Vscode: Explore what it takes to ship VS Code as a UWP application
Goals:
- what does it take to convert VS Code to UWP
- what are issues we see when running Code from the store
/cc @kieferrm @egamma @seanmcbreen @chrisdias
bpasero
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Needs a proper done criteria. Also no longer seems to be on the January plan.
bpasero
on 3 Jan 2017
Do something for your company, you are Microsoft, right?
Just like Nintendo should release its latest Mario on Switch.
be5invis
on 11 Jan 2017
@bpasero Yo, check out electron-windows-store - even if you don't end up using it, I'd love to hear why it wouldn't work for y'all!
felixrieseberg
on 12 Jan 2017
@felixrieseberg I was _just_ going to refer to that project after I read your blog post. 😛
sean-clayton
on 13 Jan 2017
Investigation is done. Closing (and duplicates https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/10759)
bpasero
on 17 Jan 2017
Any decision or observations based on the investigation?
gulshan
on 19 Jan 2017
For those interested in the results of the investigation… We used the desktop app converter to convert VS Code to a UWP app that uses the Desktop Bridge (aka a “Centennial” application) that provides a Windows Store setup experience and access to a subset of the full UWP API. The conversion worked quite well and we were able to side load VS Code as a Windows Store application with no loss of functionality.
So, this closes the investigation for the product itself. The next investigation we would need to do is understand how to adapt our internal build systems to produce daily/monthly builds that can be published through the Store. Once that is understood, we will decide if and when it makes sense to move forward with this effort and actually put it on the backlog.
bpasero
on 19 Jan 2017
Awesome! 👍 😄 😺 ❤️
The UWP App, works even on Windows 10 Mobile and continuum?
OrbintSoft
on 19 Jan 2017
@OrbintSoft no, it is still a win32 application that runs node and spawns non-UWP processes. The desktop conversion does not mean it automatically runs on mobile/continuum. See the table on the desktop bridge page.
chrisdias
on 19 Jan 2017
Any updates here? Would love to be able to ensure VS Code gets into the store...
rwiedower
on 15 Nov 2017
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For those interested in the results of the investigation… We used the desktop app converter to convert VS Code to a UWP app that uses the Desktop Bridge (aka a “Centennial” application) that provides a Windows Store setup experience and access to a subset of the full UWP API. The conversion worked quite well and we were able to side load VS Code as a Windows Store application with no loss of functionality.
So, this closes the investigation for the product itself. The next investigation we would need to do is understand how to adapt our internal build systems to produce daily/monthly builds that can be published through the Store. Once that is understood, we will decide if and when it makes sense to move forward with this effort and actually put it on the backlog.