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Initial quick-start feedback

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Description

From following the instructions at https://github.com/microsoft/win-dev-skills#quick-start
Here are my initial thoughts (HTH)

  • I expected this to be something I could kick off and leave until it was finished. It wasn't :(
  • The number of prompts where I was asked to approve a long PS command that I didn't understand felt both frustrating and concerning.
  • The report below has such a long session time because I really did just leave this running on a separate machine, and I didn't realise it was waiting for input.
  • Of the generated app, yes, it built a complete app, but I don't know what the value of it is. There's nothing really reusable in the code it produced. The app only let me browse in-memory data. The generated XAML (based on a quick review) seemed unnecessarily verbose, complicated, and deeply nested.

I now plan to have it try to produce something that I can actually use.

As requested, here's the session report.

session-report.md

The full generated app code can be provided if needed.

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by rereading the Quick Start instructions linked in the issue and the attached session-report.md. Review the reported approval prompts, unattended-session behavior, and generated app output, including its XAML. The issue provides feedback rather than acceptance criteria, so done is not yet defined and would require a concrete scope before implementation.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, powershell
Domain
desktop, tooling
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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