Microsoft has advanced in jQuery 2.0 support for creating applications for Windows 8

The Interoperability @ Microsoft blog reports that the future version of the jQuery 2.0 library (March 1 was the second beta) will provide full support for creating applications for Windows 8. The appendTo initiative group worked with the support of the Microsoft Open Technologies division to contribute to the most popular JS library. , Inc. (MS Open Tech). In this connection, as reported, developers will have a unique opportunity to create programs for the Windows Store in a familiar environment and using the existing JS-code.

It is also noted that at the moment, a number of other frameworks — backbone.js, Knockout.JS, YUI — can already be used to create Windows 8 applications — therefore adding such a popular thing as JQuery to this arsenal should have a positive effect on developers' motivation. At the same time, of course, Microsoft provides full access to all features of the WinRT API.


In order not to leave programmers one-on-one with new features, Microsoft has taken care to add a manual to net.tuts , a truth, very short and not for beginners - quite specific features of Windows 8 development are immediately considered.
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As a result, all developers who own HTML + JS are encouraged to create programs for the new system from Microsoft, especially since you do not need to master new “heavy” tools, such as C ++ or C #.

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