Building Apps for the Universal Windows Platform: Explore Windows 10 Native, IoT, HoloLens, and Xamarin

© Ayan Chatterjee 2017

Ayan Chatterjee, Building Apps for the Universal Windows Platform, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2629-2_6

6. Internet of Things (IoT)

Ayan Chatterjee¹ 

(1)Swindon, Wiltshire, UK

Before I talk about the Internet of Things , let’s talk about responsibility: your responsibility as a developer and Microsoft’s responsibility to provide the necessary tools. By now, you should know that application development requires four specific actors, which I’m referring to as makers, builders, tools, and the application. The makers are the architects and algorithm builders who design new concepts. The builders are the application developers who use a powerful IDE like Visual Studio to get the makers’ work to a larger market. The tools are what the builder ...