Download the extension from the VS Marketplace or get the CI build
The easiest way to set up Visual Studio for the ultimate UWP development experience.
See the change log for changes and road map.
After installing the UWP Essentials and restarting Visual Studio, the following extensions will be installed:
- Windows Template Studio
- Multilingual App Toolkit
- XAML Styler
- Console App (Universal) Project Templates
- CommandLine-Activated Windows App (Templates)
- Multi-Instance App Project Templates
- MVVMBasic Snippets
- Rapid XAML Toolkit
- Template Studio for UWP
If you already have one or more of these extensions installed, UWP Essentials will not re-install them.
Note: Not all extensions are available for all versions of Visual Studio.
If you know of any good extensions that you think would benefit UWP developers, then log an issue with the suggestion on the GitHub issue tracker.