Microsoft looking to push for Windows and Windows Phone Store unity

Microsoft has long had a vision to unite its stores for both Windows and Windows Phone, as well equally content that's populated in both catalogues. This hasn't quite been the case yet, even though it's well known that the company is driving forward in pulling its platforms closer together. The launch of Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 definitely reflects this.

A recent chore offering at Microsoft for a Software Developer Engineer in Test (SDET) reveals that the company is indeed pushing forward with the thought that apps can run on multiple platforms under the Windows umbrella. The listing asks, "Practise you wish the code you write for Windows Store apps would just work on the Windows Phone and vice versa?" Quite the direct one, we know.

Here's the full description:

"Are yous excited about Windows Phone? Are you passionate nigh delivering the best possible experience to the developer customs? Practice you wish the code y'all write for Windows Store apps would just piece of work on the Windows Telephone and vice versa? If so, then this is the role for you! Nosotros are the team leading the charge to bring much of the WinRT API surface and the .NET Windows Store contour to the Telephone.

We are looking for a highly motivated and technically strong SDET to assist our team join the Windows Store and Phone development platforms. As a member of our team you will have a variety of responsibilities including designing and automating new tests, adapting existing automation and frameworks to the Phone, and edifice test framework components that will exist used by many teams throughout Windows Phone.

Yous will accept an opportunity to sharpen your cross-team collaboration skills by working with many people in the Windows and Telephone orgs. Y'all will work closely with your programmer and PM counterparts to solve the technical challenges of bringing a platform built for desktops and tablets to the phone class factor."

That really does say it all. The company is homing in on the goal to bring its Windows Store and Telephone development platforms together. The only question remains is when tin can we wait to see this happen? For the time beingness, apps created for Windows Phone cannat be released on Windows without some modifications beingness made. The mobile platform has over 150,000 apps bachelor.

We believe that the set of "Blueish" updates set to arrive this year volition create the bridges required for apps to be loaded on both laptops / desktops besides every bit Windows Phones. It'll certainly please developers to see their app available to a wider audiences, especially a platform every bit popular equally Windows. We'll be keeping our eyes open in the near future for anything that pops upwardly.

Source: Microsoft, via: WMPU

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