Yesterday during Build 2020, Microsoft announced that its Windows Terminal app was leaving its preview phase and moving to a full version. In fact, it launched immediately through the Microsoft Store and GitHub.
Windows Terminal 1.0 arrives a year after the app was first announced. The app is a new command prompt experience for Windows 10. Developers can take advantage of multiple tabs and customize the experience with themes. On that last front, you’ll need to edit a JSON file to access the full suite of customization tools.
The app was previewed in June 2019 through the Microsoft Store.
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Along with Windows Terminal 1.0, Microsoft also announced a new Windows Package Manager
Along with the release of Windows Terminal, a new Windows Package Manager. The tool makes it easier for developers to create a working environment with Windows Terminal and other command line tools:
“The Windows Package Manager is a tool designed to help you quickly and easily discover and install the tools that make your PC environment special. By using the Windows Package Managerfrom a single command, you can install your favorite tool: winget install
The Windows Package Manager is available now on GitHub.
Busy Construction 2020 Day 1
Microsoft yesterday kicked off Build 2020, the first all-virtual edition of its developer conference. There were a lot of announcements on Day 1:
Reunion Project: integrates its current Win32 and Universal Windows Platform (UWP) APIs. According to the company, this gives developers a unified standard platform for building apps.
Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) can now run Linux applications.
Azure Synapse Link: Combines operational database services with analytics to overcome issues when using HTAP workloads.
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