Wizard drastically improved

Lots of under the hood bug fixes and code improvements

All needed parts for localization are built-in now (looks like we missed window to get actual localized files)

Initial VB engine work was added in.

Bug fixes

Process improvements:

StyleCop enforcements across Template and Wizard code bases

Appveyor added for pull requests to be sure we have proper continuous integration checks

Required work for .NET Foundation

How to get the update:

There are two paths to update to the newest build.

Already installed: Visual Studio should auto update the extension. To force an update, Go to Tools->Extensions and Updates. Then go to Update expander on the left and you should see Windows Template Studio in there. Click “Update.”

Not installed: Head to Windows Template Studio - Visual Studio Marketplace, click “download” and double click the VSIX installer.

What else is cooking for next versions?

We love all the community support and participation. In addition, here are just a few of the things we are currently building out that will be in future builds:

Fluent Design in the templates

Ink templates

Improved Right-click->add support for existing projects

Localization in the wizard

Visual Basic support

Micro support

Prism support

With partnership with the community, we will continue cranking out and iterating new features and functionality. We’re always looking for additional people to help out and if you’re interested, please head to our GitHub at Microsoft/WindowsTemplateStudio. If you have an idea or feature request, please make the request!
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Source: Windows Template Studio 1.3 Released! - Building Apps for Windows

Brink · Jan 31, 2019

Windows Template Studio 1.1 released

We’re extremely excited to announce the Windows Template Studio 1.1. In partnership with the community, we’ve been cranking out and iterating new features and functionality. We’re always looking for additional people to help out and if you’re interested, please head to our GitHub at Microsoft/WindowsTemplateStudio.

How to get the update:

There are two paths to update to the newest build.

Already installed: Visual Studio should auto update the extension. To force an update, Go to Tools->Extensions and Updates. Then go to Update expander on the left and you should see Windows Template Studio in there and click “Update.”

Not installed: Head to Windows Template Studio - Visual Studio Marketplace, click “download” and double click the VSIX installer.

Improvements to the Wizard:

Page Reordering

The first page doesn’t have to be the Blank page

Renaming of pages and background tasks

Offline improvements

Initial work for supporting localization

Code analysis was added

Page updates:

Grid page added

Chart page added

Media/Video page added

Web View page has been enhanced

Feature updates:

Store SDK Notifications added

SettingStorage now has a binary save option (not just string based)

Template improvements:

Navigation panel moved to UWP Community Toolkit

Styling adjustments

ResourceLoader performance improvement

For a full list of issues fixed in the 1.1 release, head over to Github.

What else is cooking for next versions?

We love all the community support and participation. We’re partnering with additional framework Caliburn.Micro and have a branch currently under development with Nigel Sampson. We’re talking with Prism and Template 10 to see how those frameworks can also be added in. In addition, here are just a few of the things we are currently building out:

Fluent design in the templates

Project Rome features as options for your project

Right-click->add support for existing projects

Localization in the wizard

Accessibility supported in both wizard and in the templates

If you want to help out, please head over to Microsoft/WindowsTemplateStudio.
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Source: Windows Template Studio 1.1 released! - Building Apps for Windows

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