Microsoft’s New Dev Home App Now Available on Windows 10 PCs

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Key Takeaways:

  • Microsoft’s new Dev Home App is now available in preview on Windows 10 devices.
  • The Dev Home app provides features like GitHub integration, customizable dashboards for project tracking, and real-time performance data for memory, network, CPU, and GPU.
  • Microsoft plans for additional settings to provide developers with more control over their Windows PCs in future updates.

Microsoft has recently rolled out an update for its Dev Home app that launched in preview on Windows 11 last year. This updated version now extends its support to Windows 10 PCs and can be easily downloaded from the Microsoft Store.

Microsoft introduced its Dev Home app to help developers manage their projects and track different workflows. It allows developers to use a winget (Windows Package Manager) configuration file to easily set up their developer environments. This capability should help to speed up the configuration process of Windows dev machines.

With Dev Home, developers can easily connect to their GitHub account, track relevant repositories, and install tools and packages. The app provides a customizable dashboard to track changes and updates to their projects. It also offers real-time data about memory, network, CPU, and GPU performance.

Developers can create a specialized Resilient File System (ReFS)-based Dev Drive that enables a special performance mode for Microsoft Defender to improve build times for I/O operations by up to 30 percent. Moreover, developers can create custom extensions for Dev Home.

Microsoft's New Dev Home App Now Available on Windows 10 PCs

Dev Home version 0.9 brings improvements and bug fixes

Microsoft explained that widgets will not persist on Dev Home’s dashboard after a user upgrades their Windows 10 device to Windows 11. Additionally, a new accessibility feature has been introduced that allows screen readers to announce when users open or close a navigation pane.

Microsoft plans to introduce additional settings to the Dev Home to give developers more control over their Windows PCs, though there is no ETA yet. If you’re interested, you can learn more about the Dev Home app on GitHub.