Most of the samples on MSDN and the project templates that ship with Visual Studio 2012 contain a lot of generated code and it is easy to get lost. If you want a simple project template that allows you to code “Hello World” style code samples and learn the language, then this project template is for you.
Please download it, install and use it. Feel free to share it with your colleagues, friends, co-workers etc and drop me a line via the comments box below this post on feedback, likes/dislikes etc.
-Sridhar
Link to template on VS Gallery: http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/8116acc4-747b-4330-bfd1-fce04d798f4a
Thank you very much! Do you have any link to any documentation on how you managed to create this template? Or can you highlight what are the main differences between a solution created using this template and a “standard” Win32 console application solution?
I’m asking this because I tried several time starting from a Win32 console application and then I compared my solution with yours and I didn’t find anything different, or maybe I’m just blind!
Thank you!
Hi Carlo,
Glad you find the template useful. Unfortunately I do not have documentation with me. It is, however, easy to create your own.
I started with a basic Win32 Console App and added new references to platform.winmd file. You can also do that via the Project->Properties->VC++ Directories and setting the “Library WinRT Directories” property.
Hope this helps!