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1. Where to begin with ms-master
2. Sample code and tutorials
3. Improve your ANGLE app's performance
4. Known issues and Breaking Changes
5. Contributing to ANGLE
6. Any more questions?

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Where to begin with ms-master

Go and install our Visual Studio templates!

For help deciding which template (e.g. CoreWindow vs XAML) is most suitable for your app, visit this wiki page.

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Sample code and tutorials

Initialization:

• Choosing a Visual Studio template
• Initializing ANGLE on D3D11 Feature Level 9

Imaging:

• Loading compressed images into ANGLE (for example: DDS, BC, DXT, ETC)
• Loading general image files into ANGLE (for example: JPEG, PNG, BMP)

Debugging:

• Performing basic OpenGL ES graphics debugging with ANGLE (Coming soon!)
• Using Microsoft's Graphics Diagnostics (formerly PIX) with ANGLE (Coming soon!)

Performance:

• Avoiding recompiling shaders by saving/restoring program binaries
• Running your app at a lower resolution than the device
• Gaining performance by using Instancing

Windows Store Application Certifcation:

• Supporting the Windows Store Certification D3D Device Trim requirement

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Improve your ANGLE app's performance

Here is a list of best practices for using ANGLE on Windows devices.

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Known issues and Breaking Changes

Here are the known issues with ANGLE, which we are either trying to fix or are unable to fix.

Here are the recent breaking changes that we have made, which might affect your app if you update to the latest version of ANGLE.

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Contributing to ANGLE

If you wish to contribute to ANGLE, then please contribute to the master version of ANGLE. Your change can then be merged back into MSOpenTech/ANGLE.

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Any more questions?

Please feel free to file an issue on this GitHub repository, or email any of the Microsoft contributors.