A Solid Starting Point

Windows Template Studio(WTS) provides a solid starting point, so there's no need to write a lot of code from scratch for implementation of MVVM, the latest Windows 10 features and other required practices.

Wide Range to Project types

Wide Range to Project types

Windows 10 features

Windows Template Studio (WTS) currently supports features covering analytics, application launching, application lifecycle ( settings storage, suspend and resume, multiple views ), background work, connected experiences ( share source and target ), and user interaction ( app notifications, Live tiles, prompts, feedback, drag & drop and theme selection ).

Necessary Documentation

Windows Template Studio(WTS) has very good and helpful documentation for developers.

Let's have a quick start,

Step 1

Open Visual Studio 2019 on your computer.

Step 2

Click at Manage Extensions under Extensions Menu.

Step 3

Search for "Window Template Studio" in Manage Extensions window, Then download the extension named as Window Template Studio.

Step 4

After this installation completion, hit at the close button and open a new instance of your visual studio.

Step 5

Now click on "Create a new Project" in Visual Studio 2019.

Step 6

In the window appears "You can look for "Window Template Studio (universal Windows)" here. After selection, hit the Next Button.

Step 7

In the next window, put your project name, location, and related information. And hit the Create Button.

Step 8

So here the Window Template Studio's wizard UI shows that now you have to select your project type as per your project demand. Here I am going to select the Blank project type and go for next.

Step 9

Now you can select multiple types of design patterns for your project in the wizard window. Here I am going to select the Prism as my project design pattern and hit the next button.

Step 10

In the next window, you can able to attach various types of pages as per our needs of the project. Now, I am adding a blank page and clicking on next.

Step 11

In the next window, you can see there is a list of features available. Here I am not going to select any one of them for now. And, hit the Next button.

Step 12

In the next window, you can see there is a list of services available for the project. Here I am not going to select any one of them for now. And, hit the Next button.

Step 13

In the next wizard's Testing window, follow the previous step, Select no on of Testing Project for now. And, hit the Create button.

Step 14

After project loading completion, you can see in the solution explorer of your visual studio the loaded project has a good folder structure that makes it easy for you to put your file and component respectively.

Step 15

Now build and run your first UWP App.