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I am new to Windows 8 apps development and I want to develop a small hello work application using WPF. My target platform is Windows 8 surface pro 2 tablet. After searching/reading in net, many suggested that we need to develop in Windows 8.1 OS platform using 8.1 SDK, is my understanding correct?

Please suggest!

Chethan
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    You should be able to do everything you need using [VS2013 express for Windows Desktop](http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40787) If you are wanting to create store applications you will need VS2013 Express for Windows – Mark Hall May 09 '14 at 05:14

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A Surface Pro 2 tablet can run most regular Windows software since it is not limited to only showing metro apps like RT tablets are. That means that if you build a small "Hello World" WPF application it will work on any PRO tablet and most currently supported Windows platforms such as Windows 7 and Windows 8 on PC.

But perhaps the people you were talking too suggested that you build a Windows 8 app instead of a WPF application? That could come with some benefits such as your application being able to run on cheaper hardware (RT tabs costs much less then PRO tabs).

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If you want to be a good app-developer whether it is Windows/Android/IOS then you have to have all the right tools with you. So , In case of Windows , this platform is changing quite rapidly so you have catch up with the latest. first follow these links Link1 and Link2 and for getting a good understanding this LINK is quite good though. Also try to explore builds videos on Channel9. After some exploration you will get your answer.

Right now you need VS2013 and A PC :) with configration that can support VS2013 and Windows 8/Windows 8.1 OS. Any other help just let me know.

cheers :)

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