Platform SDK, Windows SDK Introduction

The Platform SDK and the Windows SDK are a software development kit produced by Microsoft that provides header files, library files, sample code, and software to programmers who develop and Web sites on Microsoft's Windows operating system and. NET Framework. Develop documentation and development tools.

Each time Microsoft publishes a major version of Windows, the corresponding development tools are published to enable developers to invoke the application Development Interface (API) of the new operating system.

After Windows 98, the SDK was named platform.
This product was renamed to the Windows SDK when the Windows Vista SDK was launched.

Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 SP1 is a Platform SDK version that supports 32-bit and 64-bit application development.
It is also the last SDK to provide full support for VC 6 development (if you are still developing with VC6, use this version of the Platform SDK).

As with Windows, Microsoft updates every time. NET Framework, a corresponding . NET Framework SDKis also published.
After Windows SDK for Windows Server and. NET Framework 3.5 is launched. NET Framework SDK is integrated into the Windows SDK.

Updated version of the Windows SDK:

Windows SDK for Windows 7 and. NET Framework 4

Windows 8.1 SDK

The Windows SDK documentation includes the following:

(1) Core SDK
(2). NET Framework SDK
(3) IIS SDK
(4) Internet Development SDK (IE SDK)
(5) MDAC SDK
(6) Windows Installer SDK
(7) WMI SDK
(8) Windows Media Service SDK
(9) Microsoft Speech SDK
(Ten) DirectShow SDK

In addition to the. Net SDK, the SDK documentation is primarily provided in the C language specification, but the calling method of the SDK function is independent of the language and is limited only by the type system of the programming language.
For. NET Framework, the SDK functions are considered to be the underlying API. In addition, the SDK installs examples to illustrate various API usages, as well as tools for assisting in developing, debugging, and publishing software.

For non-PC versions of Windows, Microsoft has also released the corresponding SDK, for example:Windows Phone SDK,Kinect for Windows SDK,Surface SDK wait