Summary

Finding the right technology and platform to distribute your application is essential for building a successful product. However, once the application has been installed, your work as a developer doesn't stop there: you must manage the licensing, the monetization, the feedback, and the automatic updates. All of these tasks are equally important to continuously deliver value to your users.

In this chapter, we have explored some of the technologies (such as MSIX) and the platforms (such as Microsoft Store, sideloading with AppInstaller and Windows Package Manager) that you can use to plan a successful deployment and, at the same time, simplify many of the challenges that you face as a developer. Examples of this include setting up automatic updates with AppInstaller, delivering a clean and reliable clean installation and uninstallation experience with MSIX, and more.

This chapter serves as a foundation for the next and concluding chapter: we're going to see how...