The Windows App SDK prefers using industry-standard coding styles, guidelines, and patterns for any languages used in implementation or testing.

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Getting Started

Coding Guidelines and Policies

• Component Versioning Across Channels (interim policy until monobuild)
• Git
  • Checkin-to-main/develop Policy
  • Branches: main vs develop
• Error Handling and Logging
• Experimental-only features
  • Use TerminalVelocity tag and disable features
• Hybrid CRT
• Languages (This list is non-exhaustive; new guidelines for languages will be added over time)
  • C++
  • Markdown
• Self-Contained
• WinRT
  • Registration