Why do so many links on HN to new tech go to a page that doesn't fundamentally explain what it is right at the top?
What is this? Is it a way to access the windows api from javascript? Is it a library of web UI components like Telerik?
So many projects seem to suffer from this same problem, just say what you are doing in clear unambiguous short sentences right at the top with an example or a picture and the world would be a much better place.
You may have to scroll a little, but under "Advantages of WinJS" it has a decent description:
Use WinJS to build first class apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You can use WinJS not only for your Universal Windows apps using HTML/JS, but also for your websites, and when using HTML-based app technologies like Apache Cordova. WinJS provides high quality infrastructure like page controls, promises, and data-binding; polished UI features like virtualizing collections; and high performance Windows controls such as ListView, FlipView, and Semantic Zoom. This is a comprehensive toolkit for you to use with confidence in its performance and polish, whether as a standalone solution or with other frameworks and libraries.
Thanks. If I'm reading this correctly, it looks somewhat like an Angular competitor, subbing in "data-win-star" for "ng-star" attributes in your HTML elements.
... or not: some of the other comments suggest that the source data for these views is MS-specific. OK, I should have expected that :-(
What is this? Is it a way to access the windows api from javascript? Is it a library of web UI components like Telerik?
So many projects seem to suffer from this same problem, just say what you are doing in clear unambiguous short sentences right at the top with an example or a picture and the world would be a much better place.