Microsoft opens up the Windows 10 Calculator application on GitHub

Have you ever wanted to know exactly how Windows 10's Calculator application works? Or did you ever intend to extend the functionality of this application? Those wishes are now fully possible through a source-driven move from Microsoft.

In a GitHub project released by Microsoft today, the full source code for the Calculator Windows application is now available to anyone who wants to download and try compiling it.

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If you don't know, the Calculator application is written in C ++ and contains more than 35,000 lines of code. To compile this project, users will need to run Windows 10, version 1803 or later, and install the latest Visual Studio version, including free Visual Studio Community Edition. Full requests can be found on the project's GitHub page.

In addition, because the software is being released under the MIT license, it will also allow developers to create their own revisions and derivatives, as well as distribute software and even sell for profit.

"This right is granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and related document files (" Software ") for unrestricted software processing, ie including but not limited to rights use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, re-license and / or sell software copies' - cited in the MIT license.

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For its part, Microsoft also felt that this project could provide a better promotion of their own different technologies, including Fluent application design, universal Windows platform, or Azure Pipelines, etc.

"Reviewing and re-analyzing Calculator's code is a great way for developers to learn about the latest Microsoft technologies such as Universal Windows Platform, XAML and Azure Pipelines. Through this project, developers can learn the full development lifecycle for a Microsoft application, as well as reuse this code to build their own code based on their own experience, which is an example. great about Fluent application design '.

Developers who want to participate in the Calculator application development can also submit bug reports, help correct errors and extend the functionality of the application according to these guidelines. However, Microsoft also recommends that any security researcher find a vulnerability in the application, contact the Microsoft security feedback center (MSRC) immediately at safe@microsoft.com instead. for posting these errors publicly.

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As for those who want to 'play' other Microsoft open source projects, last year the software company also released the open-source Windows File Manager 3.0 file manager, but comes with updates to It can work on Windows 10.

Link download source code Calculator