Windows Store App Project Templates

When you select the File, New Project menu option in Visual Studio, you can select from five different project templates as your starting point for your Windows Store app:

1. Blank App—The simplest of the templates. Contains a single default.html, default.css, and default.js file.

2. Navigation App—Use this template for apps that require multiple pages.

3. Grid App—Contains three pages for displaying groups of items.

4. Split App—Contains two pages for displaying groups of items.

5. Hub App—Contains three pages. One page displays a navigation hub and the other two pages display section and item detail. This project template is new with Windows 8.1.

We already used the Blank App project template when creating ...

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