<s>
Windows	B-Device
App	I-Device
Studio	I-Device
,	O
formerly	O
Windows	B-Device
Phone	I-Device
App	I-Device
Studio	I-Device
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
web	B-Application
app	I-Application
provided	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
app	I-Application
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
apps	B-Application
that	O
could	O
be	O
installed	O
or	O
published	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Microsoft	I-Application
Store	I-Application
(	O
Formerly	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
Store	I-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
addition	O
provided	O
the	O
full	O
source	O
code	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
'	O
solution	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tool	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
Universal	O
Windows	B-Application
Platform	O
apps	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allowed	O
newcomers	O
to	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
to	O
create	O
software	B-Application
applications	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Phone	I-Application
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
(	O
OS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
application	B-Application
that	O
could	O
run	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Phone	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
devices	O
with	O
little	O
experience	O
,	O
and	O
concentrated	O
primarily	O
on	O
apps	B-Application
for	O
websites	O
and	O
content	O
streams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
download	B-Application
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
applications	B-Application
made	O
within	O
the	O
studio	O
for	O
further	O
edits	O
in	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
included	O
a	O
Logo	B-Device
and	O
Image	O
Wizard	O
,	O
customizable	O
theme	O
templates	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
insert	O
embedded	O
content	O
from	O
sites	O
such	O
as	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
,	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
On	O
27	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
applications	B-Application
and	O
included	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
live	O
tile	O
updatability	O
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
Music	I-Application
Data	O
Sourcing	O
,	O
Bing	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
,	O
and	O
analytics	O
for	O
applications	B-Application
concerning	O
how	O
often	O
an	O
application	B-Application
gets	O
opened	O
,	O
crashes	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
users	O
who	O
have	O
installed	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
App	I-Device
Studio	I-Device
Installer	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
devices	O
which	O
allowed	O
developers	B-Application
to	O
install	B-Application
and	O
test	O
applications	B-Application
developed	O
in	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
App	I-Device
Studio	I-Device
,	O
and	O
generate	O
and	O
scan	O
QR	O
codes	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
download	B-Application
link	O
of	O
their	O
application	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Windows	B-Device
Template	I-Device
Studio	I-Device
is	O
available	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	B-Device
App	I-Device
Studio	I-Device
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
extension	O
to	O
create	O
apps	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
succeeding	O
project	O
is	O
provided	O
at	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
