Reg C++ usage

[deenam]

hi all,

all the samples are in c#, but we see in the documentation that c++ is also supported.
can someone confirm this ?

[DougieLawson]

There's lots of C++ samples.
https://github.com/ms-iot/samples

[jtanner_msft]

Correct, C++ is supported. It's primarily intended for console applications or background services on the device. If you wanted to develop something with a bit of UI then C# / Universal Apps is a much better option.

[sergbokh]

Visual Studio 2015 RC has a 'Windows Universal Blank Application' template under C++ section (just like in C#).
This project type has the same .xaml dialogs and so on.

Did anybody seen any performance tests? Theoretically C++ based rich-UI application should be more responsive especially on such resource-limited devices?

Or is the 'universal application' in fact just kind of a wrapper around of 'windows universal' core framework and it does not really matter in what language this wrapper is implemented?

[jtanner_msft]

You might see a small benefit in performance when launching a 'native C++' application over a managed app, but after the initial load period the differences should become minimal.

If you're actually building a C++ managed application, then the end result should also be intermediate code which should run the same as if you wrote in C# or VB.