If this software developer runs into problems, there’s only one place he’ll go, and its called Stack Overflow.

Back in January 2012 I did a little analysis of how popular native Windows 8 app development was with developers.

I did this by having a look at how often WinRT (the technology used to develop native Windows 8 app, also known officially as Windows Store Apps, but also known colloquially as “Metro-style apps”) was mentioned on Twitter, as well as often questions on the topic came up on the popular developer site Stack Overflow.

Spoiler: in January 2012, native Windows 8 app development was not popular. Remember this was ten months prior to Windows 8 hitting the retail market, so perhaps that’s not terribly surprising.

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