Introduction to WinJS

Windows JavaScript (WinJS) library is an open source JavaScript library developed by Microsoft. It was released in April 2014 during the Microsoft build conference and with Windows 10, Microsoft officially released version 4.0. Currently it's open source and under an Apache 2.0 license.

It was initially targeted for Windows store apps that were based on JavaScript, CSS, and HTML but later supported in modern browsers as well. Today developers can develop mobile applications for any platform including Windows apps, Android apps, and iOS apps using JavaScript, CSS, and HTML and they can use this library to transform the user interface (UI) to a native mobile interface with the provision of accessing features of the Windows runtime. The WinJS library exposes not only the Windows runtime modules but also provides Windows UI control setup for use in web applications. WinJS provides Windows runtime features like the classes and runtime components and they can be accessed...