# Applications

This section presents a number of applications demonstrating development of **Universal Windows Platform** *(UWP)* apps.

Development of each application in Microsoft Visual Studio starts by creating a project. A new project is created from the menu via: **File > New > Project**. You can also use the keyboard shortcut **Ctrl + Shift + N** to create a new project.

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*Fig. 1.21 (a). Creating a new project in Visual Studio*

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*Fig. 1.21 (b). Creating a new project in Visual Studio*

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*Fig. 1.21 (c). Creating a new project in Visual Studio*